Not very good advice, Sina. let's not go around inventing this stuff out of ignorance. There are some pretty clear guidelines about what constitutes accessible HTML at http://www.w3.org/wai. I suggest that meeting those guidelines needs to be a priority. Let me make it real clear. We talk about accessibility here on this list. We must give as we expect to receive. Luke Davis writes: > From: Luke Davis <ldavis at shellworld.net> > > That usually does very bad things to fonts, etc., I am told by sighties. > > > On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Sina Bahram wrote: > > > Well what you can do is use Microsoft word, and then clean up the html > > with macromedia dreamweaver. Also you could make them kinda dirty html > > files but try this. > > > > > > Insert this in the top of your text file. > > > > <html> > > <head> > > <title>whatever title you want</title> > > </head> > > <body> > > <pre> > > > > And now enter this in the bottom of your text file > > > > </pre> > > </body> > > </html> > > > > Hope this helps, > > Sina > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca] > > On Behalf Of Alex Snow > > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 7:27 PM > > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > Subject: Re: text to html > > > > > > I was just looking for a tool that'll add stuff like <br> tags and > > stuff. I needed it for converting textfiles into html that I could use > > on webpages...I used to use word for that but It inserts a lot of > > useless crap and the files are quite large. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 12:57 PM > > Subject: Re: text to html > > > > > > > You're kidding, right? > > > > > > I mean, what good thing do you expect from a program like this? > > > > > > How are you supposed to get automatic markup out of flat text with no > > > markup? > > > > > > Certainly, you can't expect meaningful structural markup? > > > > > > > > > Alex Snow writes: > > > > From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net> > > > > > > > > Hi all. > > > > Does anyone know of a program for linux that converts text files > > > > to > > html? > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > > Technology Research and Development > > > Governmental Relations Group > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
