[bit.listserv.deaf-l] Deafness information on the Internet

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Last-modified: 1998/02/28
Version: 1.8
URL: http://www.weizmann.ac.il/deaf-info/faq

                     Subject: DEAF-L MINI-FAQ
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                      Written by:  Omer Zak
                          E-mail:  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
                   WWW home page:  http://www.weizmann.ac.il/~xlacha1/

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Subject: Table of Contents

        1. How to unsubscribe myself from DEAF-L?
        2. How to subscribe myself to DEAF-L?
        3. Introduction
        4. Pointers to information
        5. I do not have WWW browser.  How to access it by E-mail?
        6. I am not proficient in English

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Subject: 1. How to unsubscribe myself from DEAF-L?

Do not send your unsubscription request to the DEAF-L list as several
people (probably you too) have been trying to do.
Instead of this, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> whose body
contains the following command:

signoff deaf-l

If you have any problem unsubscribing yourself from DEAF-L using the
above method, contact the DEAF-L moderator, Roy Miller,
at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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Subject: 2. How to subscribe myself to DEAF-L?

If you want to subscribe to DEAF-L, the command is:

sub deaf-l your name

And it is to be sent to the address <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in the body
of an E-mail message.

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Subject: 3. Introduction

The purpose of this document is to give you starting point for locating
and discovering Internet resources related to deafness.  You'll find
that, thanks to the diligent efforts of several people during the last
few years, there is a lot of stuff about deafness on the Internet.

Most of the information is available on the World-Wide Web.  The rest
of this document contains (very few) URLs (pointers) which will allow
you to discover and retrieve the information.

I assume that you already know how to use E-mail and what do the terms
WWW and URL mean.  If you do not know, ask your local system guru.

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Subject: 4. Pointers to information

1. The following Web sites are excellent starting points for surfing the
   World-Wide Web for deafness related information:

   http://www.wolfenet.com/~hydronut/natlorgs.htm
   http://www.erols.com/berke/back.html
   http://www.chollian.net/~ad21th/kdeafe.htm#WWW
   http://www.deaflibrary.org/

2. URL of Omer Zak's DEAF-INFO Web site:
   http://www.weizmann.ac.il/deaf-info/

   This WWW site contains summaries of information which passed via the
   DEAF-L discussion list during the last few years.  It emphasizes
   opinions, testimonials and personal experiences.  There is also some
   objective information.

3. URL of Omer Zak's TTY FAQ:
   http://www.weizmann.ac.il/deaf-info/tty_faq.html

   This is actually part of (2) above, but it was mentioned separately
   because the most frequently asked question on DEAF-L is about
   using a PC to talk by phone to a deaf TTY user.  This document tells
   you everything you need to know about using PCs to contact people
   with TTYs.

   For your convenience, this document is mirrored in the following URL:
   http://www.wolfenet.com/~hydronut/tty_faq.htm

4. URL of DEAF-L list administrative information:
   http://www.weizmann.ac.il/deaf-info/administrative.html

   This is actually part of (2) above, but it was mentioned separately
   because it is needed by anyone who starts to follow the DEAF-L list.

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Subject: 5. I do not have WWW browser.  How to access it by E-mail?

NOTE:  in the past, this section used to have instructions for finding a
Web-by-mail service.  However now I don't have up-to-date information about
such services.  Due to the length and breadth of the Internet, there are
no more services which serve the entire world.  They instead serve local
regions and/or provide information only from specific Web sites.

Therefore you are advised to ask your local system guru for help in locating
a friendly, nearby Web-by-mail service.

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Subject: 6. I am not proficient in English

In the past, you could read Web pages only in the language in which they
were written.  In the case of the DEAF-INFO Web site, this meant that
you could read the information only in English.

However, recently, Web translation engines became available.  While I cannot
vouch for the correctness of their translations, you may give them a try.
One such translation engine is available in the URL

      http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate

I hope that in the future there will be more translation servers on the
Internet, and that they will be of higher quality and cover all languages
of the world.

P.S.:  If you know about more translation servers which should be mentioned
in this FAQ, you are welcome to let me know.

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