MenOkinWeb.com
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Menokin Web Services - The Northern Neck OF VIRGINIA
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How it all started
After a long five months of taking basic computer classes, I finally received my first and only computer in the summer of 1998. But still, I only knew how to use three things: Windows, Microsoft Word and JAWS. You are probably wondering why it took so long for me to learn these three programs. Well, most all computer users learn Windows and Microsoft Word in a very short time. There are only a very few people who need to learn JAWS in order to use Windows or MS Word. Now I'll bet that you're wondering just what is this JAWS program he's talking about? JAWS, "Job Access With Speech", is a screen reader that makes using a computer accessible to people that have visual impairments or total blindness. Unfortunately, I fall into the latter category. It takes me a little longer to learn and use any program because I have to learn how to use two programs in order to use one. JAWS is a very good screen reader. Once I figure out what adjustments I need to make to JAWS in order for it to read properly, I can do the same work as a sighted computer user.
Once I got connected to the internet and started reading web pages, I said to myself, "I can do this". I'm the type of person who likes to learn something new every day and I never use the words "I can't". That's when I started learning html and the other things needed to set up web sites. The first complete site that I did was Maid to Clean. This was a real challenge. I learned a lot from this because I wrote everything, text and html tags, by hand using MS Notepad. I gained a good understanding of how html works. I now use a scanner for large amounts of text and making graphic files, and a web page editor which speeds up things tremendously.
This is when I decided to build my own web site "Menokin Web". As you can tell when browsing the site, I opted to use a newspaper style site with different sections with topics that offer interesting information and helpful services. I wanted the type of web site that has general content so all of my visitors would find something interesting to read. I'm working on new pages every day to make it even more interesting.
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