Social Networking and You: Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin for Blind Users (SOCIAL)

"I started my job search with my LinkedIn contacts."
"Your tweets are hilarious!"
"We're Facebook friends, but we've never met in person!"

It seems like everyone these days is spending at least some of their time on social networking sites. If you're not participating, you may feel left out - and it doesn't help that none of these sites were designed with blind users in mind! But what exactly do Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have to offer? How do you get started on them? And what about issues of privacy?

This book is designed to help you learn about these three social networking sites so that you can decide which, if any, you wish to join. Anna Dresner gives you enough information to get started; she describes how these sites work right now and gives you some idea about the sorts of things you can do on them. Anna offers commands and strategies for navigating these sites with screen readers, and includes pointers for handling specific situations using JAWS, Window-Eyes and System Access, and VoiceOver on the Mac.

Note: The DAISY version of this book will work with any version of FSReader, which comes free with every installation of JAWS.

Note: If you want to learn more about using social networking sites for a job search, check out Internet Your Way to a New Job.

Contents
Introduction

Twitter

Joining Twitter
Exploring the Twitter Home Page
Setting Your Account the Way You Want It
Creating Tweets
Different Types of Tweets
Reading Tweets
Lists
Twitter Search
How to Follow Someone on Twitter
Blocking Someone Who Is Following You
Alternate Methods for Accessing Twitter
Alternate Twitter Websites
Email and Web Services That Enhance Twitter
Stand-Alone Twitter Clients

Signing Up
Setting Up the Rest of Your Account
Adding Information to Your Profile
Additional Settings
Privacy Settings
Finding Friends
Using Your Facebook Account
Facebook Main Site: facebook.com
Facebook Lite: lite.facebook.com
Facebook Mobile: m.facebook.com
Reading and Writing Posts
Status Messages
Posting a Link
Liking and Commenting on Other People's Posts
Determining What You Read
Communicating with Specific People
Messages
Notes
Chat
Pokes
Events
Groups
Fan Pages
Networks
Alternative Methods for Accessing Facebook

Signing Up
Your Profile
Finding People
Recommendations
Other LinkedIn Features
Premium Services

WebVisum
Registering for WebVisum
Using WebVisum
Solona
Registering for Solona
Using Solona