Thanks to everyone who responded to my initial posting especially
Jennifer. However with regard to the point below...
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> From: Jennifer Sutton <[log in to unmask]>
>... but the
> basic premise behind web access should be *universal* access, and
> that means for blind people, people who're deaf, people with
> learning disabilities (for whom graphics may be ideal), etc. Access
> should *not* be dependent upon a screen reader, or even PW Webspeak.
> Web pages should be accessible to all, from the ground up,
> regardless of the access method. JFW, PW-Webspeak, and other similar
> software, in effect, rewrites the page, or rearranges it, for a
> blind person . These choices are good work-arounds, and necessary,
> at times (since the web isn't accessible now). I firmly believe,
> however, that they side-step the larger issue, essentially
> furthering beliefs by web masters that "somebody else can help those
> blind people." This is not to suggest that web masters consciously
> think this. Most don't because they don't know enough to. As with
> most access issues, awareness is the key.
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Am I missing the point, but if web pages are written to contain all
information that the author intends them to relate, then how
accessable they are is really a matter of appropriate layout (handled
by the browser). In which case shouldn't it be the browser (all
browsers) that is customisable to suit an individuals layout choices?
Or am I just being Dim?
Yours
Simon.
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Simon HARPER
TaLS Unit
G31 Manchester Computing
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
MANCHESTER
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