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Thanks to everyone who responded to my initial posting especially Jennifer. However with regard to the point below... ============ > 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. ========= 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. ======================== Simon HARPER TaLS Unit G31 Manchester Computing University of Manchester Oxford Road MANCHESTER %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%