- From: Stephane Boyera <boyera@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:43:14 +0200
- To: Janusz Lukasiak <janusz@eumx.net>
- Cc: public-mw4d@w3.org
>> - accessiblity for illeterate people > This keeps coming back.... Could somebody tell me (or point me to an > appropriate source) how an illiterate person is supposed to use the > internet (or browser, or SMS)? Ok, there probably are voice browsers > for e.g. the blind, but are we talking about 'read/listen only' internet use? > What am I missing here? I'm not sure i fully understand your question. Just about accessibility, thanks to the work of the WAI ([1]), now it is possible to make web content accessible for those with disabilities. But what is web content ? is it only static pages to be read ? Web content includes e.g. filling forms. This is not because you don't know how to read or write that you cannot describe the specific disease your tomatoes have no ? illiterate people in the real world can live easily, that includes e.g. being able to go to the doctor and describe their symptoms. So i'm sure that through e.g. the use of voice, or through the use of potentially animated icons, it would be possible to design systems that help people, without requiring them to be literate. But exploring the eact frontier of what kind of services applications on mobile phones could bring to illiterate people, that surely need to be further discussed. Stephane [1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/ -- Stephane Boyera stephane@w3.org W3C +33 (0) 4 92 38 78 34 BP 93 fax: +33 (0) 4 92 38 78 22 F-06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
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