- From: McCain Tom <tmccain@butler.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 22:39:09 -0500 (EST)
- To: Al Gilman <asgilman@access.digex.net>
- cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
You're right, Al.
>> 8. If a page is still not accessible, provide a link to an
>> alternative page, preferably a text-only page.
>
>"text-only" is the colloquial term for a page in super-accessible
>style. Unfortunately, if one gets down to brass tacks, the idea
>that it is only text is neither necessary nor sufficient for this
>added level of usable-by-anybody quality.
I was intrigued when a blind man told me, "I don't want to go to text-only
pages." I try to remember that but forgot it when I wrote item 8.
Perhaps it should be a text-enriched site. The lesson I want my users to
get is that if it is a "photo of a Vermont village, nestled under church
steeples, hugged by snow-covered hills, bathed in moonlight"...
say so.
And say it well. Simply converting to text is not enough; it carries an
added responsibility for clarity and inclusion. We have to think past what
we assume, what we take for granted.
- tom
tom mcCain, Butler University, Indianapolis USA
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