- From: john_slatin <john_slatin@forum.utexas.edu>
- Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 10:58:16 -0500
- To: "'GV@trace.wisc.edu'" <GV@trace.wisc.edu>, "'w3c-wai-gl@w3.org'" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Thanks for forwarding this-- the episode Paul Bonner recounts here took place in my office a few months ago. Jonathan, I'm sorry there was no reference to learning disabilities here. Maybe we could write to Bonner and ask him to take a look at LD issues for another column? John Slatin -----Original Message----- From: Gregg Vanderheiden [mailto:GV@trace.wisc.edu] Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 4:50 pm To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org Subject: FW: And Web Sites for All Gregg ------------------------------------ Gregg Vanderheiden Ph.D. Ind Engr - Biomed - Trace, Univ of Wis gv@trace.wisc.edu -----Original Message----- From: David L. Jaffe [mailto:jaffe@rrdmail.stanford.edu] Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 8:25 PM To: RESNA SIG-11 E-mail Distribution List Subject: And Web Sites for All And Web Sites for All From: PC Magazine - May 7, 2002 By: Paul Bonner The complexity of accessible Web design hit home for me one afternoon when I was sitting in the office of a blind professor at the University of Texas at Austin, watching as he navigated his screen-reader - equipped browser to the most popular commerce site on the Web. "Amazon.com," announced the pleasant voice, "189 links on page." At which point the voice began a torturously slow recital, reading the "alt" text description of each of those 189 links. Read the entire article at: http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,s%253D1487%2526a%253D25256,00.asp
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