- From: Gregory J. Rosmaita <unagi69@concentric.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:01:37 -0400
- To: "jonathan chetwynd" <jonathan@signbrowser.free-online.co.uk>
- Cc: WAI Education & Outreach Working Group <w3c-wai-eo@w3.org>
aloha, jonathan! as a blind individual, i would find even the most basic of information, such as wai quicktips www.w3.org/wai to be EXTREMELY useful... without braille on the card, i am left holding a card for which i (a) have no use, (b) cannot independently identify, and (c) cannot give to another blind individual for his or her use... braille on the quicktips card isn't just window-dressing, nor is it the be-all and end-all to making the QuickTips cards more useful -- it is, however, a giant step forward in that area, and one which sends a definite message to anyone and everyone who receives a brailled QuickTips card -- the clear and simple message that there are other modalities that need to be considered when constructing content for the web... gregory. PS: i had to use the mail archive to listen to your original post, because, for some reason, it was transmitted with every character doubled, as well as with a lot of extraneous characters... Johnathan wrote: > > ÿþ> <><> <> <> <><> <> <> <> ;<> <><>IITT iiss iimmppoorrttaanntt ttoo > mmeeeett tthhee nneeeeddss ooff tthhee bblliinndd..<><> <><><>IIss iitt > aapppprroopprriiaattee ttoo ddiissccuussss tthhee iissssuuee ooff > bbrraaiillllee aalloonnee..<><><> <><>TThhee iissssuueess rraaiisseedd,, > rruunn ttoo tthhee hheeaarrtt ooff aacccceessssiibbiilliittyy aatt > WWAAII..<><> <><>""TThhee aatttteemmpptt ttoo bbee aacccceessssiibbllee ttoo > aallll..""<><> <> ;<> <> ;<> <><><><>wwwwww..ww33cc//wwaaii<> ;iinn > bbrraaiillllee aanndd,, oouutt ooff ccoonntteexxtt hhaass vveerryy > lliittttllee mmeeaanniinngg..<><><> <><><>IItt ;iiss vveerryy > uunnlliikkeellyy iinn iittsseellff ttoo lleeaadd ttoo hhiittss,, uunnlliikkee > ssaayy ""ffrreeeesseexx..ccoomm"" ((nnoo rreellaattiioonn))..<><><> > <><>TThhiiss nneeeeddss mmoorree tthhoouugghhtt..<><> <> ;<> <> ;<> > <><>TThhee QQTT ccaarrddss mmuusstt rreepprreesseenntt aann aatttteemmpptt > ttoo eexxpprreessss tthhee pprroobblleemmss aass uunnddeerrssttoooodd aatt > tthhiiss ttiimmee..<><> <>< ------------------------------------------------------------------- ACCOUNTABILITY, n. The mother of caution. -- Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory J. Rosmaita <unagi69@concentric.net> Camera Obscura <http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/index.html> VICUG NYC <http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/> Read 'Em & Speak <http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/books/> -------------------------------------------------------------------
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