- From: Phill Jenkins <pjenkins@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 18:16:47 -0400
- To: <w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org>
Chairman Kasday, Mr. Dardailler, and distinguished members of WAI Evaluation and Repair Interest Group list: Allow me to introduce my self, Phill Jenkins, IBM Special Needs Systems, Austin, TX I'm currently working on accessibility in general for IBM, including hardware, software, and especially Web and Java. I've been accused of and called things, including:: 2.Web site content owner - www.ibm.com/sns 3.Web site author, administrator, [and Web slave] - www.ibm.com/sns and other IBM sites 4.Tool vendors - IBM has many tools and applications including Screen Reader, Home Page Reader, I-checker, VisualAge, Fusion, Notes, Domino, etc. 5.trying to become an Expert on disabilities 6.was once an Expert on usability - I actually did some original usability test for the PC back in the early 80's. I witnessed test subjects removing [tearing off] the "protective cover" off the 5.25 inch floppy disks because of poor documentation and directions. 7.and I can reach out to obtain input from novice users, non-technical web site content owners, and any other people who might not normally participate directly. Besides committing to a "minimum 3 hours per week", remaining "current on w3c-wai-er-ig list and respond[ing] in timely manner to postings" and "participat[ing] in bi-weekly to monthly phone meetings or send[ing] regrets to chair", I will continue to work on evaluating BOBBY, for both accessibility with our Java Screen Reader technology and use in evaluating our own IBM web sites. I am also just now beginning to understand and learn Lotus Notes Domino - the twistie concern - and how it might be used to repair and/or filter site content to improve accessibility. Yes, I read the charter...http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/IG/ Regards, Phill Jenkins
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