- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 18:47:31 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com>
- cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Humnour me for a moment, please *grin*. Actually, what we are told is that there are some people who cannot read text easily, but for whom screenreaders are indeed helpful. There are other people who not only cannot easily read text, but in fact cannot understand complex written OR oral language, and screen readers will not be particularly helpful. Among the latter will be people who are deaf, and for whom any written or spokemn language is a second language. (Or is this an i18n problem... Actually I believe it is a disability problem, but illustrates the deeply related nature of the two areas). cheers Charles On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Kynn Bartlett wrote: [snip] >Here are some guesses >+ Not being able to read text (but not having a problem with arbitrarily > complex content) But we've been told repeatedly (why, I don't know) that screenreaders, which compensate for inability to read text, are not a solution for CD user. [snip]
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