- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 06:37:45 -0500 (EST)
- To: Gregg Vanderheiden <GV@TRACE.WISC.EDU>
- cc: "GLWAI Guidelines WG (GL - WAI Guidelines WG)" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
I am not sure that using tools is a defining characteristic. But I think that if we are looking for a price barrier we should set it at zero. There are a lot of open-source solutions available, which rival commercial offerings. What money is worth is extremely varied - in the US $300 may only buy an hour or two of someone's time, but a person with the same knowledge and support will be available for less than $300 a month in another country. I agree that there is an issue of what is available in a default configuration. Chaals On Sun, 11 Nov 2001, Gregg Vanderheiden wrote: In looking at the topic of AT it occurs to me that we might have different levels of AT and ability to use technology Perhaps we have three levels 1 - the ability to Access using any existing tools 2 - the ability to Access using standard browsers and moderately priced AT. (less than $300 ??) 3 - the ability to Access using browsers and AT in their default settings. (this last one is added since most people don’t know how to custom configure their software) Gregg -- ------------------------------ Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D. Professor - Human Factors Dept of Ind. Engr. - U of Wis. Director - Trace R & D Center Gv@trace.wisc.edu <mailto:Gv@trace.wisc.edu>, <http://trace.wisc.edu/> FAX 608/262-8848 For a list of our listserves send “lists” to listproc@trace.wisc.edu <mailto:listproc@trace.wisc.edu> -- Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles phone: +61 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI fax: +1 617 258 5999 Location: 21 Mitchell street FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia (or W3C INRIA, Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France)
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