- From: Gregg Vanderheiden <GV@TRACE.WISC.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 16:50:16 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
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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