- From: Leonard R. Kasday, kasday@att.com <kasday@att.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 14:34:10 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
- CC: c.g.colwell@herts.ac.uk
Chetz Colwell is asking users to evaluate web pages based on the WAI guidelines and is asking for more ideas. Here's his post to the GL list about this. I thought it would be useful to post it to this broader list. I also added a followup suggestion from Liam Quinn. << From: Chetz Colwell <C.G.Colwell@herts.ac.uk> Subject: Feedback on use of ALT Hello, Leonard Kasday suggested that it would be a good idea to get feedback on the use of ALT text from a wider cross section of blind users, especially those who do not participate in listservs. I am in the process of setting up an evaluation of some aspects of the WAI Page Author Guidelines and Checklist. I will be asking blind Web users to evaluate Web pages designed to the Guidelines. The pages could include a variety of different presentations of various elements, such as different uses of ALT text. If you have any ideas for other elements the test pages should include, please let me know, either directly or via the list. I will also be checking the archives of this list for other 'hot' topics. I am intending to recruit blind people to evaluate the pages from the numerous email lists and have some contacts at the Royal National Institute for the Blind, but am not sure how to get in touch with other people who are not on email or the web. Any ideas? I look forward to getting your comments and ideas. Chetz Chetz Colwell Sensory Disabilities Research Unit Department of Psychology University of Hertfordshire Hatfield AL10 9AB Tel: 01707 284630 e-mail: c.g.colwell@herts.ac.uk >> Here's followup message From: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com> Subject: Re: Feedback on use of ALT [recap of previous message snipped out] My impression from the AT&T test information posted is that many blind users, like sighted users, view the Web as a visual medium, and hence seek ALT text to describe a page visually. This is a problem that has to be overcome if the Web is to become truly accessible. At the same time, I find it hard to imagine user testing that would not be clouded by this misconception. Perhaps what is needed is users who know nothing about the Web? -- Liam Quinn Web Design Group Enhanced Designs, Web Site Development http://www.htmlhelp.com/ http://enhanced-designs.com/
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