- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 09:27:30 -0600
- To: Scott Luebking <phoenixl@netcom.com>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
One example is that in browsers that can ignore CSS (through either design or user option) CSS based spatial formatting can be eliminted. Visual button effects can also be created in style sheets, so people do not have to use GIF images to create the effects. A URL to an example follows: http://www.als.uiuc.edu/infotechaccess/98-02-11.html The Trace Center may also have examples, contact Wendy Chisholm. Jon At 07:04 PM 3/16/98 -0800, Scott Luebking wrote: >Hi, >I'm not looking for the ACSS, but rather a CSS which will make >a web page easier for a blind person using a screen reader. >Scott > > >> Unfortunately I do not properly understand what you are seeking. If you >> are referring to ACSS, then the only implementation of which I am aware is >> T.V. Raman's Emacspeak in cooperation with the W3 browser. The latter >> includes a default style sheet which specifies certain ACSS properties. >> >> To avoid unnecessary misunderstanding, I would suggest that Emacspeak and >> similar software, which interprets the markup together with audio style >> sheets, should not be referred to as a "screen reader", since its function >> is not to read the screen but rather to produce an audio representation of >> the document. It constitutes an "audio formatter" in T.V. Raman's sense of >> the term. > > Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: 217-244-5870 Fax: 217-333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess
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