- From: Robert Neff <rcn@fenix2.dol-esa.gov>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 10:45:05 -0400
- To: "'w3c-wai-ig@w3.org'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
- Cc: "'Candee Wilson'" <cwilson@eeicom.com>
Well, we did the presentation last night! The topic was Tools that Persons With Disabilities use to interact with the web. Joe Roeder presented WinVision 97. Due to an illness Dave Poehlman could not attend <frown>. With Dave not there, we lost our JAWS expert, so my cohort here at work and fellow WAI Interest Group member, Jamie Fox presented lynx. I presented pwWebSpeak. The audience had a good cross section of developers and interested business people. Many of whom, like ourselves, are trying to provide universal accessibility and were there to learn more. There were audience members with various disabilities, such as blind, low vision, and paraplegic who shared their experiences and frustrations. The response was fantastic and the information exchange was informative. It was an awakening for the developers to see how web pages look on the various tools. The big surprise of the night was when we walked in... TV on the Web had set-up to video the presentation to post on the web. Their web address is www.tvontheweblive.com. When the presentation goes live, will circulate the URL to the WAI. This will be a video file with sound. As this is approximately one to two hours, I do know if we will be able to provide a text version any time soon <my apologies>. The presentation was posted on the web. Please note that at this time there is no link from http://www.eeicom.com/dcwebmasters So you need to type the entire URL http://www.eeicom.com/dcwebmasters/pwd/ This web site was designed to be used as resource for people starting out as well as others. If there are any design problems, I accept the blame. so please let me know if you have any problems and also let me know your opinion. One note, I did specify the font face for only the page header on each page. Stella said font face can be a problem with some of the public access terminals in the UK. So as I change a page, I will remove this. Thanks to everyone on the WAI for your inputs. and a special thanks to Candee Wilson the Special Interest Group Chair of the DC Association of Internet Professionals and to EEI for hosting us! Rob Neff
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