- From: Jeff Cochand <cochand@pobox.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 07:21:56 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Hi, I am building a web site & attempting to incorporate the Web Accessibility guidelines as much as possible. Are there software, Netscape Navigator & Internet Explorer plug-in's, hardware devices, etc. that I should be aware of, using, and building to their standards? As best as I can tell, guidelines exist, but plug-in's, etc. for Screen Reading & Audio Browsing do not exist. Would someone be kind enough to give me/point me to baseline material that defines the state of Web Accessibility tools? Do Screen Readers & Audio Browsers exist? Do "plug-ins" exist for standard browsers that can perform these functions? I noticed the afternoon meeting coming up on 9/23 in Boston, and thought that attending that meeting might be a good source of information. Thanks for you help. Jeff Below is the original question I sent to Ian & Daniel before becoming aware of this group. I've reformed my question based on looking thru the w3c-wai-ig questions, but thought I'd include the original question in the event that it provides more clarification. You should send this query message to w3c-wai-ig, not just to Ian and I. I personally don't know much about NS and IE plug-in, I know that there are some web proxy that can show you what a Lynx user would see. I don't think a Screen Reader plug-in makes sense actually, since by definition, a Screen Reader is an external agent that reads the whole screen. For audio browsing plug-in, I'm not sure the plug-in API allows one to completely take care of the presentation, I think that plug-in are just for OBJECT/APPLET element. > Hi Ian & Daniel, > I'm trying to build a web site which incorporates the Web > Accessibility guidelines as much as possible. Do browser plugins exist > which allow Netscape Navigator & IE to perform functions like Screen > Reading & Audio Browsing? > Thanks, > Jeff
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