- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 11:27:52 -0700
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
My Windows CE Palmsize PC computer has an HTML editor on it (as well as several browsers). Given that there are not (to the best my understanding) screen reader packages for Windows CE, what is the obligation of the editor (or the browsers) to be accessible given that the operating system is not? :) [I assume the answer is: "the point is moot since there don't seem to be disabled people using Windows CE, or if they are, they are not prevented from using the system."] Just a tongue-in-cheek, stayed-up-too-late thought. (On the other hand, while my HTML editor may not have to support blind users, it _should_ produce accessible HTML, so how do we know which of the AU guidelines apply and which do not, or will we simply assume that since it can't be used accessibly, it isn't required to make accessible HTML? I can't tell if I'm asking stupid questions or if I've identified a problem in our current approach. I.e., I can't go to bSQUARE and say "here, follow these guidelines to make your tool accessible" because they _can't_ make the tool usable by, say, Gregory.) -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://www.kynn.com/ Chief Technologist, Idyll Mountain Internet http://www.idyllmtn.com/ Become AWARE of Web Accessibility! http://aware.hwg.org/ Dan Shafer likes AWARE, so will you! http://www.kynn.com/+shafer Next Trip: Toronto, Canada (13 May-17 May) http://www8.org/
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