- From: Paul Booth <paul@disinhe.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 17:54:20 -0000
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Hi, I've noticed people on this list, and within the disability field in general like to use terms such as "This site is very accessible" or "low accessibility" etc etc... Im interested in how we define and measure accessibility and would be interested to hear the comments of people on this group. When is a web site defined accessible? When it conforms to all the WAI guidelines? Or is it when it conforms to 80% of the guidelines, or even if it just passes the biggest problem points? Is a site accessible if the most commonly used screen reader can handle it, or when dyslexic people have no problem in changing the font size, style and colour? How about if it passes Bobby, or RNIB (or similar) accreditation? Or if it is capable of being "rescued" by some of the tools that are being developed, does that make it accessible? I'd be interested to hear opinions & comments. Apologies if this has been discussed previously, I have had a look through the archives and couldn't find anything. Many thanks - Paul Paul Booth, Project Officer, DISinHE Centre Tel: +44 (0)1382 345050 Fax: +44 (0)1382 345509 http://www.disinhe.ac.uk
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