- From: Anne Pemberton <apembert@crosslink.net>
- Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 20:00:37 -0400
- To: "'Web Accessibility Initiative'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
- Cc: "'Jonathan Chetwynd'" <jonathan@signbrowser.free-online.co.uk>
At 10:27 AM 10/14/1999 -0400, Bruce Bailey wrote: >Dear Anne P., Jonathan C, et al., > >A while back there was discussion on this list about how to best make web >pages accessible to non-readers. I would be most interested in hearing if >any the products below have been useful for general purpose web browsing by >persons with severe cognitive impairments. > >I have summarized the screen readers and special purpose browsers that were >suggested, along with my experience. Bruce, Sorry for being so long replying to your request. I've been busy with a homeschooling project, and being called out of retirement to teach a computer class to Kindergarteners thru 2nd graders in a local school. I am getting frustrated trying to find web content an 8 yo can use without someone reading it to him, and dismayed by the lack of illustrations with usable text. I had to create web pages for him on the intro to "Ancient Civilizations" and we've found a nice software that is letting him learn the basics of several ancient civilizations, content I found at too high a level (and lacking illustrations) on the web. I'm considering getting a speech setup for either his computer at home, or mine where he spends a lot of online time. Reading thru your analysis of the web browsers, only the last seems of potential use. I'll see if I can get the demo and test it with Taylor, and let you know how it works. If that one doesn't allow Taylor to see and hear the whole page at the same time, it won't meet the needs of cognitively disabled persons with text-limitations or reading disabilities. Anne P. Anne L. Pemberton http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Pav/Academy1 http://www.erols.com/stevepem/Homeschooling apembert@crosslink.net Enabling Support Foundation http://www.enabling.org
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