- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 11:49:12 -0800
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
From the HWG-Business list. I hadn't heard about this here yet... >X-Sender: rhartman@mail.io.com >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 >Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 13:10:46 -0600 >To: "Majordomo@mail.hwg.org" <hwg-business@hwg.org> >From: Rachel Hartman <rhartman@io.com> >Subject: Fwd: AOL sued over accessibility >Sender: owner-hwg-business@hwg.org > >A few weeks ago we had a thread on accessibility. Today I was forwarded >this by a friend of mine. > >>excerpts from November 4, 1999 New York Times: >>"Lawsuit Says AOL Shuts Out the Blind" >>By PAMELA MENDELS >> >>"In a test of the idea that virtual spaces must by law be readily accessible >>to people with disabilities, a major organization representing the blind >>filed suit against America Online Inc. on Thursday, saying that its online >>service is almost impossible for blind people to use." > >[major snippage] > >>Entire story can be viewed at: >>http://www.nytimes.com/ > >Definitely something to think about. > >Rachel >-------------------------------------------- >Rachel R. Hartman, Co-Owner >Hartman WebWrights - http://www.hww.com (512) 989-7844 >Affordable, hand-crafted web pages for your company's needs > > > -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@hwg.org> President, Governing Board Member HTML Writers Guild <URL:http://www.hwg.org> Director, Accessible Web Authoring Resources and Education Center <URL:http://aware.hwg.org/>
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