- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 12:05:38 -0500 (EST)
- To: jonathan chetwynd <jay@peepo.com>
- cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
One of the groups who typically have difficulty with reading is deaf people who are proficient in signing, but find written languages much harder. And also find text-to-speech pretty useless... Charles McCN On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, jonathan chetwynd wrote: There have been various threads concerned with the issue as to why it is necessary to provide graphics as well as text. For people that cannot read, text to speech software seems to offer a solution. Those with cognitive disabilities would also need clear and simple sentences. However I can now tell you that at our new college, which is well supplied with computers there are no soundcards or speakers, so no use for this software. Jonathan Chetwynd jay@peepo.com Search the www with pictures at www.peepo.com Send us your links We value your comments --Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +1 617 258 0992 http://www.w3.org/People/Charles W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI MIT/LCS - 545 Technology sq., Cambridge MA, 02139, USA
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