- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 15:38:49 -0800
- To: karl.hebenstreit@gsa.gov
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
At 12:58 PM 11/19/1999 , karl.hebenstreit@gsa.gov wrote: >I've been wondering about whether using meta tags might be useful to enable >for improving web access for people with cognitive disabilities, >particularly "Keyword" and "Desciption". Has anyone done any research on >this? I don't know about research on this in specific, but in general meta tags for keywords and descriptions are very valuable for accessibility purposes because they can provide a good "summary" of what the page is all about. This is good for slow or limited transmission media, such as speech -- a summary would let you know if you're on the right page without having to read the entire page, for example. Naturally, they also help with search engines, and as you say, they could be very useful for cognitive disabilities as well. -- Kynn Bartlett mailto:kynn@hwg.org President, HTML Writers Guild http://www.hwg.org/ AWARE Center Director http://aware.hwg.org/
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