- From: Jonathan Chetwynd <jay@peepo.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 12:03:02 -0000
- To: <andy.wilkinson@ebc.emap.com>, <brionym@trenton.emap.co.uk>, <online@tes.co.uk>, "julie howell" <jhowell@rnib.org.uk>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
I shall be bringing a group of adults with learning difficulties to the BETT show at Olympia. We tried to visit the BETT website and were upset to find it made little attempt to meet guidelines on accessibility. http://www.cast.org/bobby/ and http://validator.w3.org/ are two means of checking. The BETT homepage http://www.education-net.co.uk/ fails both miserably. This is a pity, it lets us down, making us appear uncaring abroad, and dis-ables almost everyone with special needs world-wide. It is also very easy to write code that is accessible. For instance: Alt tags are a simple but essential text alternative to graphics. They allow text readers to interpret for those who are blind or cannot read. They also provide text for people using browsers without graphics, either by desire or need. Jonathan Chetwynd SLD teacher / www accessibility consultant Education and Outreach Working Group member Web Accessibility Initiative W3C c/o SignBrowser 29 Crimsworth Road SW8 4RJ jay@peepo.com click on a letter or type a key word to find royalty free images with links.
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