- From: David Poehlman <poehlman@clark.net>
- Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 19:49:52 -0400
- To: Kristi R Schueler/NONFS/USDAFS <kschueler@fs.fed.us>
- CC: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
show them what it looks like on a pda. have them experience a 14.4 k dial up. this is not just about access for the disabled unless you are including mobile access as a disability. listen to the web site through one of the voice portals. Kristi R Schueler/NONFS/USDAFS wrote: > > As a designer, I know that the majority of people out there are not going > to want to sacrifice the flashy, graphics and such to be accessible. This > includes giving up the text as graphics. How do we convince them that they > will have a greater audience if they meet accessibility guidelines? I am > not having much luck finding statistics. Have there been any economic > impact studies on the numbers of e-commerce dollars not being spent because > online shopping centers are not accessible to people who find the net to be > a freedom and an increase in independence? So far the only supporting > statistic I have found is a statement from a Harris Poll that says that > disabled internet users are on the internet twice as much as non-disabled > internet users. It will take more than that to convince businesses to be > compliant with accessibility guidelines! > > Kristi Schueler > USFS - WOD, FC AQM Systems > Web Developer (contractor) > (970)295-5801 (voice) > (970)295-5809 (fax) -- Hands-On Technolog(eye)s ftp://poehlman.clark.net http://poehlman.clark.net mailto:poehlman@clark.net voice 301-949-7599 end sig.
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