- From: Kelly Ford <kelly@kellford.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 14:39:37 -0400 (EDT)
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Exploring this site for just a quick second, in particular the example linked from the home page, is an example of why it is critical to test for accessibility with multiple accessibility products. When I visited the example with JAWS, I experienced not only a D-link to the chart description but also a long image map that had no titles or alt tags. With Window-Eyes this image map was not present. I didn't go into detail to examine why JAWS found it and Window-Eyes didn't. On David's specific Excel point, accessibility shouldn't require me to have not only the web browser but also now an expensive spreadsheet program. I hadn't heard of this technology before. I'd love to see how it does on more examples, in particular something like a stock or temperature graph if it could even do that sort of description. On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, David Poehlman wrote: > actually, if you mark a chart up appropriately in excell, the screen > readers of today will work just fine with it. I tried to download their > evaluation version but the form was not marked up propperly and then it > said something about right clicking on the appropriate element. They > are off to a great start. They should also bear in mind that their > software meeds to be accessible as well as their web site but their web > site is exempt from 508. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peach Lynda L Contr 96 CG/SCTOA" <lynda.peach@eglin.af.mil> > To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 2:07 PM > Subject: Re www.popchart.com -- 508-compliant solution for data-driven > gra phics > > > I received the following info this morning in email. Price is fairly > steep > but it might do what you are needing. > > CORDA Technologies has released a solution that allow the visually > impaired > to "see" charts and graphs. PopChart [D] is the first product to > automatically make charts and graphs compliant with section 508 of the > Federal Accessibility Act. For more information click on the link: > <http://www.corda.com/press/press-04-16-01.cfm> or contact CORDA > Technologies at (801) 805-9500 > Richard Lambert > Director of Marketing > rlambert@corda.com <mailto:rlambert@corda.com> > (801) 805-9431 > <http://www.corda.com/> > "Interactive Data Driven Graphics" > > >
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