Re: Testing web page accessibility by phone

Hi,

I'm not sure what else to say.  Different blind people have different
views as to whether time is an issue for accessibility.  For example,
if a blind student can use a chat room where tutoring is conducted, but
can't keep up with the discussion and accessing reference materials
being displayed simultaneously, is the chat room accessible?

Scott

> thinking and knowing are two different things.  I've been working in the
> accessibility field for more years than I can count and time does not
> fit into the accessibility equasion unless time is an inhibitting factor
> to access.  Look at all the access standards out there and you will not
> see a mention of time as we are discussing it here.  Time is independant
> of accessibility and in much it is subjective.  As a blind person I may
> be able to access something doubly faster than another blind person.
> What does that make me?  It makes me better at using the tools or
> perhaps I have better tools that some other blind person but it does not
> make the information or content or software more or less "accessible".
> End of factual statement.

Received on Wednesday, 29 May 2002 20:19:56 UTC