Re: Testing web page accessibility by phone

Only going by what has been posted.

----- Original Message -----
From: "phoenixl" <phoenixl@sonic.net>
To: <phoenixl@sonic.net>; <poehlman1@comcast.net>; <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: Testing web page accessibility by phone



Hi,

Actually, you're making some wrong assumptions abput the process we
used.  Since you are unfamiliar with the process, I'm not sure how
can make your evaluation of the benefit.  Understanding what the actual
process is before making an analysis can be helpful.

Scott

> And people do and say the darnedest things as well as babies but the
> fact remains that it is still quite possible to validate for speck
> including accessibility and get a long way towards the goal.  People
who
> I have worked with who use the phone to look stuff up have been doing
it
> for years and Ican do this too.  It goes like this:
> Person speaks to recipiant of request.  recipiant of request answers
and
> then looks up info.  then responds with info.  and so on.  When I test
> web pages, I test web pages.  I can use a set of predetermined
questions
> if you like but unless you have me look at the pages and take notes
> before we have our little chat, what you get out of me and most I fear
> is worthless for many reasons including the dichotomy of processes
> envolved.

Received on Thursday, 30 May 2002 12:14:41 UTC