- From: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 11:34:38 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Several months ago, there was a discussion in this group about BETSIE which is the text version of the BBC Television web site. It seems as though lynx users had trouble accessing the main BBC site due to the usual problems with javascript, etc. It is my understanding that BETSIE automatically processes the web pages from the main site and renders them in script-free html. Is this true and how likely is the concept to be able to be transplanted to some other site? I am asking because we have a bunch of web sites where I work that are created with Lotus Domino and would be accessible via lynx if not for all the javascript navigation. I would like to see something automated because we all know how much trouble a second but never equal text site can be. I would like to say to our web group, "See, it can be done without lots of on-going extra effort. Just set it up and the problem is 95% solved." I am sure it never gets that simple, but anything is better than the present situation if it can allow a UNIX user to access our web pages without having to learn a foreign operating system and spend lots of extra money. Additionally, this might help us provide accessible distance learning services to remote students who happen to be blind. I think we have already had one or two instances of students in other towns who had difficulty because their access software didn't work with whatever system was being used at the time. Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK OSU Center for Computing and Information Services Network Operations Group
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