RE: making url links in email body useful for screen readers

• From: Jon Hanna <jon@spin.ie>
• Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 20:43:17 -0000
• To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <NDBBLCBLIMDOPKMOPHLHGENDEOAA.jon@spin.ie>

> Hi
> I¹m trying to send an email containing a url link to a testing usergroup
> using screen readers.  One of my group has reported difficulties using the
> link ­ as ³clicking² isn¹t an option and html is turned off in her outlook
> express. Anyone got any ideas about sending usable url links in emails?

How did she turn of HTML in Outlook Express, and do you know if it would
work on Outlook (the non-Express version)? I'd love to get rid of it.

Is the problem with selecting the URL (I.e. is she unable to use a mouse),
does the URL not render as such, or does the URL always fail?

Received on Wednesday, 5 March 2003 15:41:03 UTC