- From: Mischa Weiss-Lijn <Mischa.Weiss-Lijn@oyster.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:29:57 +0100
- To: "'Lauke PH'" <P.H.Lauke@salford.ac.uk>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
The products are mainly telecoms related appliances, such as big button telephones and large high contrast displays for telephones (to show who is calling). mischa -----Original Message----- From: Lauke PH [mailto:P.H.Lauke@salford.ac.uk] Sent: 25 July 2003 10:25 To: Mischa Weiss-Lijn; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: RE: a word for 'accessible', that people get. Probably depends on the kind of product... 'universal' perhaps ? Patrick ________________________________ Patrick H. Lauke Webmaster / University of Salford http://www.salford.ac.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: Mischa Weiss-Lijn [mailto:Mischa.Weiss-Lijn@oyster.com] > Sent: 25 July 2003 10:13 > To: 'w3c-wai-ig@w3.org' > Subject: a word for 'accessible', that people get. > > > > Hi, > > I am doing some work for a large UK company that sells a range of > 'accessible' products alongside its standard product range. They are > currently under the category of 'accessible products' - BUT > in user testing > when looking for accessible products NOBODY look in this category! > 'Accessible' is a great word for people in the industry, but > currently it > doesn't mean a great deal to anyone else. > > Can anyone suggest another term? We tried 'special needs' > but the client > isn't happy with that because the phrase has negative > connotations in the > UK. > > Many thanks, > > Dr. Mischa Weiss-Lijn > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > ___________________________________________________________ > Internet communications are not secure and therefore Oyster > Partners Ltd does not accept legal responsibility for the > contents of this message. Any views or opinions presented are > solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent > those of Oyster Partners Ltd. > > _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Internet communications are not secure and therefore Oyster Partners Ltd does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Oyster Partners Ltd.
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