- From: David Poehlman <poehlman1@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 10:20:51 -0400
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Schneider, Katherine S." <schneiks@UWEC.EDU> To: <EASI@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 10:06 AM Subject: FW: Webby awards, possible new category Anybody want to join me in lobbying them? "special needs" is hidden down in their functionality criteria, but they sure could do more. Kathie -----Original Message----- From: Schneider, Katherine S. Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 8:57 AM To: 'maya@webbyawards.com' Subject: Webby awards, possible new category I'm blind and use a screen reading program to surf the Internet. Over the last ten years I've noticed a lot of improvement in accessibility of websites. Unfortunately, the improvement has been most pronounced in government and nonprofit sites. Some businesses have done great things and others apparently are not aware that accessibility is both good business and good sense. Would you consider adding an accessibility category, or adding accessibility to the criteria in the "best practices" category? As I'm sure you're aware, most accessibility is not rocket science; adding alt text tags that give a five word description of a product instead of saying "book1.asp" is not that hard to do. From the platform of the prestigious Webby awards, you could help educate people and lead to much happier surfing for those of us with disabilities. Thank you for considering my request. Katherine Schneider schneiks@uwec.edu ----------------------- Check out the EASI web: http://www.rit.edu/~easi Check EASI Courses and Clinics To sign off this list send e-mail to listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu saying signoff easi
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