- From: david poehlman <poehlman1@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 15:58:24 -0400
- To: <Ianl@dyslexic.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
oh, and one more thing, many speech systems out there don't even process full stops or at least they don't implement them well enough to warrant putting them in so things can sound pretty. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Ianl@dyslexic.com> To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 2:22 PM Subject: RE: alt text & punctuation - best practice? >one of the rules of usability is not >to do things differently from what people are used to. > A bit defeatist methinks! Do we accept 6 pt type terms and conditions? Non-plain English insurance documents? Inadequate contrast on shiny paper? - just because that is what people are used to? For web documents we impose other design decisions by default on all our users, whether they need it or not: numbered bullets; punctuated bullets; underline only used for links; lots of layout and colour decisions; etc etc. OK. Perhaps asking people to punctuate their headings sounds more radical at first sight than these, but believe me, you will only find it distracting for about 4 microseconds. I'd have thought it should be recommended practice on any text that is likely to be read electronically, and those of us that work in disability related fields should be setting an example with our own web sites now. It makes a lot of difference. Blind users have commented that our website is the most intelligible they have come across. (Oops! That's probably an invitation for people to pull it apart :<( !) Regards Ian Litterick www.dyslexic.com www.iansyst.co.uk ---------------------------Disclaimer--------------------------- Unless obviously public, this email is confidential to the intended recipient(s). If you received it in error please tell the sender and then delete it. We check emails from dyslexic.com and iansyst.co.uk, but you should virus check incoming emails. Emails do not always represent our official policy or a contract. Errors and omissions are excepted. iANSYST Ltd, Fen House, Fen Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 1UN. T +44(0)1223 420101; Fax +44(0) 1223 42 66 44; Sales@dyslexic.com.
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