- From: Isofarro <lists@isofarro.uklinux.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 10:07:59 +0000
- To: Access Systems <accessys@smart.net>
- Cc: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Access Systems wrote: > On Thu, 23 Dec 2004, David Woolley wrote: >>1) they believe that providing phone access excuses them from making >> web sites accessible; > > ?? is the phone access 24/7 and what do folks with speech problems or > hearing problems do??? the big question "is it equivalant facilitation" The DRC's Code of Practice largely documents what is expected of service providers, some examples cover websites. What is interesting - and Matthew Somerville highlights this during the Odeon debacle (e.g. <url:http://feetup.org/blog/rants/odeon.html>) - the Code of Practice documents doesn't refer to services, but to _provision of services_ that need to be accessible. A banking service is a service, an online banking service is a provision of a service. The Code of Practice which explains the relevant portions of the DDA clearly documents provisions of services must be accessible (not just the "service"). With this particular point it looks clear that the provision of telephone access is not enough to make an online service acccessible. Mike.
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