- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 13:35:02 -0500
- To: "Charles (Chuck) Oppermann" <chuckop@microsoft.com>, Kitch Barnicle <kitch@afb.org>, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Should we have a separate item that talks about the accessibility of the Help Engine or a shorter item that says the help engine should be accessible and point to general guidelines on how to make software accessible? Jon At 09:33 AM 6/15/98 -0700, Charles (Chuck) Oppermann wrote: ><< >Do we need to say something about the accessibility of on-line >documentation? The current draft makes reference to having materials >available in alternative formats. But should we say that on-line help >systems should follow the page authoring guidelines? >>> > >Also, the systems that display the help can also be accessible. > >Both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer use HTML for help, yet, the >relative accessibility between the two systems are vastly different. Our >HTMLHelp engine has a few problems with accessibility that we are working >on. > Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: 217-244-5870 Fax: 217-333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess
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