Re: Aural/Speech Media type

David Woolley wrote:
 >>So what is the "proper" media type for stylesheets referenced by a
 >>speech-synthesizing browser? The only implementer thus far (Opera)
 >>admits (after some ridiculous digging) that they don't support either[1].
 >
 >
 > There are pragmatic considerations here.  Most speech-synthesizing
 > browsers are designed to give the visually impaired user access to real
 > world web pages, so they only support visual media.

And I believe this is exactly the problem. There are a number of flaws 
in this method, which should be readily apparent. What is not apparent, 
however, is guidelines from the W3C for which medium they /ought/ to look.
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Ryan Cannon
Instructional Technology
Web Design
http://RyanCannon.com

Received on Thursday, 28 April 2005 20:22:07 UTC