[access-uk] Re: "New" access plan?
- From: "Colin Fowler" <col.fowler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:39:09 +0100
This would be a completely retrograde step, we need integrated accessibility,
not something that is going to influence software and web developers not to
commit to full accessibility for all!
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From: Peter Beasley
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 9:25 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: "New" access plan?
I agree Amie. we want to be able to use everyday programs not have something
written especially for us. I know a lot of people use Webbie which is one such
application, but I won't use it.
----- Original Message -----
From: Damon
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 10:49 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: "New" access plan?
I think I need to be able to use Outlook and IE because my colleagues use
those systems. They seem to work fine for me and I don't want to be a lone
user.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Reid
To: Access List
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 10:02 PM
Subject: [access-uk] "New" access plan?
All, and especially the more technical among you,
I recently met with a person who is interested in developing an access
tool that he feels will make life a lot easier for blind and partially sighted
PC users. Below is a description of what he is thinking about.
If you have any feedback on this, I will forward it to the originator.
This may be "great idea, why didn't somebody think of this sooner", or "it's
been done already" - if so where?
Thanks.
One sentence
Voice led clients to access the popular services of the day, initially
email, calendar, web, twitter. A client in this sense is a program that
facilitates access, like an email client is the program one uses to read one's
email.
Summary
The screen reader is a layer placed on top of existing software
applications. It allows the user to interact with these programs. Most of these
programs access services that are standard. The most common computing activity
of the day is web browsing. Why have a separate web browser driven by a screen
reader? Instead, let's create a new web browser that is designed specifically
for speech output.
Let's not stop there. Let's do the same for email, for calendaring, for
twitter. Let's create a suite of tools that are specifically engineered to
offer outstanding user experience where the principle interaction method is
sound.
These are voice led clients. Software programs that facilitate access to
services through voice.
Once those voice clients exist, let's create a network of users around
those clients. Allow users to share relevant data. For example, allow a user to
share some notes on how to most easily navigate Tesco's web site by voice.
Allow a user to suggest an alternative site that achieves the same purpose but
that's easier to use through voice.
In effect, this creates a meta layer that sits over the top of the web.
This meta information signposts users to the critical data within pages,
provides speed enhancements, and empowers consumers. Allow the community of
voice led users to reward businesses that make voice led interaction easier,
faster, smoother.
Empower voice led users to take ownership of their own web experience.
Ken
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