[bcab] Re: Accurate Reporting

Well, I've never used Amazon to buy anything, but my wife has. I went onto their site to try to stop their continual spam, and didn't manage to do it.
So, as you say, it's nowhere near perfect. These things should be accessible not only to the geniuses amongst us.


Iain Lackie wrote:

Hi
I know that the web isn't always as accessible as we might like it to be but when there are stories about this covered by the likes of the BBC, it would be good if we could get some accuracy. There is a report on the BBC website which speaks of a blind person trying to buy a book from Amazon which says
"To find the book I wanted I had to go through an absolute sea of links, and then when I did find what I needed to buy, and added it to my shopping basket,
I couldn't move forward from there because the 'continue' button wasn't marked in such a way that I could find it.".

You can see the story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/programmes/click_online/6090418.stm.

I know that the Amazon site is not perfect but the impression given reading this story is that the site is not usable by blind people. Yes, I know that there is a sea of links but familiarity with the site leads to an increase in speed of use. Goods can certainly be purchased using the site. I know. I have purchased many.

To my mind, this kind of reportage on accessibility really does the cause no good as implies something which is not true.

Iain

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