[bcab] Re: Accurate Reporting

I certainly don't claim to be a genius.

Iain



                                                                       
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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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