[bcab] Re: Accurate Reporting

And that is my point. The piece gave the false impression that Amazon was 
inaccessible for blind people. If you take some time to get to know the 
site, it is perfectly usable.

Iain
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From: "Sunil" <bosley20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 6:54 PM
Subject: [bcab] Re: Accurate Reporting


You might find it tough to use because of the number of links and volume of
content displayed, but it's completely accessible for a totally blind person
using Jaws and probably WindowEyes too if you're familiar with some very
basic commands.

-----Original Message-----
From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Nigel
Sent: 30 October 2006 18:23
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Re: Accurate Reporting

Not true for you maybe, but true for the person concerned.  I don't use
Amazon as it's far too complicated to use with a sea of links.  Not every
one is expert enough to be able to use the Amazon site.

Nigel
If computers crashed as much as cars, we'd all be dead by now.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Iain Lackie" <LACKIEI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 11:21 AM
Subject: [bcab] Accurate Reporting




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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