[bookshare-discuss] Re: Way To Go, Scott!
- From: "Darrell Shandrow" <darrell.shandrow@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 20:34:43 -0700
Hi Geoff,
I have no trouble at all using Bookshare's search facilities. :-) As with
anything else in life, they can be improved, but, really, I have few complaints
as I feel Bookshare gives me quite a lot of accessibility! Anyone who can make
a staunch accessibility evangelist like me happy must be doing *something*
right... :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: Geoff Stephens
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:30 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Way To Go, Scott!
Updating the Web interface is trivial compared to the changes to the back end
necessary for such things as book conversions, etc. Still, the uI for the
service has needed ongoing enhancement which really hasn't been addressed.
this is really the easiest part of the process.
Do a book search and the results aren't organized in any logical manner that
makes navigation with a screen reader the least bit intuitive. I'm not going
to bother to try to get into all the specifics about what needs to be done to
the site here. it would take some time. It is disappointing that sites
designed specifically for use by blind people don't implement the very features
we complain about every day with regard to many mainstream sites.
I don't know what I would do without it, but I shudder when I think about all
the duplication of effort of scanning content that is new enough that it never
gained the distinction of being typed or hand written. I applaud the publisher
quality effort and hope we can eventually completely eliminate the need to scan
books.
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