[jaws-uk] Re: WEB ACCESSIBILITY

Wendy,

I can only agree with you here.  If we don't tell them how are they ever 
going to learn what they are doing wrong.

I went to a e-mail policy conference last year and represented the visually 
impaired sector.  Believe me I really had to beat our drum very hard indeed.

Norman.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wendy Sharpe" <w.sharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 8:40 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: WEB ACCESSIBILITY


> Martin
>
> I'm sorry you had so much trouble, but please add your signature.  We do 
> now
> have legislation on our side, and if the Government doesn't set a good
> example we can't really expect others to do the same.  I am totally blind
> and retired in 2005, and now I am at home I do a lot on my PC, shopping,
> searching for information, doing competitions, etc.  I find that some 
> sites
> are much better than others, and the ones that are not good get feedback
> from me.  Sometimes they take it seriously and make improvements, so it is
> worth having a go.
>
> I hope you enjoy your retirement, and find plenty of fun things to do.
>
> Wendy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> On
> Behalf Of Martin Dudley
> Sent: 29 January 2007 20:31
> To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: WEB ACCESSIBILITY
>
> Having recently taken early retirement I couldn't give a monkey, but 
> having
> worked in a regional government office for the past 16 years I have had to
> battle with the local web designers to have their web sites made
> accessible. I gave up in the end, took as I said early retirement, and
> they're probably still doing just what they like to make sites look oh so
> nice for the sighted person.
>
> Am  I bitter, oh no, of course not.
>
> Martin
>
> Dr Norman Waddington recently said:-
>
>>Thanks Wendy,
>>
>>I signed it last week.
>>
>>Norman.
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Wendy Sharpe" <w.sharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: "Jaws" <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 11:04 AM
>>Subject: [jaws-uk] WEB ACCESSIBILITY
>>
>>
>> >I expect many of you know about this already, but another list has 
>> >passed
>> >on
>> > the information that there is a Government website for E petitions, and
> of
>> > particular importance to us is the one about web accessibility.  The
> link
>> > is:
>> >
>> > http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/govaccessibility/
>> >
>> > So far there are only 550 signatures, and the deadline for signing is 
>> > 21
>> > February.  I don't know whether the petition goes far enough, but at
> least
>> > we can show our interest by signing.
>> >
>> > Wendy
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