[access-uk] Re: Accessible or not accessible? Freedom Box and c-saw
- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 23:56:40 +0100
A thoughtful contribution from you Tink, as usual. I wonder if I can use this
thread to pose or rephrase a question I asked a day or so back. This concerns
the Key to Freedom USB device. (Ihope I'll be forgiven for changing the
subject line a bit.)
This seems to include the Firefox browser, and they make much of the simplified
access to all manner of programs, including internet browsing. Is it really
that good that newcomers take to it with the ease claimed? It does all of this
too without video hooking.
This brings me to the question, What is this c-saw facility? Looking at beta
release notes of around April, there is talk of c-saw enabled browsers and
bookmark sharing. I understand you can also label links that are not always
meaningful. Is this something to do with the said c-saw too?
Ray
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tink Watson"
| Steve,
|
| Window Eyes apparently has the edge over Jaws with Flash links, but
| I'd suggest that the phrase "uk/main_uk.htm" is only easy to interpret if
| you're familiar with links and possibly know a little about the Internet.
|
| If the person using the web site not only has a visual impairment,
| but is also cognitively impaired, maybe with learning difficulties, how
| accessible do you think they would find those link phrases?
|
| We are assuming too that the user has a recent Flash capable screen
| reader, many people don't have that technology to hand.
|
| It can be argued that people should stay up to date with the latest
| technology, but I don't see that as being a good enough reason to prevent
| someone from accessing some information.
|
| You have a quick mind, an extensive knowledge of your technology,
| and the ability to stay on top of recent versions of your software, but you
| are not representative of the average Internet user, whether VI or not.
|
|
| The guy who kicked off the WWW, Tim Berners-Lee, put it best:
|
| "The power of the web is in its universality. Access by everyone,
| regardless of disability."
|
| http://www.w3.org/WAI/
|
| You may say that because you can access those links, whilst another
| may not be able to because of their different disability or technology, then
| accessibility is therefore subjective. I don't see it that way. If something
| isn't accessible to everyone, it simply isn't accessible.
|
| We may be a long way from perfect, but believe me, we are trying.
|
| How on earth did the Belgians get a double look in on the Habitat
| page though? *Grin.
|
| Tink.
|
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