How to make the weblog more accessible for people using vocalization software.

[G. Secondino]

Jim,

As you are interested in accessible web site I suggest you visit Mark
Pilgrim's site. http://diveintoaccessibility.org/

Regards,

Gary

 Website - http://www.webstir.com/
  Weblog - http://iseeisay.editthispage.com
  Weblog - http://radio.weblogs.com/0001275/


> From: Jim Byrne <j.byrne@gcal.ac.uk>
> Reply-To: Manila-Newbies@userland.com
> Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 15:38:54 +0000
> To: <Manila-Newbies@userland.com>
> Subject: Re: How to make the weblog more accessible for people using
> vocalization software.
> 
> I suggest you learn a little basic HTML,  take a deep breath, copy the
> weblog template into a text editor, strip out all the HTML leaving just the
> macros, and then add your own basic HTML. Copy the resulting template back
> into your weblog application - and breath out.
> 
> Scary - but it will free you up from being controlled by the application -
> and you will be able to fix the page yourself when it screws up.
> 
> If you web pages is primarily aimed at people who are blind or visually
> impaired they will thank you for providing them with a page that is simple
> to understand; and if you have headings and links that use text describing
> the pages that are linked to - many user will be able to summarise the pages
> using their screen reading software.
> 
> Read this page first: http://www.mcu.org.uk/articles/htmlnotes.html
> Then this page: http://www.mcu.org.uk/articles/deafblindaccess.html
> Then this page: http://www.mcu.org.uk/articles/whatisaw.html
> Then this accessible overview of the W3C guidelines:
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/wcag-curric/overgid.htm
> 
> All the best,
> Jim
> 
> on 12/13/02 3:20 PM, Don Saklad at dsaklad@zurich.ai.mit.edu wrote:
> 
>> Thank you Jim Byrne!
>> 
>> The difficulty with that instructive material is it's for people
>> with a good understanding of how to do those things. For the rest
>> of us just using the format as provided, the instructive information
>> needs to detail step by step how to do it...
>> 
> 
> 
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