UKNM: Blind Blind Blind

[Mike Grenville]

> -----Original Message-----

> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 10:22:20 -0000

>

"Richard Longhurst" <richard [dot] longhurstfuturenet [dot] co [dot] uk> wrote:

> While it's easy to say a site isn't designed site for 'lowest

> common denominator' users without Flash and fast modems, what are 

> you going to say to blind people who want to visit and buy from you? 

>Or aren't there enough of them to matter?


...but if that demographic were to include the not-very-well sighted, 

people who wanted to print out the page plus Digital TV viewers, PDAs

and WAP mobile phones you might start to think that making alternative 

ways to display your site was worthwhile doing. 


It's also much easier to do if you design it in from the start.

For an example see www.radar.org.uk 

The BBC also have made their text converter script available for download


Mike


Mike Grenville

RealCall - The Digital to Human Response Company

<http://www.realcall.com>

Tel: +44 (0)207 233 9733 


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