I think it useful for me to share some additional information concerning the Tesco ecommerce site. A friend and colleague from RNIB was telling me recently...
Janina Sajka
janina@...
Jun 2, 2001 11:04 pm
3410
Hello, Can someone look at the site http://www.socialistsolidarity.com for me, and explain why it's not accessible? I'm using JFW 3.7 and haven't been using...
Catherine Turner
cturne@...
Jun 4, 2001 11:43 am
3411
Catherine, I know this may not help you much, but this site reads perfectly with Window-Eyes. All the links, tables, and graphics (which appear to be properly...
Aaron Smith
aaron@...
Jun 4, 2001 1:12 pm
3412
How is this possible that JFW finds no links on this page? The only way to initiate reading of the links is to turn off the virtual cursor and navigate in...
Jim Fettgather
jimkc@...
Jun 4, 2001 2:31 pm
3413
I took a quick browse of this page. The top line of the source says: <htmll> When I change this to the correct <html> i.e. eliminated the extra l, JAWS read...
Kelly Ford
kelly@...
Jun 4, 2001 2:44 pm
3414
Home Page Reader reads the page fine. It reads: [Socialist Solidarity Network logo.] [Home.][Red Shift.][Info.][Discussion.][Contact.][Links.] [Asylum...
Phill Jenkins
pjenkins@...
Jun 4, 2001 3:59 pm
3415
I am looking for an example or two of really bad sites from an accessibility standpoint. Any suggestions for the "worst" site? A government site would be ...
Marti McCuller
marti@...
Jun 5, 2001 7:01 pm
3416
Marti, Here's one from NASA's web page. I know they're working on this, and they've already made some modifications, but it's still a bad font page in terms of...
Aaron Smith
aaron@...
Jun 5, 2001 7:39 pm
3417
Just to avoid confusion, I meant to say bad "front" page, not bad "font" page. ... -- Aaron Smith GW Micro Phone: 219/489-3671 Fax: 219/489-2608 WWW:...
Aaron Smith
aaron@...
Jun 5, 2001 7:45 pm
3418
Hi All, I ran across another od situation this morning, similar (possibly?) to the Socialist Solidarity <htmll> site discussed here recently. On the text-only...
Patrick Burke
burke@...
Jun 6, 2001 6:37 pm
3419
Hi, I think it has something to do with the second link below. The first is the last JAWS treats correctly and the second seems like it is mixing in maybe...
Kelly Ford
kelly@...
Jun 6, 2001 7:46 pm
3420
Hi All, For those with browsing combinations that already permit direct access to all text this probably isn't of too much interest. I'm thinking for example...
Kelly Ford
kelly@...
Jun 7, 2001 1:20 am
3421
Hi All, I haven't tried this with anything but JAWS thus far. But <http://www.fedworld.gov> has a combo box of many services that one can select from. With...
Kelly Ford
kelly@...
Jun 8, 2001 3:32 am
3422
... services that one can ... AG:: In terms of the code and the status line: yes, you have it exactly right. Wait 'til you try to read the ads in the right...
Al Gilman
asgilman@...
Jun 8, 2001 12:25 pm
3423
Hi All, I was browsing through the Thomas legislative system looking for a particular bill and reached the page at <http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c107bills.html>,...
Kelly Ford
kelly@...
Jun 9, 2001 4:58 am
3424
Hi everyone, I am having trouble with a web site that I am trying to hear. Actually I have been listening, but my wife had to activate the link. This is the ...
Rick Roderick
richard@...
Jun 10, 2001 2:41 am
3425
... [Al, here] One plan for screen reader activation would be as follows: tab to the word [gallery], and then tab one more time. Now snap the mouse to the...
Al Gilman
asgilman@...
Jun 10, 2001 2:09 pm
3426
Hi, Rick: Two observations which may help: 1.) I don't know what browser you use--you don't say. But, lynx does have a setting in lynx.cfg which will expose...
Janina Sajka
janina@...
Jun 10, 2001 4:32 pm
3427
Hi Janina, Though I use Pine and Lynx a lot for various things, I use Internet explorer for this site because of the audio. It is a ajavascript player that...
Rick Roderick
richard@...
Jun 10, 2001 8:41 pm
3428
This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by kelly@.... Arts Online: Making Federal Web Sites Friendly to Disabled Users By MATTHEW MIRAPAUL ...
Kelly Ford
kelly@...
Jun 11, 2001 4:12 pm
3429
Hello: I just went to the Social Security web site at: http://www.ssa.gov Right at the top of the page, Window-Eyes 4.0 reads this: Text of scrolling Java...
Jennifer Sutton
jensutton@...
Jun 13, 2001 7:10 pm
3430
it is basically an advertisement for how great SSA is. They probably put the note in to "meet 508" - which of course it does not! To meet 508 they would need...
Marti McCuller
marti@...
Jun 13, 2001 7:32 pm
3431
Marti, That is exactly what they do. They definitely meet section 508 requirements. The phrase that Jennifer quoted is a link, which is hidden by using the...
Jim Thatcher
jim@...
Jun 13, 2001 10:33 pm
3432
You got me - I did not notice the link. Thanks for pointing it out. It seems that many federal websites are indeed making an effort, it may take a bit to iron...
Marti McCuller
marti@...
Jun 13, 2001 10:39 pm
3433
Well, you don't, of course. But the SSA site shows what happens when teckies are assigned the task of making a site accessible. It seems they've done a fairly...
Janina Sajka
janina@...
Jun 13, 2001 10:55 pm
3434
Hello everyone, Last week, I told you about the Presbyterian General Assembly and my difficulty accessing it. I pointed out the problems to the webmaster, and...
Rick Roderick
richard@...
Jun 14, 2001 2:06 pm
3435
Thanks to everyone for their responses. You know, I did see the link, but didn't follow it both because I was in a hurry to conduct my original business but...
Jennifer Sutton
jensutton@...
Jun 14, 2001 5:02 pm
3436
Can anyone give me their comments on the following: Does the UK Disability Discrimination Act mean that UK Health Service Web sites need to be accessible? ...
Jim Byrne
j.byrne@...
Jun 18, 2001 3:26 pm
3437
From the Web page: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010617/pl/disabled_online_2.html Sunday June 17 9:09 PM ET Disabled Access to Technology Probed By D. IAN...
Jennifer Sutton
jensutton@...
Jun 18, 2001 4:39 pm
3438
Note related link citations included at the end of the article. Go directly to the article to access them. From the Web page: ...
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