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Re: Browse Aloud

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From: Simius Puer
Date: Apr 16, 2010 8:21AM

No web standards would endorse a given product, that's not what they are
there for. Any claim to the contrary is, as this article points out,
marketing lies:

http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/11/all-aboard-the-pas-78-gravy-train/



On 16 April 2010 14:12, Geof Collis < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Do you have any articles on the matter I could read?
>
> At 08:52 AM 4/16/2010, you wrote:
> >On 16/04/2010 13:18, Geof Collis wrote: > As for
> >Browse Aloud I have tested this program > and it
> >will be a boon to people with all types of >
> >disabilities. I would point out to you that
> >The > Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
> >(WCAG) > documents explain how to make web
> >content > accessible to people with
> >disabilities. That is > exactly what Browse
> >Aloud goes a long way to accomplishing. And
> >that's utter rubbish (and the sort of marketing
> >BS that i quite publicly pulled BrowseAloud up
> >about in the past)! To use an old phrase: don't
> >believe the hype! P -- Patrick H. Lauke
> >