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Re: Browse Aloud

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Apr 16, 2010 8:24AM

On 16/04/2010 14:12, Geof Collis wrote:
> Do you have any articles on the matter I could read?

An old one here

http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/11/all-aboard-the-pas-78-gravy-train/
(and the follow-up
http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/27/browsealoud-respond/)

But in essence: BrowseAloud reads out your website, in simple terms. If
the website is built like crap, without any accessibility consideration,
BA won't magically solve the problem. In fact, it works best on sites
that are actually already accessible to start with, so it's just a
cherry on top. BA *can* be of use to a very small and specific sliver of
the "users with disabilities" demographic (mainly users with dyslexia).
It's not a magic bullet, and it doesn't cater for any other types of
disability. Claiming that it "goes a long way" is simply false.

P


> 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
>>