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Re: Browse Aloud

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From: Geof Collis
Date: Apr 16, 2010 8:54AM

Bonus!!
Geof

At 09:25 AM 4/16/2010, you wrote:
>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 >>
>