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From: Peter Krantz
Date: Oct 4, 2010 3:33PM

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 22:48, Denis Boudreau < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> For a study we're conducting with the Quebec government, I'm trying to evaluate general cost of accessibility when building a website.

How do you define "website"?

Are you looking at all the work involved in getting a website up and
running? Setting up a publishing platform that is "accessible" from a
technical perspective (templates etc) can be a very small effort.
Building a website that is "accessbile" by some definition can require
a lot of work. Will you hire someone to subtitle your video clips?
Are you looking at accessibility for content producers as well?

I believe it is impossible to calculate a generic cost of
accessibility for a "website".

Regards,

Peter