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From: Amy Rogers
Date: Aug 11, 2011 4:27PM

Hello, I'm new here. I need feedback and advice. I have already searched the archives.

We sell a web-based service. On the home page, in the first screen, an idea is to feature a slideshow -- a series of 5 slides -- highlighting the service's main features.

In each slide, a screenshot of a feature is on the left, and, to its right, a list of bulleted text (actual text, not text in image).

To navigate through the slides, there would be a button for each slide below the slide area. The user proactively clicks on each one.

How do we make it easier for a sight and mobile impaired person navigate through the slides?

If there are examples of websites that have done the same thing and it's accessible, I will love to get their URLs.

Thank you!
Amy