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Re: Fw: Why is accessibility so hard?

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From: GF Mueden
Date: Nov 5, 2012 3:09PM

I would like to comment but the long piece was inaccessible to my
limited visual field and I did not find the appropriate place for feedback.

#1 More needs to be written from the point of view of the disabled.
For each disability there should be explained the fixes and
accommodations that are used. I have done so for those who still read
with their eyes but not well. "Advice for Publishers" is available as
an email attachment from <EMAIL REMOVED> .

#2 Nothing should be published without showing the way to feedback,
not to a bewildering mess of a corporate website, but direct to the
person who created the problem. Telling Adobe, Google, or Microsoft
something is incredibly difficult.
Example: Windows 7 has an introduction to its accessibility
features called Ease of Access, that is itself inaccessible in that it
is not adjustable for bad eyes. Feedback should have been offered from
right there to the designer. Instant feedback, not lost in the forest.

#3 There is much pious talk but no real help from the IT industry.
Let them collect and analyze the feedback and then advocate appropriate
fixes and accommodations.

G F Mueden ===gm==
On 11/5/2012 10:40 AM, Bryan Garaventa wrote:
> In case anyone else wants to chime in as well.
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