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Re: testing for color contrast as a totally blind tester

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From: James Nurthen
Date: Jan 4, 2013 9:03PM

It is not possible for someone who is totally blind to check for colour
contrast. While automated tools can determine the contrast of simple text
on a simple background, there are too many places where automated tools
cannot reliably determine the colour contrast.
Some examples of these are when using background images, background
gradients and background colours using alpha (transparency).
Regards,
James.


On Friday, January 4, 2013, Reinhard Stebner wrote:

> Does anyone know of any tools that a totally blind person can use to test
> for color contrast on web sites?
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