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Re: Should a web site look and read the same

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From: Walt Stover
Date: May 7, 2013 6:40AM

Greg,

As a screen reader user as long as I receive the information that is
all I am worried about, I have seen some webpages that offer a webpage
for screen reader users but they aren't very good just an example is
amazon. Don't know if this helps or not.
Walt Stover

On 5/7/13, Tim Harshbarger < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Greg,
>
> Here is another way to think of this issue.
>
> Typically, sites don't include a label for a search field. However, when the
> site is designed, there are visual cues used to indicate that the text field
> is a search field. No one just adds a text field to the design and hopes
> that people visually will be able to figure it out. Since someone who is
> blind can't utilize those visual cues, you may add off screen text to help
> make it obvious to the blind user that the text field is a search field.
> That is the kind of "same" we often mean when we talk about accessible
> design.
>
> If I rightly understand what you wrote, then I agree with you. Someone who
> is sighted and someone who is blind will not have the same sensorial
> experience. However, they can have the same user experience in that they
> both can complete the same tasks for which the user interface was designed.
> Experience. That is they both can complete the same tasks.
>
> If you want to read more on the topic, I would suggest reading about the 4
> principles of WCAG 2.0: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust.
> When you read about them, I think it will explain better than I can how
> things are the same and how they differ.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>