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Re: FW: Shortened URLs and screenreaders

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From: Jared Smith
Date: Apr 23, 2015 10:32AM

Yes, the weba.im URL shortening service is public and open to anyone
to use freely.

Jared

On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 8:56 AM, Natalie Jean < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> By "service" I mean the URL shortening tool. My impression is that anyone can use it since the following is stated at the bottom of the page: Provided as a community service by WebAIM. Am I correct?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Natalie Jean
> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 8:12 AM
> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
> Subject: RE: [WebAIM] Shortened URLs and screenreaders
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> Jared, there are no restrictions on who can use this service, I assume. Am I correct?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Jared Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 2:44 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Shortened URLs and screenreaders
>
> As has been noted, there's no accessibility implications I'm aware of for shortened links, so long as it does an instant redirect and is not displaying the resulting site in a frame.
>
> Relevant to this discussion is http://weba.im/, an accessible URL shortening service that we developed here at WebAIM.
>
> Jared
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