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From: Lucy Greco
Date: Feb 10, 2016 12:41PM

its tools like this i think make our job harder. we keep telling people we
need to code to standereds and then some one comes in and says our tool
will do what you need make an accessable vertion well i say stop now and
just code to the standers you will get better web sites and more access for
every one not only people with disabilitys.

Lucia Greco
Web Accessibility Evangelist
IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration
University of California, Berkeley
(510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
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On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 11:16 AM, Moore,Michael (Accessibility) (HHSC) <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> If you have actually achieved WCAG AA compliance then I do not see a
> reason to continue to keep your Lift license, unless your web office is way
> overfunded and you just cannot figure out what to do with all of the money.
>
> Seriously though, I think of these kinds of tools as a way to provide
> limited access while work is done to make everything work as it should.
> Once the work is done they should be retired.
>
> Mike Moore
> Accessibility Coordinator
> Texas Health and Human Services Commission
> Civil Rights Office
> (512) 438-3431 (Office)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of Thompson, Rachel
> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 11:59 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: [WebAIM] Lift Assistive
>
> Hi, esteemed list.
>
> One of the web decision makers on our campus is asking for opinions on the
> Lift Assistive tool. It has been in use on our campus for a long time as a
> way to produce a text-only version of web pages.
>
> I know text-only does not mean accessible and I think tools like this give
> our web teams the erroneous feeling that content is accessible when it is
> not. I also hate the lack of equity with separate-but-equal approaches.
>
> If our web resources are created to meet WCAG 2.0 AA (our goal), is there
> a reason to keep our Lift Assistive license?
>
> If you have an opinion or have faced similar questions, could you please
> share?
>
> Much obliged,
> Rachel
>
> Dr. Rachel S. Thompson
> Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional
> Technology University of Alabama
> > > at http://webaim.org/discussion/archives
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