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RE: Browser detection and screen readers

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From: Michael Burks
Date: Aug 1, 2003 5:00AM

You might find

http://www.icdri.org/Kynn/ccpp.htm

Interesting


Sincerely,

Mike Burks

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Subject: re: Browser detection and screen readers


I might be missing the point of the question, but the bigger picture of
accessible design is that there is such a wide range of potential
special needs and potential severities. With that array of issues, there
is an even wider arrary of the ways in which people compensate.
Ultimately UA detection would be fruitless, IMO. What about the color
blind? What about those with Parkinsons? What about people who are not
totally blind but are legally blind?

Your best bet would be to simply build a completely accessible site that
doesn't rely on alternative anything.

>> Hi
>> has anyone done server-side browser detection to detect a screen
reader
>> and
>> serve up an appropriate page layout (i.e. alternative css sheet)?

>> If so, is there a User Agent list somewhere that I'm just not
finding?

>> Thanks
>> -chris


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