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From: Ben Caldwell
Date: Sep 7, 2001 4:40PM

Hi Michael,
Out of curiosity, was there a particular accessibility reason you decided to
go with an alternative text only page? I didn't see anything out of the
ordinary at http://www.ohiogoodwills.org/test/ that would lead me to believe
text-only would be necessary to ensure accessibility. Unless dynamically
updated when the default version of a page changes, text-only pages are
often neglected over time and are time consuming to create and maintain.
For more information on this topic, see
http://www.w3.org/1999/05/WCAG-REC-fact#text.
On another note, in skimming through the code on the graphics page, I
noticed that you use the words "image" and "link" in many of your alt
attributes. Most screen readers announce both automatically (in some cases
audio cues like a change in voice or pitch are used to indicate that you are
on a link), so use of these words in the alt attributes is not necessary.
Hope this helps,
-Ben
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