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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Oct 28, 2019 9:52AM

At my agency, text only is only an option if the site has a very strong
business case that a particular product must be used, there's no way to fix
it (including JS hackery), and the vendor refuses to cooperate. Look at it
from a risk perspective, are you more likely to get in trouble for a minor
issue or not keeping a secondary version updated? I would investigate how
to address those minor issues, vs trying to build out how to manage a
second version.

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Ryan E. Benson


On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 10:43 AM Swift, Daniel P. < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Patrick:
>
> That's a valid point that I've been struggling with ... we've viewed it as
> a "safety net" believing that if there were any major issues, the third
> party would provide alternative access to our data. Our site is very
> accessible with minor issues that keep appearing. With accessibility
> lawsuits on the rise after the last few years, one can't help but be
> paranoid.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dan Swift
> Senior Web Specialist
> University Communications and Marketing
> West Chester University
> 610.738.0589
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of Patrick H. Lauke
> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2019 10:28 AM
> To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Text-Only Version of sites
>
> On 28/10/2019 14:25, Swift, Daniel P. wrote:
> > Does anyone have any experience with textise.org or similar companies?
> Our current solution has been significantly increasing prices year over
> year and I'm considering alternatives.
>
> Nowadays there's little to no advantage to having a "text only version"
> of a site, provided that the site is reasonably accessible in and of
> itself.
>
> Why do you feel you need to continue providing such a version?
>
> P
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