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Re: WebAIM Discussion List Digest 08.10.2004. (Kurt... is on his honeymoon.)

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From: Kurt Bendl
Date: Oct 8, 2004 1:02AM

Hi,

My email program received your email. That's good.
Unfortunately,I won't be available to read it for a week
or so, as I've gone and done a damned fool thing like
get married.

I'd check my email while I'm away, but my sweetheart
would most likely bludgeon me with various, forcibly
removed, parts of my anatomy, and after that, well...
(You get the idea. No working while on the post-nuputal
escapades for me.)

If you have an immediate University-related issue, please
send email to :

<EMAIL REMOVED>

....and some friendly, competent, kind-hearted person will do his
best to serve you as he handles both our already over-booked
work loads.


Best regards,

Kurt



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WebAIM Discussion List Digest 08.10.2004.
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From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
Subject: Re: Cost of Web accessibility, yet again
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 00:17:19 -0600






Thanks. However, I'm in Canada and
American legislation isn't relevant here, in this case. The client
would
be partaking in web accessibility voluntarily, based on its merits and
benefits. Besides, I thought last week we were discussing it may
be best
to keep web accessibility out of the court system. Cheers,

Glenda

-----Original
Message-----From: jgugerty
[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]Sent: Wednesday, October 06,
2004 6:14 AMTo: WebAIM Discussion ListSubject: Re:
[WebAIM] Cost of Web accessibility, yet againFrom a slightly
larger perspective, note the potential legal costs and time costs if
accessibility is omitted/overlooked/neglected, and someone files an
OCR/504/ADA complaint. Once that process starts, life can get very
interesting
very fast. >;>;>; <EMAIL REMOVED> 10/5/2004 4:33:28 PM
>;>;>;
Thanks Julian,To be honest, I prefer doing the audit, which
details what needs to be doneand why, and then let "their people" do
the
grunt work. It avoids the "ok,could you change this and that
too"
and then I'm not responsible for anygoof ups. So, in that case,
the
total costs are out of my hands.From my understanding ( I don't drive
), once the mechanic knows what iswrong, he can give a fairly accurate

estimate that that it will cost [intime or money ] to replace the
brake
pads, align the tires, whatever -- likethere is a rate list. Is
there something like that in web accessibility?Something I could
include
in my audit or am I asking for the moon here?I am thinking of
something like:- include ALT tags @ 30seconds / ALT * 10 = 5
mins- convert layout table to CSS @ .75hr/"simple" table = 1.5hr-
etcOf course it would still be an ESTIMATE, but it may comfort
business peoplehaving a rough approximation of cost. I am
thinking
in order to havebusiness buy into web accessibility, we need to speak
business language.Are we any where close to providing such
information? Or is there anotherapproach I'm
missing?Cheers,Glenda