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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Jan 2, 2002 7:55AM

I don1t know if you1ve taken a look at the CDROM guidelines from NCAM:
http://ncam.wgbh.org/cdrom/guideline

AWK

On 12/26/01 11:00 AM, Tim Harshbarger ( <EMAIL REMOVED> )
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am looking for as much information and advice as I can get. I was asked
to
> pull together a set of accessibility guidelines.
>
> I am reviewing existing guidelines right now, but none of them so far seem
to
> fit with the group or environment for which I am suppose to establish
> guidelines/standards.
>
> These guidelines will be used by interface designers with backgrounds in
> usability. These guidelines are likely to be incorporated into style
guides.
> A vast majority of the interfaces will be highly interactive.
>
> I seem to be having a problem though. -- most guidelines appear to be geared
> toward the technical development aspect of site creation, not the interface
> design aspect of site creation. As far as possible, I also want to go
beyond
> simply removing barriers for people with disabilities toward increasing the
> usability of interfaces for people with disabilities.
>
> Any thoughts, information, or suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
> Tim
> Tim Harshbarger
> E-mail: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>
>

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