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Re: need help = accessilbity and flash

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From: Jamie
Date: Apr 9, 2006 12:00PM

My boss is sighted (Deputy director), but her boss our
director is blind. But did a mention that POLITICS
were at play in our state. I can't say anything
polictically correct, so I best not say anything about
my situation unless it is private.
--- Jon Gunderson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Jamie,
> Is your boss blind?
>
> Just have a a person with screen readers try to use
> the site.
> Make sure your boss is in the room with them when
> they try to
> use the site. I think the experience will be the
> best teacher.
>
> Jon
>
>
>
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 08:52:21 -0700 (PDT)
> >From: Jamie < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> >Subject: [WebAIM] need help = accessilbity and
> flash
> >To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> >
> >I'm a web administrator for Fl blind services. We
> now
> >have an contract group that just made a new web
> site
> >that i was told to link to. I feel that site is
> not
> >accessible it uses flash. Within the flash it
> would
> >be accessible if it did stuff like alt text. But I
> >feel that using flash as the only medium to access
> a
> >site is not a good practice. I told my boss this
> but
> >she said I was wrong. We at the division should
> not
> >care about the accessiblity of a site that we
> contract
> >for. So please look at the site. Tell me if I am
> >wrong about accessiblity. Suggest ways to make it
> >accessible if I am correct about the flash only
> site.
> >
> >http://www.floridablindservices.org/
> >
> >
> >He who allows oppression, shares the crime
> --Erasmus Darwin
> >
> >
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