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From: Chris Keller
Date: Feb 14, 2002 1:52PM

I have heard and read many times that websites in frames comply with the W3C
508 guidelines. However, we had a blind student, CJ, test our courses which
are using frames with his screen reader, Jaws (version 4.0, I believe), and
he could not access our courses. We are naming our frames and can't figure
out why the student can't access our courses. We have done our own tests
and validate CJ's findings that our frames setup is inaccessible with his
Jaws software. He gave a presentation to our 20 full time employees and
adamantly argued that frame sites are inaccessible and that we should design
in tables. Here is an example course:
http://ce.byu.edu/courses/univ/488025350004/public/start.htm

Could anyone please address this discrepancy or give us suggestions? Thank
you.

Sincerely,

Chris Keller
Quality Assurance Supervisor
BYU Center for Instructional Design
(801) 378-7686 office


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