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Keeping it simple, without the hype. PC tips and Internet advice for mom and pop businesses.
Keeping it simple, without the hype. PC tips and Internet advice for mom and pop businesses.
Those of us who can see take the Internet for granted. We use it for research. We’re entertained online. We get our news online. We buy stuff online. And we use the Net to make money.
Can you imagine being blind?
One San Diego family is on a mission to the make the Internet more accessible to the blind.
JAWS has given them a head start. It is a screen reader service that helps visually impaired people surf the Internet. JAWS does a fairly good job, but does not work on a site that uses Adobe Flash or javascript instead of html links. For this and other reasons, SEO Incorporated in Carlsbad changes codes on websites so that links can be accessed by the blind.
The news story below discusses the conflict between websites and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Amber, the young lady featured in the news story, is the plaintiff in a lawsuit against Target. She was able to surf Target’s site with JAWS but was unable to make a purchase.
My take: We will all need to comply at some point, offering alternative pages for those portions of our sites that are embedded with javascript, AdobeFlash, or other programs that are not accessible with screen readers such as JAWS.
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Good Post. Very Informative and kind of engaging.
It just goes to show that despite the very fast development, technology still can’t be enjoyed be everyone. Thanks for sharing the news.