how would you know if your site was accessible to a screen reader? Short of actually running it through? I always thought it was a matter of making sure that images had text descriptions and that essential information was not hidden in pictures
>So... what do people feel about "separate but equal", as in, a text-only >version of a site? I think one should strive for excellence in all areas, >so I understand trying to make everything accessible, but I've always >been under the impression that a text only version of a site would be >easier for things like lynx to browse. > >But is that, um, tacky? It just now dawned on me that perhaps having >everything generated, and being able to target various run-times (from >black and white to flash) isn't "where it's at". Perhaps it should be spent >checking that the "same thing" renders good in black and white, low res, >with the color green missing, etc.. > >It boils down to a link somewhere saying "text-only version" and some browser >detection, vs. knowing google will pull the right version of a page for someone >(for instance). > >Or are there ways to tell google - oh, I bet there are! Hmmm... eh. > >Can you even get away with that?: "Here is a plain version, don't complain >about flash, because no matter what, that's accessible" type of deal? > >Been debating it in my head for a bit now, as I've watched the different >tech come along... guess the screen-readers are getting pretty sophisticated, >and whatnot... there's some specs, (how supported, dunno.)... > >I've always liked the idea of text only versions for some reason... eh. > >On 6/13/07, Nick McClure wrote: >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| CF 8 â Scorpio beta now available, easily build great internet experiences â Try it now on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:236743 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
