That's not taking things to an extreme - it's a totally different argument altogether. A screen reader is a user agent, not a plug-in. A person uses a screen reader because they want or have to, not because of the technologies used to build the websites they view. That's totally different from forcing all users to use a plug-in to view a site.
With regard to building screen reader technology into a browser, it may benefit a small number of people but it's never going to negate the need for a fully featured screen reader that works with a wide range of applications. People with severe visual impairment need a screen reader that works from boot-up, not just when the browser is open. Steve Green Director Test Partners Ltd / First Accessibility www.testpartners.co.uk www.accessibility.co.uk Leslie Riggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > Just my penneth worth. > > > > I have always said anything that needs a plugin is automaticaly > > un-accessable. > > > > Trevor. > > > > ******************************************************************* > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ******************************************************************* > Well...we could take this to an extreme - anything that requires a > specialized application makes it automatically inaccessible. I'm > thinking here of the need to use JAWS or other screenreader software to > read web pages, for example. Which means such applications should be > built-in, and I believe there are some to some extent (Opera?). > > Leslie Riggs > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
