[Web4lib] Usablenet Web accessibility solution

[Stacey Kimmel]

Hi,

I'm hoping to hear from Web managers/programmers who have implemented 
the Usablenet Assistive software (http://www.usablenet.com/)to provide 
text-only link access on their Web sites. The sales rep reports that 
their product can be used to access and search library databases, 
courseware, portal software, etc., so I'm particularly interested in 
hearing from institutions that use the product to access these services. 
  Do users have access to the full range of database search 
capabilities?  Any issues with course software such as Blackboard 
Courseinfo or portal software such as SCT Luminus? Some other questions 
include:

-- did you choose the local or off-site hosted option? Why?
-- do you experience any significant performance issues or downtime?
-- user feedback
-- product's ability to translate graphical Web content into text-only 
format, any problems that Usablenet was unable to fix/resolve?

Please respond to sek2 at lehigh.edu, and I'll summarize for the list if 
there is interest...

Thanks!

Stacey Kimmel-Smith
Lehigh University
sek2 at lehigh.edu
610-758-4768