Creating Web Workstation for people with disabilites

[Thomas Dowling]

Within the last few days, the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative has issued
the first public draft of its Web Accessibility Guidelines
<URL:http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/WD-WAI-PAGEAUTH-0203>.  This is obviously
aimed at authoring practices, but makes GOOD reading and should probably
stay within arm's reach as you discuss accessibility issues.

Thomas Dowling
OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew J. Mutch <amutch at tln.lib.mi.us>
To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at library.berkeley.edu>
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 1998 5:10 PM
Subject: Creating Web Workstation for people with disabilites


>Hi all,
>
>I'm looking for information from those of you who have created Web
>Workstations designed to permit those with a variety of disabilites to
>access the Internet.  The most obvious obstacle is for those with visual
>impairments and so far I have heard that these users would benefit from:
>
>1) Large (20"+) Monitors with large fonts enabled for those with limited
>vision.
>2) pwWebSpeak or some other type of screen reader that will "read" web
>pages for those without any vision.
>
>I've also heard recommendations for TrackBalls in place of a mouse for
>those with limited mobility.
>
>Any other recommendations for software, hardware, etc. would be
>appreciated!
>
>Thanks,
>
>Andrew Mutch
>Northville District Library
>Northville, MI
>
>Respond to me and I'll summarize to the list.
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