Web design frames and screen reader

[Junus, Ranti]

All,

Besides the usual "frame is evil" response, I wonder if any of you aware of formal reports about accessibility issues on using frames in  web design?  My own search gave me nothing. 

Section 508 indicates that frames can be accessible (by a screen reader) as long as it's titled with text to identify the frame and assist in navigating the frames.  W3C provides documentation/checkpoints on how to make frames more accessible.  With that info, any of you aware of any web design that meets the requirements? 

In case any of you wondering:
1.  No, I don't plan to create frames for our website.  I need the information to formally justify *not* to use frames.
2. Yes, I know that we can utilize CSS to create frame-like design.


thanks in advance,
ranti.

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