Re: professionalism and wysiwyg

Just FYI voice browsers do not apply to blind people alone, in fact there
are efforts to make them mainstream.

Sincerely,

Mike Burks
-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Fischer <fischer(at)email.unc.edu>
To: MIchael Channing wilson <webmaster(at)lucidmind.com>; Kynn Bartlett
<kynn-hwg(at)idyllmtn.com>
Cc: Mark de Vries <gryphon(at)catling.demon.nl>; hwg-theory(at)hwg.org
<hwg-theory(at)hwg.org>
Date: Sunday, October 11, 1998 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: professionalism and wysiwyg


>At 03:06 PM 10/11/98 -0400, MIchael Channing wilson wrote:
>>Not without =seeing= it!
>
>("It" referring to any number of graphics.)
>
>Uh-huh!  (I'm sure Kynn knows more about this because of his work with
>voice browsers, but here's an example:)
>
><IMG SRC="gazebo.jpg" ALT="picture of a gazebo" LONGDESC="gazebo.html">
>
>The content of "gazebo.html" would contain a detailed description of every
>nuance of the gazebo, much like oftentimes when I visit a museum and see
>blind people walking through, with their close friend describing the
>paintings to him.  If gazebo.html was marked up appropriately (simply at
>best) with the aural style sheet applied, people could get the full effect
>of the picture with out seeing it.  *That's* what accessibility is about.
>
>--
> -Ryan Fischer <fischer(at)email.unc.edu> ICQ UIN - 595003

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