Re: [uk-netmarketing] RE: RE: Blind Readers

[salinka]

awesome! so much better than going through that grungy checklist from the

W3C! i actuallly have a client that has mandated we adhere to these

guidelines. apparently it's a law here in the US that non-profit sites must

be accessible. :)


thanks so much! 


sally



At 07:58 PM 1/30/01 +0000, you wrote:

>Hi,

>

>CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology) have software called 'Bobby' 

>which 

>can be pointed at a Website to check its compliance with 'all of the 

>Priority 1 

>accessibility checkpoints established by the WAI'.

>

>An increasing number of enlightened clients are looking for Web agencies that 

>will build 'Bobby approved' Websites, which can then display an approval

badge 

>which indicates accessibility has been taken into account.

>

>You can plug in a URL at: http://www.cast.org/bobby

>

>Or download their software to nuke an entire site.

>

>Hope this helps!

>

>

>Rajesh

>

>----

>Rajesh Sinha

>

rajeshfinancetools [dot] com

>Tel: 0870 740 7100

>Fax: 0870 740 7101

>

>

Quoting Ashley Pomeroy <arptermisoc [dot] org>:

>

>> >>>>if you contact RNIB they will provide you with a browser called

>> Opera<<<<

>> 

>> It's worth mentioning that Opera isn't blind-specific, it's just a very

>> compact visual browser (created as a reaction to the 'software bloat' of

>> Netscape and IE). This page:

>> http://www.operasoftware.com/special.html

>> has more about the accessibility features of the browser.