Comments on: Web accessibility: Sylvan’s surrender

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:44:46 +0000

Cecil, a web page is not a place. Does that answer your question? I have a few of my own.

Would providing free sign language interpreters be appropriate if the business was entirely spanish speaking? Should the videotext displays offered on the internet be provided in every language that a disabled person may wish to speak, free of charge? Do you have any particular size of business in mind, or does any blog, particularly ones that make income from ads, need to provide all of the alternate versions of reading every page?

Shoudl Walter be required to reformat your text for easy braille conversion?

By: Cecil

Cecil — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:51:28 +0000

And what exactly is wrong with considering web sites which are transacting business to be public accomodations? Internet sales are certainly a lot more likely to be true interstate commerce as compared to mom and pop’s shoppe down the street. I realize that’s apples and oranges, but what sense does it make for a store (brick and mortar) to be accessible to the blind (most of who can’t drive, except for in S.C…. See the song it’s a sorry world for that particular reference) and yet have it’s web site (which is a lot more likely to be used by the blind, at least independantly) not be accessible?