Website Sued for not being blind accessable

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by usasportstraining, Oct 11, 2007.

  1. #1
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071003/wr_nm/target_blind_dc_4

    It's this last statement that is unnerving. The line has to be drawn somewhere.

    Why does everything have to be made so everyone can buy things? Find a friend to help you read the pages, Geez!
     
    usasportstraining, Oct 11, 2007 IP
  2. Hecky

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    How can you make a website accessible to the blind? Does it dictate everything or what?
     
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  3. usasportstraining

    usasportstraining Notable Member

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    I think dictating the page is one of the ways.

    I found this: http://www.acb.org/accessible-formats.html about making documents Accessible to People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired.

    I also found some sites that help a blind or visually impaired person magnify the pages using special software or hardware.

    I think anything requiring sites to display in a special format could be expensive and very difficult, especially for the little ecommerce sites.
     
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    Thats seriously ridiculous! Anything to make a buck nowadays...
     
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    Lets take down the whole internet now. Are they going to be suing car compnaies next, because they are not "blind" operable.
     
    gentlegiantcraig, Oct 11, 2007 IP
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    Should make your sites for the blind then, it isn't hard.
    Why shouldn't they be able to read websites as well?
     
    ::Mike::, Oct 11, 2007 IP
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    I once heard of a braie computer for blinds, it translats what's on the screen in braile(or how ever you write it) you know that language with dots that you need to feel with your fingers.
     
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    how does it make 3d dots to feel?
     
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    you have a board in front of yu. the dots will go up as soon as the comp has translated the stuff on the screen.
     
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    This is hands down the craziest suit I have ever heard of.
     
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    how about if blind people wanna search for porn? gaming? movies? so all sites need to translate/build for blind? I think this news is stupid and those blind people should know the limitation of themself as well.
     
    tradeya, Oct 13, 2007 IP
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    It would work pretty well on one of them board things :)
     
    Hecky, Oct 13, 2007 IP
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    This is the stupidest thing I ever heard. :mad:
     
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    A brail porn site. MMMmmmm.
     
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    I agree! It's not so difficult.
     
    Pauline, Oct 15, 2007 IP