Actually, there are a few websites that do this, that have been
developed for special applications.  But think it through...

If you expect access to be provided by the website, then you will only
be able to visit those websites that provide scanning access.  That
severely limits the sites that the person with a disability can visit.
If you can put simple technology on the person's PC that will let them
access any page on the web, wouldn't that be better?

Consider that you can navigate most web pages using the tab key to move
between links and the enter key to activate the link that has focus,
on-board scanning is very simple.

Denis Anson, MS, OTR
Computer Access Specialist
College Misericordia
301 Lake St.
Dallas, PA 18612

visit the ADA Hall of Shame at
http://danson.misericordia.edu


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Subject: Fw: Scanning software on web pages

Hi, wondering if anyone has an answer to this question?
Cheers, Ania Ciechanowski
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Subject: Scanning software on web pages


> I'm following a thought that concerns accessability for websites and
am
> wondering if there any known software developments that put scanning
> functions into websites from the server end?
>
> I'm thinking of a pre-programmed website where a scanning cursor moves
> from hot-point to hot-point on each HTML page within a website and the
> person doing the browsing could do something like press a switch or
> space bar to perform the equivalent of a mouse-click. Basically, I'm
> looking for functionality like that in the radar mouse of EZYKeys but
> provided by the website, rather than the user having to put software
on
> their home PC.
>
> Colin
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