Jeff:
Thank you. My mistake.
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Terry A. Martin
VOILA Technology, Inc. -- President
54 Castle Road
Rochester, NY 14623
Phone: (585) 321-1451 *** NEW AREA CODE IS 585 ***
FAX: (585) 321-1451
URL: www.webstitute.net
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Senge, Jeff" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: LIFT text transcoder
Hi Terry,
Just a point of clarification. If I understand how the Lift Transcoder
works correctly, it converts WebPages on the fly so there isn't a second
site to maintain. This is the big selling point.
Jeff
Jeffrey C. Senge
Information & Computer Access Program Coordinator
California State University, Fullerton
(714) 278-7253
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From: * EASI: Equal Access to Software & Information
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Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 4:40 PM
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Subject: Re: LIFT text transcoder
Penny:
I agree with Dick. As soon as you start creating those text pages, you
now have a "second" site to maintain. You have doubled the work load to
maintain the site whether you get a service to convert the pages or you
do it manually. Either way, you will now have two sites to take care
of. It will take time to make the site accessible, but it is worth it.
Once your programmers get used to what they have to do, then it will
become second nature to them. If the site developers are using
Dreamweaver MX,
MX04 or Studio 8, it's even easier to create an accessible site. You
can go into the "Preferences" and turn on all the accessibility options
to help them build the site. Dreamweaver will prompt them on what to do
when encountering problem areas like tables, frames, and graphics. This
will also be a good way to reinforce what they need to do.
Good luck. I hope you can get them to change their minds. I hope this
information was helpful.
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Terry A. Martin
VOILA Technology, Inc. -- President
54 Castle Road
Rochester, NY 14623
Phone: (585) 321-1451 *** NEW AREA CODE IS 585 ***
FAX: (585) 321-1451
URL: www.webstitute.net
Email: [log in to unmask]
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Penny Gray" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: LIFT text transcoder
> Dick says...
> I think that in many ways, text only is a cop out. I think it serves
> as an excuse for not doing what should be done and that is to ensure
> that universal design is considered as the option of choice.
>
> We need to make certain that accessibility keeps up with emerging
> technologies and not look for ways to MAKE DO.
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> Dick
> -- -- -- -- --
>
> I couldn't agree with you more Dick. I just have to get this through
> to
the
> powers that be who spent thousands of dollars having a company design
> the college's web site only to have me tell them over and over again
> to have them redesigned due to accessibility issues. Which they did.
> I'm really not certain exactly how accessible or inaccessible our site
> is. When you run the homepage through Bobby you come up with about
> 149 errors but most
of
> them aren't really errors. I'm not a Web designer and I will never
pretend
> to be. Students using Jaws are able to navigate, but, I'm wondering
> if it would be easier for them to navigate using this transcoder.
> Especially
when
> you consider the differing abilities of the users and how savvy they
> are with their adaptive technologies.
>
> Penny
>
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