Peter,
You did not mention a screen reader in your message.  What screen reader is
your colleague using with Netscape?  I can't imagine JAWS for Windows or
Window-Eyes having a problem identifying those links.  If this person is
using ASAW, then I understand the problem and can suggest a solution.

Jay Leventhal
At 11:32 AM 3/1/99 -0500, you wrote:
>            Greetings fellow list members.  I am a relatively recent
>            subscriber to the list, and have learned quite a few things
>            from everyone.  I am not visually impaired myself, however I
>            work with someone who is, and that is the subject of my
>            message.  The company that I work at uses Netscape Navigator
>            3.0 (no that's not a mistake) for internet access, and also
>            for the company intranet.  My department - I work in a phone
>            center - puts its reference info on "call guides" that we
>            access via Netscape.  My co-worker is using a downloadable
>            version of it right now, because it is easier for her to
>            access it in that manner.  Everything is text-based.
>
>            The major problem is that we use a lot of ebedded text
>            links, and obviously my coworker cannot always access all
>            the links.  The solution we've come up with so far is to
>            delineate the parameters of each link with asterisks.  No,
>            it's not very elegant, and I'm wondering if there's
>            something better that we can do.  In searching various
>            websites I have found that most accessibility solutions
>            involve Internet Explorer.  Unfortunately this is not an
>            option for us because IE does not interact well with certain
>            programs we use and will cause them to crash.  Basically
>            what I'm looking for is if there is some sort of
>            Netscape-compatible plug-in, or an HTML coding solution that
>            we can use.  I'm still searching myself but would like to
>            solicit the comments of list members on this subject too.
>
>            Any help, comments and suggestions you have are much
>            appreciated, and you may either post or send me e-mail
>            directly - my address is listed at the end of this message.
>            Thanks in advance.
>
>            Peter Stockschlaeder
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>            Standard disclaimers apply.
>
>
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