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Date: | Tue, 2 Mar 1999 13:22:21 -0500 |
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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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