What is this about the 508 rules meaning screen reading or any software to
read text outloud must be provided.  I don't believe that's any place in
the regs.

Kelly

At 09:19 AM 12/26/00 -0500, you wrote:
>NEW RULES WILL PROVIDE ACCESS FOR THE DISABLED
>Disabled individuals may find it easier to use federal government Web sites
>now that legislation mandating that those sites make themselves accessible
>to the blind, the mobility-impaired, and others is going into effect. The
>new rules say all but a few federal sites must provide features such as
>keyboard navigation for those who cannot use a mouse and software that reads
>text aloud for blind users. One agency already implementing the changes is
>the Health Care Financing Administration, which
>simplified the design of its Medicare portal for easier navigation and added
>multiple languages and screen-reading
>software. In the time since these changes occurred, the site has had twice
>as many hits. The federal legislation could be the first step toward
>requiring that private-sector Web sites be accessible to the disabled. The
>Justice Department has already said it believes that the Americans With
>Disabilities Act applies to Web sites, and a recent lawsuit by the National
>Federation of the Blind against America Online used that law as its basis.
>Although AOL settled that suit, many observers are unsure whether more sites
>will be compelled to improve their accessibility.
>(Wall Street Journal, 21 December 2000)