Thanks Lynn.  They are very helpful!

- Jeannie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lynn Cooke [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 3:11 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: need help w/ reference for graphical navigation problem
>
> Hi Jeannie,
> Check out these links and see if they have the info you're looking for:
>
> Microsoft's page on accessibility
>          http://www.microsoft.com/enable/dev/web/guidelines.htm
>
> WebAIM's introduction to web accessibility
>          http://www.webaim.org/info/intro
>
> W3C's Web accessibility initiative
>          http://www.w3.org/WAI/
>
> HARMONY Guidelines for the Creation of Accessible WWW Documents
>
> http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/teo/docarch/projecten/harmony/guidelines/gu
> idenofr.htm
>
> Hope these help,-
>
> Lynn
> Lynn Cooke
> Computer Lab Manager
> Computer Services
> Assumption College
> Worcester, MA 01615
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>
> At 11:53 AM 4/23/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >I have been having some difficulty with a couple of our technical guys
> for
> >some time around the issue of accessibility on our web site.  I am hoping
> >some of you can help me with a problem that erupted in the last week
> related
> >to this.  I need to track down a reference or two to back up my stance on
> an
> >issue.
> >
> >The top page of our web site does has a link to a "text only version" of
> >just our top level pages (that's the good news).  However, if someone
> choose
> >to visit our site via the main "regular" page, not via the text only
> >version, they are likely to encounter a problem, because the main body of
> >the top page is graphical, which means the main navigation links are
> >graphical.  I discovered last week while testing out the "wemedia" screen
> >reader, that if someone opted to "view" our main page rather than going
> to
> >the text only version, they would not even hear that those graphic-based
> >navigation links are even there, which means they wouldn't get to our
> second
> >level (main pages)!    I forward this observation to these guys, and one
> of
> >them has basically launched a frontal attack around it, even though I
> >offered a very simple solution - just add the text based navigation to
> the
> >top page that we have on all of our inner pages.
> >
> >I know I have read in several places a description of the problem and
> >recommendations about what to do if someone uses graphic-based navigation
> on
> >web pages.  Do any of you know any references for that information?
> Where
> >it can be found on-line, so that I can simply refer my colleagues to it?
> >That way they can't attack me.  If someone else says it and it's in
> writing,
> >it takes me out of the equation.  Any assistance you can provide would be
> so
> >very appreciated.  Tx.
> >
> >Jeannie
> >[log in to unmask]
> >http://www.wcupa.edu