On 18 Dec 2006 12:46:51 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >> ><SNIP> > >Would that be why the drive up access only ATM machines have Braille on >them to assist the hearing impaired? And all this time I thought those >other drivers got their DLs the department of Cracker Jacks (name owned >by its owner, who else?).
Many blind people are in a passenger seat or walk around the car to use the ATM. The Colorado Drivers Manual may be on audio tape for the functionally illiterate or for the same reason people with good eyesight buy talking books. Similarly, we need to make sure our computer systems are accessible to users who may have various limitations. If you are in the United States make certain that your web-site developers are aware of the disability regulations (section 506 0r 508 as I recall). I have found them via search engine. > >Can this world get any more dumbed down and screwy? > >Later, >Steve Thompson > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
