On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 5:15 AM, Karanbir Singh <mail-li...@karan.org> wrote:
> On 11/18/2010 07:41 PM, A. Mani wrote:
>>>
>>> perhaps offlist if you prefer, but I would like to know why you think a
>>> storage format might have such a drastic impact on content delivery.
>>
>> epub is a Xhtml + XML based format meant specifically for ebooks.
>
> you are still talking about the storage format, and not the delivery
> mechanism. Blind people, afaik, dont give a rat's ass as to what or how the
> content is stored. Its the delivery in such situations that makes it
> relevant.
>

storage format is one of the most important aspects of supporting
accessibility, whether for the blind or otherwise.  Technically it is
very important for the markup to support annotations which will help
reading to all people with all disabilities.  So, I do not see how you
say this so strongly!

--
GN

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