Re: [WSG] Site for Vision Impaired

2010-11-29 Thread Shawn Henry
On 11/26/2010 5:25 PM, Daniel Anderson wrote: I was wondering if any of you have done any work on sites for the visually impaired? I have just started a projet for a school for the visually impaired... What are the considerations I need to take into account with a project like this? eg ability

Re: [WSG] Site for Vision Impaired

2010-11-29 Thread Chad Kelly
- Original Message - From: Shawn Henry sh...@w3.org To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Cc: Daniel Anderson daniela...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 2:21 AM Subject: Re: [WSG] Site for Vision Impaired On 11/26/2010 5:25 PM, Daniel Anderson wrote: I was wondering if any of you

Re: [WSG] Site for Vision Impaired

2010-11-28 Thread Stuart Foulstone
http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/PWD-Use-Web/#tools On Fri, November 26, 2010 11:25 pm, Daniel Anderson wrote: G'day Everyone, I was wondering if any of you have done any work on sites for the visually impaired? I have just started a projet for a school for the visually impaired and the

Re: [WSG] Site for Vision Impaired

2010-11-28 Thread Christian Snodgrass
It also depends what type of visual impairments. For example, there are like 6 types of color blindness allow, all which distort the colors in varying ways. If you're just talking about low vision, then you want to have larger fonts then normal. I'd say probably bump up the body font size one

Re: [WSG] Site for Vision Impaired

2010-11-27 Thread Lesley Binks
On 26 November 2010 23:25, Daniel Anderson daniela...@gmail.com wrote: G'day Everyone, I was wondering if any of you have done any work on sites for the visually impaired? I have just started a projet for a school for the visually impaired and the site must cater for these people, and

Re: [WSG] Site for Vision Impaired

2010-11-26 Thread David Laakso
On 11/26/10 6:25 PM, Daniel Anderson wrote: What are the considerations I need to take into account with a project like this? eg ability to change contrast, text size etc? Are there any good resources or advice you could share with me? With regard, to typography the consideration is the

Re: [WSG] Site for Vision Impaired

2010-11-26 Thread John Unsworth
Hi Daniel, It maybe has incorrectly become a by-word for accessibility, but web standards are certainly your first step to provide sites for vision or indeed other disability needs. I was wondering if any of you have done any work on sites for the visually impaired? I have never specifically