As one of the blind users, I suggest that the designers of this new
interface research the following: Do searches for the Lynx browser which
contains links to the developers and info re alternative image tags etc.
There is also something called web-able and another sight called
any.browser which campaign for inclusio of blind, deaf, motor-impaired and
other disbled users in designing access. This wheel has been invented.
It's just a matter of taking the time to include these features initially
rather than afterwards when it is much harder. There are also mailing
lists such as blind-l and access-l and several other lists where a great
deal of expertise can be drawn upon.
Good luck!
On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Garry Hamilton wrote:
> Or Botton wrote:
>
> > After reading the thread that was evolved around the
> > "DOS internet suite" topic, i've thought of something.
> >
> > Here's an idea: Lets try to make an interface!
> >
> > The idea is to make a GUI interface that although easy
> > to learn, is still not limiting or "covering" the user
> > from the abilities of the computer.
> >
>
> -------------------------
>
> An admirable idea, Or.
>
> I notice some of our blind users are concerned that
> a GUI would make things harder for them, as some of
> them use "screen readers" to speak the content.
>
> A possible answer to this is to deliberately design
> a provision into any GUI like this -- along the lines
> of an API hook -- to specifically address this.
>
> We are familiar with the "hint popups" that accompany
> many of the buttons on newer GUI applications, where
> a short text phrase is displayed when the mouse pauses
> over an Icon. The interface could just as easily
> speak a phrase for icons and other interface attributes.
>
> Alternatively a "text mode GUI" could be an option.
> Those of you who have seen the text mode windowing used
> in the FoxPro interface (versions 1.0 through 2.6) will
> know that this can have viability. It's quite possible
> to have an event-driven, windowed, multi-tasking,
> mouse-enabled without resorting to graphics.
>
> It's also possible to switch in and out of graphics
> mode without the customary "video trauma" of jarring
> lines and blank screens (a graphics support product,
> called "espia" used to do this well).
>
> None of this stuff is trivial, but it IS all possible.
>
> I'll shut up now.
>
> ~Garry
>
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