Without going into the legallities of any one country, your site will be accessible to 
vision
impaired visitors if it is 'Lynx friendly.'

http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html

The above site provides a Lynx Viewer. Plug in your URL and browse your site. If all 
your content is
there, you shouldn't have a problem. Just jump through the Bobby hoops and everything 
should be
fine.

Essentially, the Lynx Viewer produces the same displayed results as User Mode does in 
Opera, with
the exception of not displaying images or pictures.

The real test is the JAWS test, though, if you really want to be sure, but who can 
afford that
technology unless they need it themselves?

Roy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Taco Fleur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Web Standards Group (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 3:51 PM
Subject: [WSG]



Are there currently any laws in Australia that dictate a website should be accessible 
to vision
impaired people etc.?
If so, to what websites does it apply and has anyone taken any websites to court over 
not being
accessible?
What I could find so far only the following:
- http://www.sportslawnews.com/archive/Articles%202000/SportsBriefs904.htm

Are there any links to what standards certain websites need to apply?

I believe this has been asked before however a quick scan though my mailbox did not 
return anything.

Thanks


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