I just read about this on another list. I thought others might be
interested. Target is a large, stylish but also discount, retailer in
the US. This should be a big case for web accessibility.
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Blind Cal student sues Target. Suit charges retailer's Web site
cannot be used by the sightless.
"... What I hope is that Target and other online merchants will
realize how important it is to reach 1.3 million people in this
nation and the growing baby-boomer population who will also be losing
vision," said plaintiff Bruce Sexton Jr., 24, a blind third-year
student at UC Berkeley.
Sexton, who is president of the California Association of Blind
Students, said making Target's Web site accessible to the blind would
also make it more navigable by those without vision problems....
http://tinyurl.com/7ze7p
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Best regards,
Marilyn Langfeld
Langfeldesigns
http://www.langfeldesigns.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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