Comments on: A layman’s guide to Accessibility

By: JackP

JackP — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:01:21 +0000

Wow. I laughed out loud at that one.

Perhaps… you… should… ask… them… to… leave… big… pauses… between… every… word… as… well…?

By: Helena Boylen

Helena Boylen — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:06:41 +0000

Oh you’re making that one up!

By: Jaybee

Jaybee — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:30:23 +0000

Sadly, no. Well you couldn’t, could you.

By: Mike Cherim

Mike Cherim — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:03:06 +0000

IT SOUNDS LIKE HE TOOK AWAY TOO MUCH OF WHAT YOU OFFERED AND WENT A LITTLE OVERBOARD.

Or something like that, anyway.

By: Jaybee

Jaybee — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:38:35 +0000

I get the feeling that he got a bit confused with the strong and emphasis bits. It was one of those things where the words are coming out of your mouth, you know you should shut up but the brakes won’t go on.

By: Jaybee

Jaybee — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:51:26 +0000

Ahhh a light comes on. I’ve just had a similar response from another beginner. She thought that if she used big, bold text the screen reader would talk louder. Just revised my notes to specifically explain that readers are used by sight impaired people, not deaf people.