linux and accessibility applications

Alex Snow alex_snow at gmx.net
Fri Mar 26 19:44:09 EST 2004


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the problem with that is try getting developers to do it.
On Fri, Mar 26, 
2004 at 06:43:17PM -0500, Doug Sutherland wrote:
> Just my $.02 ... trying to add accessibility to a GUI model is like trying
> to stuff a square peg into a round hole. I personally think it just does
> not make sense to do this. It would be better to make an accessible version
> of the same software, one being completely text based. The problem is in
> the modality of how things are presented, invoked, prompted, etc. The two
> modalities (text and graphical) are just to different.
> 
>   -- Doug
> 
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