Comments on: WebAnywhere – A Tool For Blind People To Get Online Anywhere http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/webanywhere-a-tool-for-blind-people-to-get-online-anywhere/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:37:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Saikat http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/webanywhere-a-tool-for-blind-people-to-get-online-anywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-335076 Saikat Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:17:47 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=3630#comment-335076 A lot of websites (usually the well designed ones) have their content designed as such which can be read by applications such as these as well as search engines. It is always a bad idea to design a site with too much of Flash (alternatively, a text based home page can be/sometimes is provided.) A lot of websites (usually the well designed ones) have their content designed as such which can be read by applications such as these as well as search engines. It is always a bad idea to design a site with too much of Flash (alternatively, a text based home page can be/sometimes is provided.)

]]> By: Saikat http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/webanywhere-a-tool-for-blind-people-to-get-online-anywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-335075 Saikat Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:15:15 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=3630#comment-335075 The main utility of WebAnywhere as a screen reader is its accessibility and portability across all areas. It can very well be a secondary reader for the visually impaired on the go. And you don't have to worry about permissions either. The main utility of WebAnywhere as a screen reader is its accessibility and portability across all areas. It can very well be a secondary reader for the visually impaired on the go. And you don’t have to worry about permissions either.

]]> By: Mackenzie http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/webanywhere-a-tool-for-blind-people-to-get-online-anywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-334796 Mackenzie Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:36:27 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=3630#comment-334796 Why not to use Flash for your websites: "Being a web based application there are some inherent shortcomings. For instance, the application cannot access Adobe Flash objects embedded on a web page." Flash-based sites use images of text, which screen-readers can't read. Flash is bad for accessibility. Making your menu out of images is also bad for the same reason. Why not to use Flash for your websites:
“Being a web based application there are some inherent shortcomings. For instance, the application cannot access Adobe Flash objects embedded on a web page.”

Flash-based sites use images of text, which screen-readers can’t read. Flash is bad for accessibility. Making your menu out of images is also bad for the same reason.

]]> By: brandon http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/webanywhere-a-tool-for-blind-people-to-get-online-anywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-334555 brandon Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:16:18 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=3630#comment-334555 Web anywhere is a unique product, but I like http://www.satogo.com and http://www.nvda-project.org better. Even though both require something to be installed on the computer[not sure on permitions for system access to go, but nvda will run with limited permitions], but the functionality is much more like a conventional screen reader then web anywhere. Web anywhere is a unique product, but I like
http://www.satogo.com
and
http://www.nvda-project.org
better. Even though both require something to be installed on the computer[not sure on permitions for system access to go, but nvda will run with limited permitions], but the functionality is much more like a conventional screen reader then web anywhere.

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