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Giving the Blind Better Web Access

Posted by samzenpus on from the web-for-all dept.

crimeandpunishment writes "Decades ago, the breakthrough for the disabled was making buildings wheelchair accessible. Today, it's making their world Web-accessible. Disabled groups are hailing new legislation Congress has sent to the President. Among other things, the measure will give the blind greater Internet access through smart phones, and require devices like iPhones and Blackberrys to be hearing-aid compatible. 'It breaks down barriers for all of us,' says Mark Richert of the American Foundation for the Blind."

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  1. It will be stick used to beat dissenters by MikeRT · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This will be used for two things that will shock SHOCK many liberals when it happens:

    1) Shut down dissenters by charging them with a civil rights violation or something similar when they, out of sheer ignorance, create a badly designed site.

    2) Pummel small vendors of devices.

    But again, they'll be shocked---SHOCKED--that it'll be used like that. Much like people were SHOCKED that RICO and the USA PATRIOT Act have been heavily abused.