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Subject:  How disabled users access the Internet
Author:   PaulAlburquerque:   view profile | all posts by this author | add to favourites
Date:   16:39:35 21 July 2005
 

It would be interesting to hear from other industry agencies, particularly those publishing multilingual websites. This is where I favour the number route rather than the characters. 

For example:
118 is becoming pan european wide accepted and i believe there are efforts to unify emergency  numbers (away from 999)

It seems the UK leads on disability compliance for web publishing and while there maybe limited scope for access keys versus assitive technologies it would be encouraging for leading consumer websites and the trade to converge in their approach to further promote the web as an inclusive medium for all users.

 
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              • How disabled users access the Internet, PaulAlburquerque, 21 Jul 16:39
                It would be interesting to hear from other industry agencies, particularly those publishing multilingual websites. This is where I favour the number route rather than the character ...
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