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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Joe Atzberger wrote:<BR>
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>This depends entirely on the "assistive technology" that you care about. If<BR>
>you mean something ancient, like JAWS 2.0 then it is easy to say that no<BR>
>modern website is compliant.<BR>
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>Koha targets and largely succeeds at implementing the principles enumerated<BR>
>in 508.<BR>
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I sit corrected, happily! I'm sure there are some gaps, as not everybody pays attention to accessibility, but I'm elated to hear that Joe has. <BR>
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The devil is in the details, as Joe suggests. We may never be able to eliminate the "largely" from "largely succeeds," but I think there's plenty of room to get *closer* to it.<BR>
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J. David Bavousett<BR>
Open Source Software Engineer<BR>
P|T|F|S<BR>
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