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Richard Fox
De Witt & Associates
700 Godwin Avenue
Midland Park, NJ 07432
(201) 447-6500
E-mail: Richardf@dewittassociates.net
E-commerce on the World Wide Web has exploded over the last
several years. Consumers can now purchase virtually all of their
daily needs online and have those items delivered to their door.
Unfortunately, too many of these sites are not accessible to
people with visual impairments. This seminar will detail many of
the e-commerce sites that are currently accessible, and provide
tips and tricks on how to make them even easier to use.
Our Director of Sales & Marketing will explore:
Which e-commerce sites are currently most accessible to the
visually impaired computer user for: Basic daily needs, such as
groceries, clothing and health care products? Other popular sites
such as books, CD’s and electronics? What makes an
e-commerce site inaccessible? Is it merely a question of a text
version? Is it merely providing text tags? Is it other factors?
Which screen readers or self-voicing browsers provide the best
access to e-commerce sites? JFW, Window-Eyes, PW Webspeak and IBM
Homepage Reader are all good products to use when navigating the
web. However, sometimes one works better with a particular
site’s layout. In particular, because of the different way
in which they access information, both Webspeak and HomePage
reader react somewhat differently from screen readers in their
interpretation of a web site’s content. Supplementing use
of a screen reader with these products can sometimes provide
additional information needed to navigate a site. Tips and tricks
that make web sites easier to access. Common complaints about web
site accessibility include too much clutter and improperly
labeled graphics and buttons. Even sites that are generally
accessible, can sometimes have features that make the pages
difficult to use. We will present techniques to navigate
overcrowded web sites to get directly to the desired information.
Working to make web shopping more accessible. EnableLink.com, the
first online web portal specifically for people who are blind or
visually impaired is owned and operated by De Witt &
Associates. We shall discuss what features have been added to
make shopping on EnableLink easy. We will outline what our
company is doing to help less accessible shopping sites become
easier to use.
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