People always wonder if Blind people use the Internet and if they do how its done. The answer is yet Blind people do use the Internet and not many people who make websites realize this. I am going to show you how its done.
By linking websites and information you can be wise about how to fix your website to accommodate Blind people.

What are alt-tags? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt_attribute
So you checked out the link great. Alt-tags describe the images that people post on websites. For blind people who view the site if no alt-tag is placed it says image.
Examples: The first picture if you scroll over has no alt-tag but the second one does.

Image A picture of a round yellow flat smily face with black dots as eyes and black line smile.
1) No Alt-Tag 2) Alt-Tag

I also found a video of Matt Cutts who works for Google and he explains the importance of alt Tags.






What programs do Blind people use to view (YES) view websites?

JAWS (Not the Movie) http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws.asp

Here is a video of an actual Blind person using Jaws. Enjoy



Blind people can also read books. Looking beyond the internet Amazon has made this amazing product.

http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons-Wireless-Reading-Device/dp/B000FI73MA

Here is a video on how the Amazon Kindle works.



I have added additional links on where you can find more information on how blind people use the Internet.

1) http://www.webbie.org.uk/webbie.htm

2) http://home.pacbell.net/thammon/blind/

3) http://davefleet.com/2008/09/webanywhere-brings-convenient-internet-access-to-blind-people/