[sldev] Re: Thursday agenda

[Carsten Juttner]

SignpostMarv Martin wrote:
>>    * SL Viewer vs SLeek: accessibility for blind/partially sighted users
> Recently I've been forced to use SLeek as a means of accessing Second 
> Life- if I use the LL viewer, my system freezes.
>
> I found that the text-only interface would be hypothetically superior 
> to the LL viewer in terms of accessibility to blind or partially 
> sighted users.

Searched the net a bit and there seems to be quite some interest in 
making SL more accessible to people with poor or no sight.

http://blindsecondlife.blogspot.com
http://www.techpin.com/ibm-project-second-life-accessible-for-blind-people

But reading the comment here it seems SL still has some way to go, 
obviously you cannot even get an account if you cannot see the security 
image code.
http://www.rnib.org.uk/wacblog/case-studies/second-life-what-are-your-thoughts/#comment-30273


Regards,
Carsten