[dbaust] Blind reporter impresses at PacINET
- From: Erika Webb <erikaweb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Erika Webb <erikaweb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:41:43 -0800 (PST)
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From: Gunela Astbrink
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 4:27 PM
Subject: Blind reporter impresses at PacINET
This was the heading of a news item on the American Samoan radio station KHJ.
Blind reporter impresses at PacINET - 11/09/2011
http://www.talanei.com/viewNews.php?storyID=5488
A blind reporter from Samoa has called on website designers to consider people
with no vision when designing their websites.
Faaolo Utumapu is a reporter and researcher for TV One and 89.1 FM, which are
both owned by Samoa Quality Broadcasting.
Prior to that, she was a field reporter for Radio Polynesia and an interpretor
for the Samoa Parliament, providing instant translations from Samoan into
English.
Faaolo is attending the PacINET conference this week on behalf of the Nuanua o
le Alofa, a non-government organization that advocates for people with
disabilities.
She presented yesterday on the impact of technology on people with
disabilities. She said technology such as the internet has really bridged the
gap in terms of blind people getting immediate access to printed material.
She said before, they had to wait for ages to have the materials translated to
braile. But reading software programs like the one she uses for work, has made
it possible for people like her to get access to printed material quicker.
But she says webpages dont always meet the needs of people with special needs
Click here for audio
http://www.talanei.com/uploads/file/faaolo.mp3
Well done Faaolo for raising the issue of accessibility to websites for blind
people.
Gunela Astbrink
GSA Information Consultants
PO Box 600
Ballina NSW 2478
Mobile: +61 417 715738
Email: g.astbrink@xxxxxxxxxx
URL: http://www.gsa.com.au
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