I just had an idea for navigation...

What if instead of having a "point-n-click" navigation to move a user through a website, you used a "key-press" scenario? i.e. pressing 1 would take you to the homepage, 2 would take you to products, 3 would take you to compny profile, etc.

When a key is pressed, a voice-over would say something like, "You chose 'products'. To confirm this choice, please press 'enter'."

This would be very similar to a telephone prompting service that many largescale businesses use. Perhaps this is the solution!

A site could be made with dual-interactivity. Upon entering, an audible message would say, "Press the numeral 1 on your keyboard to navigate this site in voice-assisted mode."

What do you think? Perhaps a few of us could take one of our existing sites, and do a true test by simply adding this type of navigation to it. This would let us know how easy it would be, not just to 'create' new visually impaired sites, but to 'enable' existing sites. I'll give it a try!

Regards,
Jabez
[Edited by JabezStone on 01-29-2001 at 10:25 AM]