Adaptive technology for the web … and mobiles?

The W3C published these recommendations last week on making the internet more accessible to people with disabilities and others, including seniors, who might have a hard time accessing online content:

Someone who cannot see well will want to hear or feel (via braille or tactile graphics) an equivalent of the visual information.

Someone
who does not have the strength to move quickly or easily will want to
use as little movement as possible and have as much time as they need
when operating Web interfaces.

Someone who does not read well may want to hear the information read aloud.
Someone who cannot hear well will want a visual representation of information presented via sound.

If
Web content employs the design principles described in this document,
then users should be able to access the content using adaptive
strategies and assistive technologies.

These recommendations are likely to implemented through regulations in different countries.

How long before these affect the mobile industry as well? Today’s
cell phones and PDAs are obviously ill-suited for use by seniors and
those with disabilities.

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