The report is currently out of print, but an electronic version may be requested and sent to you via email. Contact Julie Howell . Thousands of visually impaired people in the UK now use the Internet to find an enormous amount of information that was previously unavailable to them. An ordinary computer can be equipped with speech output or braille display technology, to enable people who are blind or partially sighted to use the Internet, either through sound or by touch. This new technology has the potential to revolutionise the lives of visually impaired people, who until now have been forced to rely on other people for information.
Blind people find many web sites unusable, because the coding falls below an acceptable standard.
RNIB feels this is unacceptable. In some cases, it may also be unlawful. Too many organisations and designers still fail to recognise this right. There are 1.7 million people in the UK with serious sight problems or blindness. Web designers should take responsibility to ensure everyone, regardless of ability or disability, can read their designs.