This means business costs aimed at reaching one group will cost less than expected because it will have extra benefits enhancing the product's usefulness. For that reason this online course will aim businesses at the benefits of universal design for the business as well as its benefits for society. Many of the web page modifications to provide better access for users who are blind will make those same pages more useful for people using small, hand-held, wireless devices. By 2003, there will be 25 million people receiving data over wireless Net devices. Currently, there are about 1.7 million such users.
Wireless devices communicate at slow speeds.
They lend themselves to accessible interfaces for all to use. This, in turn, makes it easier for persons who are blind and low-vision to access the device. This can also enable the device to use text to speech synthesis. While web designers are concerned about having the latest web applications on their pages, this can actually limit the number of repeat visitors to their pages rather than increasing it. More web users report being frustrated over the difficulty of finding things on the web than they are over receiving spam mail.