[Arizona-students] Braille on Google.com

[Arielle Silverman]

I was pleased to see not only that Louis Braille's birthday is honored by 
Google, but that the picture of the Braille is accessible to JAWS users. 
Happy birthday, Allie!

Arielle
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allie" <Alejandra.Martins at asu.edu>
To: "Arizona Association of Blind Students List" 
<arizona-students at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Arizona-students] Braille on Google.com


> I've always been honored to share the same birthday as Louis Braille ... I
> think Google is awesome!
>
> -- Allie
>
> --------------------
> "Love is a passion for life shared with another person. You fall in love
> with a person who you think is wonderful. It's your deepest appreciation 
> of
> the value of that individual, and that individual is a reflection of what
> you value most in life. Love, for sound reasons, can be one of life's
> greatest rewards."
>
> -- Chainfire, Terry Goodkind
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
> To: <sStudent Lists :>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 9:29 AM
> Subject: [Arizona-students] Braille on Google.com
>
>
>>
>>>
>>>I got a tip from Mrs. Cindy Pare [wife of John, on staff] that Today is
>>>Louis Braille's birthday and to go see Google's home page at
>>><http://www.google.com>www.google.com >> They put their name in Braille,
>>>in the usual color box of colors per letter they use for their name in
>>>print, and with the Braille capital sign in front of the G. When I put my
>>>cursor on the dots, the HTML line read, "Happy Birthday, Louis Braille."
>>>Way cool!
>>>
>>>Lorraine Rovig
>>>
>>
>>
>> p.s. from David Andrews:
>>
>> It works with a screen reader too, if you go to
>>
>> http://www.google.com
>>
>> and cursor down the page.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
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