From:
Abby White
Sent:
Thursday, July 08, 2004 2:11 PM
Subject:
Judging Criteria & equal opportunity.
Dear WWW Awards,
Please could you send me
a copy of the WWW Awards judging
criteria and guidelines.
I have tried to access
this information on your website, but
unfortunately the content in your text
boxes is not being well received by my
speech sunth program - I have very low
vision. I did try to copy and paste the
text into Word, but it does not travel
well!
I appreciate that a site
of your nature would not expect to have
a speech synth user, and I have heard
many good things about WWWA, so I shall
"let you off", if you would be so kind
as to forward this info to me in
document form.
I would also like to know
whether my visual impairment is likely
to hold my site back in judging, as I
understand you place a great deal of
emphasis - quite rightly - on original
content. Due to my visual impairment,
designing graphics is not a possibility,
beyond the very basic (as seen on my
index page) with which I can integrate
the JAWS or ZOMMTEXT speech systems.
I would be interested to
know your thoughts on this issue - in
this all-inclusive age we live with.
Many thanks,
Abby White.
Providing
information and
resources about
retinoblastoma (eye
cancer)
and optic nerve
glioma (brain tumour),
connecting
people, offering
hope.
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"Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path, and leave a trail"
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"Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path, and leave a trail"
~
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Our Reply To Abby:
Dear Abby,
Thank you for
your interest in
The World Wide
Web Awards.
First let me
say, that your
visual
impairment will
not hold your
site back from
evaluation or
applying for our
awards. We took
a quick look at
the link you
provided in your
letter and your
site certainly
would qualify
for our award.
Attached to this
letter is a
"Text" document
with larger text
of our criteria
and judging
point system.
Please let us
know if it came
out ok. If not,
we will be more
then happy to
provide you with
a sound
recording (sound
wav) of our
criteria.
It may take a
few minutes to
load, but we
will gladly make
one for you.
I would like to
thank you for
bringing this
matter to our
attention,
because we
overlooked the
possibility of
people who are
visually
impaired. From
that, I will
consider adding
sound wavs
options to our
site, for the
visually
impaired, as
well as a
special award
program section
that a person
with visual
impairments may
apply. We
will implement a
criteria with
that in mind and
hope to see your
application
soon!
Please let us know if the attached file is legible for you to read.
Again, thank you for bringing this matter to our attention and we will do our best to accommodate ALL applicants.
If we can be of
any further
assistance to
you, feel free
to email us
anytime.
With Kindest
Regards,
Donna Snyder,
CEO
World Wide Web
Awards
