I missed this one when it came round, but just spotted it in a back

number — the date is 11/11/02 — of COMPUTERWORLD. Opening graf: “A federal judge in Miami last month rejected a lawsuit contending that Southwest Airlines Co. violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) because its website was inaccessible to blind users. At issue in the case is whether corporate websites fall under the aegis of the ADA…” Without yielding on my belief that the ADA was an atrocity for which Poppie Bush should be publicly hanged, drawn and quartered, it seems to me that with broadband access now general, it would be very little extra effort, at least for big organizations, to stick a spoken soundtrack on important websites. I might even have a crack on it with my own site. Any Corner readers with connections to the world of the blind have any input here? How much do blind people use the Web? Should NRO add soundtracks? Er, well… I see the NRO accountants choking on their coffee at that last… But still, I’m curious about this. Do we have blind readers?