> However, in my interactions with people with visual > disabilities, I've come to understand that for many > of them, the ability to use the same technol

> However, in my interactions with people with visual > disabilities, I've come to understand that for many > of them, the ability to use the same technology as > everyone else is actually quite important. Well of course. Computers are one (if not the) most important tools of our era, and everyone who wants to participate in our technological society needs to use computers in one form or another. But we shouldn't conflate putting computers to work for us with the user interfaces we use to control them. The good news is that as more and more web applications introduce APIs, they're making it easier to change the interface but still use the tool. Companies could be encouraged to focus more their time and energy on supporting those in the community who want to build alternative interfaces for their applications, instead of using that time and energy to defend themselves from lawsuits.