Text Only Web Site

Temple University's Computer Services uses UsableNet Assistive to produce real time tetx only website.

UsableNet Assistive, is a server-based tool that generates a customizable "text-only" view of your content, instantly. It removes the need for you to generate, store and maintain your own text-only version and makes your pages instantly more accessible.

UsableNet Assistive allows you to easily and quickly add the valuable "text-only" version to every page on your web site, providing the best possible access to your site for people with disabilities. Using text-only mode, the user can navigate all pages and all content without having to ever go back to graphical pages.

To deploy UsableNet Assistive is easy and quick . To add these text-only pages you only need to create a new link on your pages and have that link point to the UsableNet Assistive. The link is

http://assistive.usablenet.com/tt/referrer

Please note: This utility can only be used for sites hosted on Temple's Web Complex i.e. sites starting with http://www.temple.edu

It will work on static pages, dynamic pages (e.g. asp, jsp), on pages produced by a Content Management System or pages pulled out of a database; on pages with any sort of web content.

UsableNet Assistiveis not a testing or fixing solution. It is a display service - the tool will display your current content in the best possible textual format to be accessed by disabled visitors and PDAs and cell phones users.

Description of UsableNet Assistive provided by UsableNet