call to arms

[Jason Stephenson]

Bruce Dawson wrote:

> OOo.org and XML are good steps in the right
> direction because they allow quick and easy analysis of documents, and
> provide structure to new documents. But screen readers aren't the
> solution that's needed.

That is a key point! A FLOSS "screen reader" doesn't actually have to 
read the screen. It can read the document data directly if it's 
something "open" like XML with text data. (Stuffing binary into XML as 
MS does is generally considered a bad idea.)

If the technical aspects of that issue can effectively be hammered home 
so that even a legislator can understand it (Good luck, there!), then 
that's another strong advantage in favor of XML and open standards!