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Science Fiction Does Not Remain Fiction For Long. And Certainly Not On The Internet.

If You Are Deaf, You Need Captions For Spoken Elements. If You Are Blind, You Need Voiced Descriptions Of Web Contents And Spoken Renderings Of E-mail. The Range Of Physical Disabilities Is Very Large, And We Need Many Different Tools To Overcome The Consequential Barriers To Internet Use. Let Us Commit Ourselves To Truly Assuring That The Internet Really Is For Everyone.

We Live In A Very Complex World.

The Remarkable Social Impact And Economic Success Of The Internet Is In Many Ways Directly Attributable To The Architectural Characteristics That Were Part Of Its Design. The Internet Was Designed With No Gatekeepers Over New Content Or Services.

There's An Old Maxim That Says, 'things That Work Persist,' Which Is Why There's Still Cobol Floating Around.