From: Graham Percival <graham@percival-music.ca>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:15:44 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Web: add Accessibility blurb, thanks Mark!
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Web: add Accessibility blurb, thanks Mark!
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diff --git a/Documentation/general/introduction.itexi b/Documentation/general/introduction.itexi
index df6ccbc212..76da24be2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/general/introduction.itexi
+++ b/Documentation/general/introduction.itexi
@@ -139,6 +139,17 @@ need to remember complex command sequences.  Simply save an input
 for later reference.
 
 
+@subsubheading Accessibility
+
+Text-based input also makes score-writing possible for users with
+severe physical disabilities.  Dexterity-impaired users who are
+unable to type or control a computer mouse can use
+speech-recognition software to edit LilyPond files.  Even users
+who are totally blind can use screen-reading software to write
+LilyPond files -- an impossible task in graphical-based
+score-writing programs.
+
+
 @subsubheading Mix music and text
 
 @imageFloat{lilypond-book,png,right}