Text-only browser
A text-only browser is just that, a browser that displays text only. While a user browses web pages, these applications grab all available text including alt attributes, summary tags, etc. and present it to the user in a user-customizable environment. This technology is used by people with various disabilities, from visually impairments to learning disabilities. Visually impaired users might use an application like this because of its user customization. Since text-only browsers ignore most web formatting, enlarging the fonts and/or changing background/foreground color does not have an adverse effect. A learning disabled user might use these applications along with a free screen reader to both visually and auditorily reinforce the information. Text-only browsers are also great tools for checking the text accessibility of your webpage, since they will reveal exactly what content — and in what order — most screen readers and refreshable Braille displays will present.
Example
Screen capture of a web page in the Lynx text browser
Links
Lynx
Text Browser
(http://lynx.browser.org)
Lynx Online Viewer
(http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html)
