NO FUTURE FOR X-RATED WEBSITES FOR THE BLIND

NO FUTURE FOR X-RATED WEBSITES FOR THE BLIND

BOSTON (Wireless Flash) -- Internet smut peddlers considering making a quick buck by targeting naughty websites to the blind may want to look elsewhere. According to internet expert Carol Baroudi, even though the web is bursting with new sound technologies to help the visually- impaired, so far, there's not a big market for internet porn made specifically for the blind. Baroudi -- who grew up visually-impaired -- says the blind make up a relatively small community, so there's not much money to be made from peddling porn. She suspects most of the blind who are interested in adult- oriented entertainment are already being served by 900 number sex lines -- which she says is much easier for the visually-impaired to use than the internet. Baroudi is the author of "The Internet For Dummies" (IDG Books).