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Google has launched a new web site, Google accessibility , where you can find information on the accessibility of their products and other technologies. Included are: Android, Calendar, Chrome, Docs, Earth, Gmail, Maps, Reader, Spreadsheets and Video...
I’ve had another article published in the Microsoft Expression Newsletter - Creating Accessible Online Forms with Expression Web 2 . This article focuses on what makes an online form not accessible and how to create accessible forms. More at: Creating...
I’ve just had an article published in the latest issue of the Microsoft Expression Newsletter - Designing Web Sites for Accessibility with Expression Web 2 . The article covers the reasons why you should make your web site accessible to people with...
New Web site and open-source accessibility testing tools will help developers meet the growing worldwide demand for accessible technology. Microsoft Corp. today launched a new online resource and released two new open-source accessibility testing tools...
Teenage gaming heroes apart, few of us are perfect when it comes to dexterity, sight and hearing. In 2003, Microsoft commissioned Forrester Research to ‘measure the market’ for accessibility technology and present findings about computer users who could...
The AIR Foundation committed to ‘accessibility is a right’ Orlando , Florida – January 31, 2008 – The AIR Foundation, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn. was announced today at a press conference held during the Assistive Technology...
If you must put PDF documents on your web site, here's a good article about how to make them findable by search engines . What's pretty cool is that many of the tips will also help make your PDFs accessible to people with disabilities.
On Fri., Oct. 12, from 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., the Disability Resource Center and the Access Computing Team (ACT) at Southern Connecticut State University will hold a conference on " Technology Accessibility in Higher Education: Facilitating Learning...
Discover How to Make the Computer Easier to See, Hear, and Use This free CD set shows you how to make your computer more comfortable and easier to use with accessibility settings and programs. The free Microsoft Accessibility CD set includes: Windows...
The Expression Web Voluntary Product Accessibility Template , or VPAT, is now available. The VPAT outlines how Expression Web meets key regulations of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Check out this post on the IE Blog about what the screenreader vendors are doing to catch up with IE7 .
I did vote today, but this post is not about Who I voted for or Why. This is about How I voted. I had heard about a new way of voting for people who are blind or visually-impaired, so I decided I would try it out today at my local polling place. The system...
Federal judge sustains discrimination claims against Target; precedent establishes that retailers must make their websites accessible to the blind under the ADA Berkeley, CA (September 7, 2006): A federal district court judge ruled yesterday that a retailer...
The petition is asking Google to provide an accessible alternative to the visual verification scheme that currently locks the blind and visually impaired out of participation in all the company's services. Google's implementation of word verification...
The NFB has filed a lawsuit against Target.com because their web site is not accessible to people with disabilities. More info at Taking Aim at Target .
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Accessibility: Firefox 1.5 delivers easier navigation for everyone, including those who are visually or motor-impaired. Firefox is now the first browser to support DHTML, which enables Web content to be read aloud - even...
At the MVP Summit, Steven Sinofsky, senior vice president of Microsoft(r) Office at Microsoft Corp., made a major announcement about the next version of Office - currently known as "Office 12". PDF support will be built into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access...
I was in Albany this week, participating in a panel called A Survey of State Accessibility Initiatives at the GTC East 2005 Conference . It was a good seesion, I talked about the approach we've taken in Connecticut, and, in turn, learned about how they...
Oslo, Norway - September 20, 2005 Opera Software today permanently removed the ad banner and licensing fee from its award-winning Web browser. The ad-free, full-featured Opera browser is now available for download - completely free of charge – at...
August 15, 2005, Armonk, NY . . . IBM today announced that it is contributing software to the Mozilla Foundation's Firefox Web browser to make it easier for more users -- including those with visual and motor impairments -- to access and navigate the...
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