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Accessibility Round-Up from Twitter

Accessibility Review: PetsContained.com by Joe Dolson.

In the United Kingdom, join the campaign for Offcom to increase audio description on TV from 10% to 20%.

Wanted: Flash and Dojo accessibility experts for contract work. Contact John Foliot at the email address: jfoliot AT stanford DOT edu.

Update on The Paciello Group’s ARIA role support: how the Windows browsers stack up.

Rate Accessible Twitter on oneforty.com.

Interviews:

Event reminders:

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Podcast #74: Awards, Events & Back to Basics

A super special podcast:

  • First time face-to-face recording between Dennis and Ross.
  • In Santa Cruz, California.
  • 4-Year Anniversary for Web Axe.

Download Web Axe Episode 74 (Awards, Events & Back to Basics)

[transcript of podcast 74]

Chatter

Articles

If a page is viewed through Google Chrome Frame in Internet Explorer no content is available to the user of assistive technology (AT). This can be illustrated using the Microsofts accexplorer tool.

Events/Conferences

Main Segment

WCAG 2: Remember P.O.U.R.: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, Robust

  • Perceivable – Interface elements can not be invisible to users.
  • Operable – Users must be able to interact with the interface.
  • Understandable – Users must be able to understand with information and the interface (cognitive).
  • Robust – Must be usable by a wide range of user agents and assisstive technologies.

Use P.O.S.H.: Plain Ol’ Semantic HTML

  • Use headings and properly.
  • P is for paragraph.
  • blockquotes for quotes (not indentation).
  • Use lists for lists, menus, etcetera.
  • Definition Lists.
  • Use strong and em tags versus b and i.

Other topics:

  • Alt text for non-textual elements.
  • Tables
  • Forms
  • JavaScript
  • Device-Independence
  • Visual impairments
  • Audio
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Accessible Twitter Wins Award, Slidedeck

Congratulations to Accessible Twitter which was honored with the ACCESS-IT@Web 2.0 2009 award! Here is the link to the acceptance presentation on SlideShare which was given by Meera Tank at the event in London:

Accessible Twitter presentation for ACCESS-IT@Web 2.0

Slideshare provides a text version towards the bottom of the page, but here’s a better version in HTML.

Cool tidbit: The presentation made the Featured Presentations & Documents section of the SlideShare home page the day after it was posted, and it made it (briefly) to the Hot on Twitter section!

Addendum:

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Keyboard Accessibility from Lauke

Patrick Lauke’s keyboard accessibility presentation at Future of Web Design Tour 2009 in Glasgow. September 14. Keyboard accessibility – basic steps towards a more usable and accessible site. Keyboard Access for Google Map

  • If you style :hover, also :focus and :active.
  • Don’t suppress outline completely (reintroduce :focus and suppress :active).
  • Leave tabindex alone – source order.
  • JavaScript on hover (mouseover/mouseout) also on focus/blur (if focusable element).
  • Lightboxes have issues.
  • Only attach behaviour to focusable elements.

MORE:
Keyboard-accessible Google Maps
http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/keyboard-accessible-google-maps/

Enhanced Keyboard-accessible Google Maps
http://learningtheworld.eu/2009/keyboard-accessible-google-maps/

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Two Free Events in October

Here’s the info on two free web accessibility events in Washington D.C. this October. Thanks to Jennison Asuncion.

Interagency Disability Educational Awareness Showcase (IDEAS) – IDEAS 2009
October 5-6 Marvin Center, George Washington University.
For anyone who wants to learn more about and network with folks who
need to meet Section 508 requirements.

Accessibility Camp D.C.
October 10 at the Martin Luther King Library.
Day-long barcamp for folks who work or have an interest in IT accessibility.