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Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust

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Post date June 16, 2009
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Joe Dolson recently completed an excellent four part series published on the Practical eCommerce web site. Another great read from Joe,highly recommended. The articles cover the following four fundamental principles of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2):

Is it perceivable?
Is it operable?
Is it understandable?
Is it robust?

Here are the articles:

PS:
Joe was a guest back in 2007 in Podcast: #41: The Definition of Web Accessibility

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Delay on Next Podcast

Just a note to let you know that the next Web Axe podcast is delayed a week or so. Stayed tuned!

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Assistive Technology, Captivate, and Accessify

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Post date June 12, 2009
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Browse Assistive Technology – learn about all kinds of Assistive Technology for different types of disabilities.

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What to do with Accessify? – Give Ian some ideas! (By the way, check out the Accessify post Interview with Accessible Twitter creator Dennis Lembree.)

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Other Accessibility Podcasts (and UX)

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Post date June 7, 2009
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Information & Design is a usability and user experience company based in Melbourne, Australia. Its web site offers a fine list of User Experience Podcasts, which includes a few on accessibility, including the following:

Web content accessibility guidelines V2.0 – an interview with Shawn Henry
Accessibility: an interview with Dr. Sofia Celic
Web accessibility guidelines: an interview with Gian Sampson-Wild

PS:
There are also interviews with Steve Krug, Jakob Nielsen, and Luke Wroblewski.

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WAVE now available in Spanish

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Post date May 29, 2009
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WebAIM recently announced that their free web accessibility evaluation tool WAVE is now available in Spanish. It’s a great tool for testing web sites, and there’s even a Firefox toolbar plugin!

WebAIM plans to translate the utility to more languages possibly Portuguese, German, Japanese, Thai, Turkish, and Russian. They are seeking volunteers to help; if you are interested, please contact WebAIM.

By the way, you can read a recent interview with Jared Smith of WebAIM from totallyaccessible.com.