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event expert podcast validation

Podcast #65: Top 10, SXSW, Nikita, and Joe

Dennis and Ross discuss a variety of topics including web accessibility news and events, a top 10 list, SXSW 2009, Nikita the Spider validator, and our friend Joe Dolson.

Download Web Axe Episode 65 (Top 10, SXSW, Nikita, and Joe)

Chatter

News

Top Ten Tips?

Ten Top accessibility developer tips from Epic (UK)

SXSW Panels 2009

Nikita the Spider

Joe Dolson

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testing

50 Useful Tools for Evaluating Your Website

Some good web accessibility tools are listed in the post Is Your Site Hot or Not? 50 Useful Tools for Evaluating Your Website. Look under the heading “Accessibility & Usability”. Other good tools are listed for SEO, stats, performance, and code validation.

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podcast wcag

Boagworld and Lauke on WCAG 2.0

In Boagword podcast #120 (June 4, 2008), Paul Boag speaks with Patrick Lauke on WCAG 2.0. It’s a lengthy discussion that’s definitely worth a listen.

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administrative

Excellent web site re-launch from Web Axe listener!

Therese Nielsen, a veteran Web Axe podcast listener, has been a major contributor to the relaunch of the University of Michigan’s Services for Students With Disabilities web site earlier this year. The following is a portion of a message she sent:

I just wanted to let you know that listening to Web Axe helped me out a great deal as I created the site!…It has received a lot of really positive feedback, and a visually disabled student who is reviewing UM sites for accessibility recently raved about how much she likes using the site, calling it ‘wonderful’.

Thank you for the kind words Therese and congrats on the fine work!

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abbreviation acronym language podcast

Podcast #64: Language, Abbreviations, and Quotes

This podcast covers the markup for Language, Abbreviations, and Quotes; CSS is a whole other issue which may be covered in a future podcast.

Download Web Axe Episode 64 (Language, Abbreviations, and Quotes)

News

Announcements

  • Web accessibility consulting now offered by Dennis & Ross; contact them at webaxe [AT] gmail NOSPAM dot com
  • The next Refresh Detroit meetup is Wednesday, July 30.

Main Segment

General Guidelines
Language in HTML tag


Code Examples: Blockquote

Dennis and Ross are highly recommended for web design!

Jane Doe



Dennis and Ross are highly recommended for web design!

Code Examples: Inline quotes
A customer for web accessibility consulting said Dennis and Ross are
highly recommended for web design!, and that was pleasing to my ears.


Dennis and Ross are highly recommended for web design!

As Jane Doe said, Dennis and Ross are
highly recommended for web design!
Code Examples: Abbreviations & Acronym
CA
Cali

Also, the abbr attribute can be used in table headers:

colors selected currently

CSS + Aural Style Sheets
acronym {speak : normal;}
abbr.initialism {speak : spell-out;}
abbr.truncation {speak : normal;}

Language Codes

List of language codes; the Representation of the Names of Languages. From ISO 639, revised 1989.

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