- HTML5 Issue: Longdesc Retention (W3C wiki)
- Raakt – The Ruby Accessibility Analysis Kit
- Accessible ARIA Tabs by @jkiss
- UStream videos from Montreal accessibility conference (#a11yMTL)
- Developing an Accessible Star Ratings Widget (YUI blog)
- Report Finds Five U.S. State Benefits’ Websites Inaccessible (COAT)
- Ten tools to help test website accessibility
- Accessibility in Online Teaching – a great starting point
- How the Blind See the Internet (Gizmodo)
- Using NVDA screen reader to Evaluate Web Accessibility (WebAIM)
- Creating Your Own Accessible HTML5 Media Player by @terrillthompson
- Accessing Nav Drop-Downs
- Preparing InDesign Files for Accessibility (Adobe TV)
- Access Key Replacement (W3C wiki)
- CSSquirrel demos longdesc attribute in non-visual comic Alone In The Pitch Black Dark
- Accessibility Camp DC registration is open; event is October 9 at MLK Library
- YUI Theater: Accessibility on the Yahoo Homepage
- College Web Pages Are ‘Widely Inaccessible’ to People With Disabilities
- Web accessibility for cognitive disabilities and learning difficulties (Opera)
- Silverlight Accessibility Overview (Microsoft)
- Twitter and Web Accessibility presentation from INDATA Conference by @dennisl
- Caption any 5-minute YouTube video for $5
- Great list of free screen readers
- Video about Yahoo’s Accessibility Lab featuring Alan Brightman
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Link Roundup – June 2010
- Simple Free Online Caption Creator for YouTube Videos
- Australian Government releases Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy
- Open Web Camp 2010 at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, July 17 (Free)
- Assistive Technology Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, July 29-30 (Free)
- Online version of book Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design
- 50+ Reasons to Use VoiceOver (from Apple)
- AJAX and the Problem of Web Accessibility by @JoeDolson
- HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives (W3C)
- How NOT to use the HTML title attribute by @ianpouncey (from January)
- Forthcoming Updates on Federal Section 508 Rules by @JoeDolson
- Chrome explains its partial screen reader support
- Princeton University and learning disabled student settle suit
- Blind students sue four California law schools over inaccessible online applications
- What AT devices announce when encountering ARIA roles
- AViewer beta – new accessibility checker tool from The Paciello Group
- Making JavaScript Accessible slides presented by @dennisl at Bayjax meetup
- How to get started on Twitter with JAWS – CNIB blog by @mcourcel
- Examples of Inaccessible Web Design
- Sign petition for Google to make Chrome screen reader accessible
- Features of a Cognitively Accessible Web Site
- How to Use HTML, CSS and JavaScript in an Accessible Manner
- Web Accessibility and WAI-ARIA Primer by @emilylewis
- Writing text alternatives for maps
- Future Web Accessibility: SVG from WebAIM
- List of Twitter clients for persons with disabilities
- U.S. Departments of Justice and Education tell college/university presidents that required electronic book readers must be accessible
Another set of great links on web accessibility for March 2010. In addition, see below for post-CSUN links, roundups and presentations!
- Be Kind to the Color Blind – ColourLovers
- Why Captioning? – Stanford University
- Stop Using JAWS for Web Accessibility Testing? – Clear Helper
- Making the mobile internet accessible for all – ComputerWeekly
- NCAA college basketball tournament bracket – Terrill Thompson
- Problems with CAPTCHA and audio CAPTCHA alternative – groups.drupal
- What Is A Braille Display And How It Is Used – Even Grounds
- Call for speaker proposals for “13th Annual Accessing Higher Ground” conference. First round due April 2.
- Why websites shouldn’t accommodate disabled users – by Pete Love (e.g. use universal design)
- Accessibility Review: Target.com – by Joe Dolson (post lawsuit)
- Screen Readers And WAI-ARIA Landmark Roles – Léonie Watson
- Variations on Ginader’s [Awesome] Accessible Tabs – Accessible Culture
- Accessibility of Links by Steve Grobschmidt
- Web Accessibility Preferences Are For Sissies? – WebAIM
- Boston Accessibility Unconference is May 15
- Web Accessibility Fears and Ways to Conquer Them – Even Grounds
CSUN Summaries
- CSUN Conference 2010 – great summary by Nicholas Zakas
- Insights into the 25th Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference – The DAISY Planet
- CSUN 2010 recap – Marco of Mozilla
- More Audio Coverage of CSUN 2010 – Blind Bargains [no transcriptions]
- CSUN photos from Dennis – a dozen or show snapshots
CSUN Presentations
- Stanford Captioning System: A Workflow Model for Producing Captioned Media – includes link to PDF of presentation
- Download the Adaptech presentation on social media use & accessibility; view the entire survey, too.
- Importance of Accessibility for a Successful and Future-Proof Business – Artur Ortega of Yahoo
- Accessibility of Twitter – by and Joseph O’Connor and Dennis Lembree
Addendum
- Adobe Slides from CSUN 2010 Talks
- DAISY Consortium’s Presentation at CSUN (captioned video)
- Point-and-Chat info and presentations (AAC application)
- Presentations from WebAIM – great stuff!
How to use the ALT and TITLE Attributes for Greater Accessibility and Less Karma Damage
#Petition: Allow Everyone Access to E-books (Amazon #Kindle 2) http://bit.ly/TTzhI
@jared_w_smith I was interviewed by @TAccessible about lots of #accessibility stuff. Read it at http://totallyaccessible.com/blog/
RT @mixolydian Archive of webinar on using #ARIA with #JAWS available http://tinyurl.com/mfbtky
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Web Axe 2008 in Review
Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties (my computer’s power supply failing), the podcast for this post will not be done. -Dennis
Current News
- Index of Government Guidelines for Web Sites
- Adding a Map to Your Web Site, posted December 1st, 2008 by Mike Cherim
- Accessibility testing tips and tools presentation
- Inaccessible Recruitment Websites “An Emerging Scandal”
- Screen Reader Survey
Main Segment
- WCAG 2.0 finally official! WCAG 2.0 Published as Final Recommendation!
- In February, Joe Clark (now retired from web accessibility ) released the final update to the WCAG Samurai’s errata. Also see The WCAG Samurai Errata are now available.
- ARIA advancements; ARIA momentum and Internet Explorer
- WebAIM’s WAVE 4.0 toolbar and translation project.
- In November, Dennis’ first conference presentation, Ajax and Web Accessibility.
- MyClientTime (previously TimeTracker) is launched! An accessible web application designed to track and report sessions between professionals and their clients.
- Web Axe was nominated for “Podcast of the Year” in .net magazine’s 2008 Best of the Web awards. Boagworld won.
- You can now donate to Web Axe with PayPal. See sidebar button.
- WCAG 2.0 Theme Song Web Content Accessibility Guidelines