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Podcast #79: CSUN 2010 Preview

Dennis and guest Jennison Asuncion discuss the upcoming CSUN conference, formally titled The 25th Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference. Discussion includes helpful hints about the conference, session previews, and special events. The event is March 22-27 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in downtown San Diego, California. Download Web Axe Episode 79 […]

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Types of Assistive Technology

Here is an excellent resource from Usability First on types of disabilities and corresponding assistive technologies:Accessibility: Types of Accessibility Aids Many devices are described, organized by the following types of disabilities: Visual impairments Hearing loss and impairments Speech impairments Motor impairments Cognitive impairments Repetitive stress Color blindness

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iPad Is Assisitive Technology But No Killer

One may plainly say that Apple’s new iPad is an assistive technology device. Like the iPhone, it includes many accessibility features such as: VoiceOver screen zoom white-on-black display mono audio closed-captioned content But as pointed out in the article Accessibility and the iPad: First Impressions, it additionally has the following helpful features: Large size (for […]

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More on WebAIM’s Screenreader Survey

WebAIM’s Screen Reader Survey a few months ago (October 2009) sure drew a lot of attention, and for good reason. It is a much needed and well written survey, performed by one of the leading organizations in web accessibility, WebAIM. Here are some articles written in response to the survey. If you know any others, […]

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Screen readers and navigation

i navigate by headings when reading a long technical document or news items and essays that are large i try to navigate by edit box when i can (using edit box navigation, i get the “donate” edit box before the Username edit box on the AccessibleTwitter sign-in/home page, which is a bit unexpected from a […]