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For Review: Updated WCAG 2.0 Documents

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) Working Draft documents were updated 17 May 2007. These documents incorporate resolutions to comments from the 2006 Last Call Working Draft. The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) encourages you to review the WCAG 2.0 Working Draft and submit any new comments. Please see the additional information in: Call […]

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Interview with Judy Brewer on WCAG 2.0

What’s the heck’s going on with WCAG 2.0? Last I heard turned out to be an April Fool’s joke! Thankfully, Jared Smith of The Web Standards Project (and WebAIM) has interviewed Judy Brewer on the subject. Judy is the Director of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). WCAG 2.0 […]

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Podcast #47: Alternative Text in Detail

Dennis and Ross discuss alternative text on the web, mostly the ALT attribute in detail. Also discuss alternative text for audio and Flash. Download Web Axe Episode 47 (Alternative Text in Detail) News Guidelines for creating better markup NFB and Amazon to making deal Accessify interviews Andy Clarke Announcements Dennis leaving Detroit for opportunity in […]

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Podcast #46: Web Site Analysis: Michigan.gov

Dennis and Ross do an informal web accessibility/web standards analysis and critique of the Michigan.gov web site. Download Web Axe Episode 46 (Web Site Analysis: Michigan.gov) News Links: Refresh Detroit meetup Wednesday, April 25 Lame excuses for not being a Web professional Adding vs. not removing accessibility Stop Writing Garbage Code clear floats with no […]

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IBM Helps Blind ‘See’ Web Video

The BBC reports on a new technology from IBM that helps visually impaired access content of web video. The tool is codenamed “A-Browser” and should release later this year. IBM hopes to make it free. Technology giant, IBM, is soon to launch a multimedia browser to make audio and video content accessible to people with […]