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Walmart’s Poor Alt Text and Use of Flash

Yesterday, Steve Faulkner of The Paciello Group wrote a tweet quoting an alt attribute on the Walmart.com home page. My first reaction was disbelief, frustration, and outrage. I replied to the tweet, then found the following code (line 2421) which Steve was referencing: The message was designed for screen reader users. But just this one […]

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Link Roundup – April 2010

Accessible Documents in HTML, Word & PDF by @terrillthompson from the Digital Accessibility Expo. Open letter to to U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary by @johnfoliot with feedback & accessible testimonies from a government hearing on digital accessibility. Are sprites accessible? Accessibility BOF (birds of a feather) Notes from DrupalCon in San Francisco. […]

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Adding ARIA Landmark Roles

ARIA Landmark Roles were recently added to the Web Axe web site. It’s a great and easy way to add better accessibility to your site, start learning ARIA, and future-proof your site. And it only takes a few minutes, so why not add it into your site? (If you haven’t already!) An ARIA landmark role […]

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Podcast #80: Web Accessibility Successes

Dennis and Ross review a few excellent web sites. Each provides great accessibility as well as being standards-compliant. Download Web Axe Episode 80 (Web Accessibility Successes) [transcript of podcast 80] Announcements Ross’ relaunch of 3.7 Designs Assistive Technology Boogie (Flash) by Inclusive Technologies Volunteers/donations wanted for transcribing Web Axe podcasts CSUN was great! A few […]

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Link Roundup including CSUN – March 2010

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 […]