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ATIA Chicago 2009

The Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) is presenting a new conference this late October: ATIA Chicago 2009 “Showcasing Excellence in Assistive Technology”. There are over 200 sessions planned. The list of exhibitors includes: Freedom Scientific HumanWare AbleNet Dolphin Computer Access The conference will be held at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center, in Schaumburg […]

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Accessibility Round-Up from Twitter

Accessibility Review: PetsContained.com by Joe Dolson. In the United Kingdom, join the campaign for Offcom to increase audio description on TV from 10% to 20%. Wanted: Flash and Dojo accessibility experts for contract work. Contact John Foliot at the email address: jfoliot AT stanford DOT edu. Update on The Paciello Group’s ARIA role support: how […]

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Accessible Twitter Wins Award, Slidedeck

Congratulations to Accessible Twitter which was honored with the ACCESS-IT@Web 2.0 2009 award! Here is the link to the acceptance presentation on SlideShare which was given by Meera Tank at the event in London: Accessible Twitter presentation for ACCESS-IT@Web 2.0 Slideshare provides a text version towards the bottom of the page, but here’s a better […]

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Keyboard Accessibility from Lauke

Patrick Lauke’s keyboard accessibility presentation at Future of Web Design Tour 2009 in Glasgow. September 14. Keyboard accessibility – basic steps towards a more usable and accessible site. Keyboard Access for Google Map If you style :hover, also :focus and :active. Don’t suppress outline completely (reintroduce :focus and suppress :active). Leave tabindex alone – source […]

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Web Accessibility Day

Web Accessibility Day is Tuesday, September 22 in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. It’s a a one-day event teaching how to create web accessible content including PDFs and graphics, and how to use evaluation tools. The keynote speaker is Shawn Lawton Henry, Outreach Coordinator for the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). Exhibitors include: Oracle, Knowbility, Nuance Communications, […]