Assistive technology for the disabled is an article describing assistive technology (AT) for those with visual, hearing, and mobility impairments. The author is physically challenged himself.
Podcast 61: Accessibility Statements
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News
- Donate to Web Axe! Button in sidebar. Looking to purchase Dragon Naturally Speaking
- Ross merged his company, moved offices, ingenexdigital.com
- Refresh Detroit/MIUPA meeting on Jan 30
- DOCTYPE broken (A List Apart)
- Learning from Screen Readers (WebAIM)
- February Milestone On Road To Web Access Guidelines
- Introducing WAVE 4.0
Listener’s Comments
- Free web site accessibility checkers
- Added: Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools List by W3C WAI
- Accessible WordPress templates; try Mike Cherim’s Seabeast WordPress template
Main Segment Topics
- What is an accessibility statement?
- Should an accessibility statement be on my web site?
- Where should I provide links to the accessibility statement?
- What should be included in the accessibility statement?
- A brief description of the policy.
- How to report failures on the site.
- Details of the functions built-in to the site.
- Information on browser options.
- The standards used in the building of the site.
- The verification processes used.
- Links to further information.
Related Links
JAWS and Target
JAWS
The trial version of JAWS has always been a hassle to use for testing with its 40 minute sessions and required reboots. In the WebAIM blog, Jared Smith points out that the license infers that you cannot use the demo version of JAWS for web development purposes. Someone in the comments of the post suggests using Window-Eyes.
Target vs. NFB
Early this month, it was reported that Target lost an appeal of the class action status of the lawsuit by the National Federation of the Blind.
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Podcast 60: Web Axe 2007 Year in Review
Happy New Year! Dennis highlights and discusses numerous podcasts and news/blog events about web accessibility in the last year.
Download Web Axe Episode 60 (2007 Year in Review)
- Podcast #56: Web Axe 2-Year Anniversary!
- Podcast #55: WCAG Samurai
- Podcast #52: REL Attribute
- Podcast #51: Option Groups (OptGroup)
- Podcast #50: Analysis of WCAG 2.0
- Podcast #47: Alternative Text in Detail
- Podcast #45: Accessible popup windows
- Podcast #40: About CAPTCHA and Accessibility
News
- Selecting an Accessible CMS
- Web Axe Named Top 5 Podcasts!
- Avoiding Extreme Accessibility
- For Review: Updated WCAG 2.0 Documents
- Lawyer warns that PDFs fail on accessibility (UK)
- Petition Asks Yahoo to Fix Their CAPTCHA
- Court rules against Target on website accessibility lawsuit