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Oracle sued by blind workers in Texas

This has to do with software accessibility, rather than web accessibility, but very relevant to the movement and the cause… Oracle sued by blind workers in Texas Oracle is being taken to task in a lawsuit that complains software it sold to the state of Texas is unusable by blind employees. The suit, filed in […]

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New Dutch accessibility law

New Dutch accessibility law (QuirksBlog) The Dutch accessibility law is awesome (456 Berea St) required by law to use: * valid HTML 4.01 or XHTML 1.0 * CSS and semantic HTML and separation of structure and presentation * progressive enhancement * the W3C DOM (instead of the old Microsoft document.all) * meaningful values of class […]

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Podcast #40: About CAPTCHA and Accessibility

Dennis and Ross discuss different methods of implementing CAPTCHA on the web and how to make it accessible. Download Web Axe Episode 40 (About CAPTCHA and Accessibility) CAPTCHA Services captchas.net Protect Web Form PHP Contact Form AuthImage WP-Gatekeeper Do your own! References CAPTCHA on Wikipedia Proposal for an Accessible Captcha Inaccessibility of CAPTCHA Alternatives to […]

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Podcast #39: Business Reasons for Web Accessibility

Dennis and Ross discuss the various business reasons for web accessible including increased users, easier maintenance, avoiding lawsuits, and decreasing bandwidth. Some good news items also. Download Web Axe Episode 39 (Business Reasons for Web Accessibility) Related Links Financial Factors in Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization (W3C) Web accessibility & business […]

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Web Accessibility Presentation

Dennis Lembree, main host of Web Axe (and owner of web development company CheckEngine USA) gave a presentation on web accessibility at the January meetup for Refresh Detroit. Topics included the definition of the term, general issues, guidelines and law, and advocates. You can get the web accessibility presentation on the CheckEngine USA web site, […]