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The Open & Closed Project

In case you haven’t heard, Joe Clark is starting a research project called The Open & Closed Project. The micropatronage page is here. The goal of the project is: to write a set of standards for the four fields of accessible media – captioning, audio description, subtitling, and dubbing A set standards for accessible media […]

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Accessibility Statements

There has been some blog discussion recently on whether or not a web site should provide an accessibility statement. You know, the small text link on the site that says “site accessibility” or “AAA compliant”. It seems that fear of being sued and trendiness have been the main reasons for accessibility statement pages on many […]

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IE7 Not Fully Supported By Some Screen Readers

The Blind Access Journal blog has some information on compatibility of Internet Explorer 7 and screen reader software. Beware: Internet Explorer 7.0 Not Fully Supported By Some Current Screen Readers Avoiding Microsoft’s Upcoming Automatic Internet Explorer 7.0 Update

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Podcast #32: Testing for Web Accessibility

All about testing for web accessibility — the tools, methods, hows and whys.Download Episode 32 (Testing for Web Accessibility)[Transcript for Web Axe 32] News IE7 Final Release Firefox 2 New Image Replacement – Monday by Noon MSU’s Fourth Annual Usability & Accessibility Event General (Generally) Follow guidelines by WCAG, WebAIM, Accessify, this podcast Follow any […]

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New Guidelines for Accessibility Launched

The National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) based in Boston, Massachusetts, has released “Accessible Digital Media – Design Guidelines for Electronic Publications, Multimedia and the Web“. The CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) is a research and development facility dedicated to the issues of media and information technology for people with disabilities in their […]