Download Web Axe Episode 72 (Twitter Accessibility, Events, and News)
Chatter
- Feedback for new Web Axe theme song?
- Opera 10 beta
- Where are the headings?
- AudioBoo “A Eulogy For IE6” by Paul Boag.
- Web Axe-Refresh Detroit Tweetup! Ann Arbor, Michigan, Saturday, July 18.
Events/Conferences
- 12th Annual Accessing Higher Ground
Accessible Media, Web and Technology Conference
10-14 November 2009
Westin Hotel in Westminster, Colorado, U.S.A. - IEEE Accessing the Future conference
20-21 July 2009
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
LinkedIn event page - Full Frontal JavaScript Conference
20 November 2009
One day; £100
Duke Of York’s Picturehouse; Preston Circus; Brighton, BN1 4NA
Twitter and Web Accessibility
Accessible Twitter updates:
- Ajax for deleting DM.
- Popular Links page; added categories.
- Add URL shortening to DM page.
- Add (limited) functionality to update user profile.
Compiled List of links from #TwitterBook (look who’s first!)
Other Accessible Twitter applications:
- Try a mobile web app.
- Tweete was created as an alternative to the mobile web and slandr mobile clients.
- Twitstat Mobile
- Slandr
- Dabr
- TwInbox – plug-in for Microsoft Outlook
- Tweet s60: totally accessible Twitter mobile app for Nokia Series 60 devices (via @AbilityNet @BlindTwit)
Other issues:
- Accessibility issues with Twitter background
- Twitter Quietly Fixes Broken Audio CAPTCHA
- Software change makes Twitter more accessible for the visually impaired (CAPTCHA to re-CAPTCHA)
One reply on “Podcast #72: Twitter Accessibility, Events, and News”
Thanks for the heads up on the mobile web app for Twitter Dennis.
My older smartphone doesn’t have many software options, so I have been suffering through Twitter’s mobile site, it never occurred to me to go looking for third party mobile sites.
I tried them all and I think that Tweete works the best on my not-so-smartphone. I can finally easily reply to others!