Web Axe has been named one of the Top 5 design podcasts for designers by Dustin Brewer. You can Digg the article here. Dustin is a graphic artist and web designer based out of Oklahoma City, OK, USA. Thanks for the mention, Dustin! In addition to the Web Axe, the other podcasts mentioned were:
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Dennis and Ross speak with Mike Cherim, the author of the highly respectable blog Green Beast, and the founder of Accessites.org. Conversation also includes Mike’s background, his interest in PHP and WordPress, and an audio conference on the NFB vs. Target lawsuit in which he was a guest speaker.
Download Web Axe Episode 44 (Interview with Mike Cherim)
Dennis converses with Mark McKay founder of SpokenText.net which is a new, free online application that converts documents to audio files. Excellent tool for making documents accessible by providing an alternative format. Good for iPod usage also!
Download Web Axe Episode 42 (SpokenText web app)
This site allows you to upload text (.txt), Acrobat (.pdf) or Word (.doc) files and have them converted to spoken audio. We also let you record emails, text from a website or enter the text you need converted directly.
On the blog Bite Size Standards, a post by Ann McMeekin Colour with Contrast discusses color and accessibility, and also provides some excellent links to tools and references.
Dennis and guest Joe Dolson discuss the definition of Web Accessibility including the W3C definition and WCAG 2.0, universal access, balance of effort, a principal?
Download Web Axe Episode 41 (Definition of Web Accessibility)
Links:
- Trying to Define Web Accessibility from Joe Dolson
- Web Axe Definition
- Webcredible Definition
- Wikipedia Definition
- W3C WAI Definition