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Link Roundup – April 2010

Post author By Dennis
Post date May 1, 2010
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Accessible Documents in HTML, Word & PDF by @terrillthompson from the Digital Accessibility Expo.
Open letter to to U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary by @johnfoliot with feedback & accessible testimonies from a government hearing on digital accessibility.
Are sprites accessible?
Accessibility BOF (birds of a feather) Notes from DrupalCon in San Francisco.
Cognitive Web Accessibility Assessments: Lessons Learned So Far
Designing Accessible & Usable App UI for Mobile Phones – slides from #CSUN10 presentation by @berryaccess
W3C update to HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives by @stevefaulkner.
An ode to ‘Click here’ and to other phrases forcing reading back for context.
Juicy Studio Accessibility toolbar is updated by @gezlemon. Supports ARIA, color contrast, more. (Firefox)
U.S. Access Board’s proposed 508 & 255 standards & guidelines (Draft Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Standards and Guidelines)
Expand and collapse content accessibly with progressive enhancement, jQuery, and ARIA
Do I Have to Learn Programming to Make My Site Accessible? (Even Grounds)
Slide presentations from W4A (7th International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility)
Expand and collapse content accessibly with progressive enhancement, jQuery, and ARIA.
White House promising more attention to 508
Do we need a new game plan to make the Web accessible? (be sure to read comments)

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Podcast #74: Awards, Events & Back to Basics

Post author By Dennis
Post date September 29, 2009
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A super special podcast:

First time face-to-face recording between Dennis and Ross.
In Santa Cruz, California.
4-Year Anniversary for Web Axe.

Download Web Axe Episode 74 (Awards, Events & Back to Basics)

[transcript of podcast 74]

Chatter

Articles

If a page is viewed through Google Chrome Frame in Internet Explorer no content is available to the user of assistive technology (AT). This can be illustrated using the Microsofts accexplorer tool.

Events/Conferences

Main Segment

WCAG 2: Remember P.O.U.R.: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, Robust

Perceivable – Interface elements can not be invisible to users.
Operable – Users must be able to interact with the interface.
Understandable – Users must be able to understand with information and the interface (cognitive).
Robust – Must be usable by a wide range of user agents and assisstive technologies.

Use P.O.S.H.: Plain Ol’ Semantic HTML

Use headings and properly.
P is for paragraph.
blockquotes for quotes (not indentation).
Use lists for lists, menus, etcetera.
Definition Lists.
Use strong and em tags versus b and i.

Creating Usable and Accessible PDFs

Post author By Dennis
Post date December 9, 2008
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Deborah Edwards-Onoro, a key member of Refresh Detroit, has posted an excellent article, Ten Tips for Creating Usable and Accessible PDFs. It has even been highlighted in the Acrobatusers.com News on December 2.

Her ten detailed guidelines are:

Use a structured source document
Save/export document as tagged PDF
Add title, author, subject and keywords
Add bookmarks
Initial view
Specify the reading language
Correct the reading order
Use PDF Optimizer
Enable Adobe Reader features
Check accessibility

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Ajax and Web Accessibility Presentation

Post author By Dennis
Post date November 13, 2008
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Here’s the link to my presentation at the Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web and Technology Conference tomorrow in Boulder, Colorado. It’s a Google Doc presentation.

Ajax and Web Accessibility Presentation

Addendum
Adding the PDF file: Ajax and Web Accessibility Presentation (PDF)