Month: July 2011

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Web Accessibility-Related Jobs!

Post author By Dennis
Post date July 25, 2011
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Here’s a great list of recent job listings (all but one in the U.S.) relating to web accessibility.

Interactive PDF (Accessibility) Specialist needed in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
User Interface Accessibilty Analyst, global entertainment & eCommerce company, Los Angeles, California.
Accessibility Specialist at Kforce Technology Staffing in Wilmington, Delaware.
User Experience Specialist Librarian at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Web IT Consultant/Expert at California State University – Fullerton. Includes assistive technology support.
Accessibility & Usability Consultant at AbilityNet in London, UK.
Web Accessibility Engineer for W3C’s Web Accessibility Initiative at MIT in Cambridge, Mass.
Added: AFB Consulting seeks cross-disability consultants (LinkedIn)

Fixing Alt – MacGuyver Coffeemaker

Post author By Dennis
Post date July 15, 2011
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No coffeemaker and need coffee?! So you search the web and find an article about brewing coffee MacGuyver-style, but can’t access the large image which contains the vital points. Lifehacker’s article Brew an Emergency Cup of Coffee with Two Paper Cups and a Filter is practical and fun, but the image containing the crucial steps is missing alternative text. So to save my fellow coffee fans in a time of crisis, here’s the alt text:

Acquire 2 paper cups, 1 filter, boiling water, a cutting instrument.
Cut one cup towards the top so that it creates a ring at least 2 inches tall. Place the filter over the other uncut cup.
Slide ring down over the filter, which is sitting on the uncut cup. Push down until small amount of filter is visible on all sides.
Place desired/available coffee grounds in the cup over filter.
Begin slowly filling open portion with near boiling water. Do not over fill and occasionally stir.
Brewing may take anywhere between 5 and 10 minutes including set up and brew. However, it’s a hell of a lot better than having no coffee at all.

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Now on Facebook

Web Axe is now on Facebook! If you’re on Facebook, please give me a “like”! I plan to post the best of the best there fairly regularly, but not too often (maybe every other day). I may even do a poll or two.

Yea, I know it’s somewhat ironic, maybe even a bit hypocritical, that I’m on Facebook since it has major web accessibility issues (with no captioning support, just one of many Facebook issues). But nonetheless, I’m there. All things considered, it’s the biggest social network in the world; it’d be silly not to take advantage of that in spreading the word about web accessibility.

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Podcast #91: Game Plan, CSS, Lawsuits & Events

Post author By Dennis
Post date July 5, 2011
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Dennis and Ross discuss the “Accessibility Game Plan”, a couple good CSS tips, upcoming events, and a few lawsuits, and more!

Download Web Axe Episode 91 (Game Plan, CSS, Lawsuits & Events)

Transcript of podcast 91

What’s New

Ross’ book update
Accessible Twitter is now Easy Chirp!

The Game Plan

Barriers to Improving the Accessibility Game Plan
Accessibility: Let’s put away the wrecking ball!
Takeaways:
- It about semantics (pun): universal design, inclusive design
- Educate others in a web camp, Refresh chapter, UPA.
- Share your and others’ solutions.
- Practice what you preach.
- Advocate accessibility groups, websites, etc.

Careful with CSS

Testing the accessibility of the CSS-generated content (with before/after pseudo selectors)
CSS Background Images and Accessibility

Lawsuits

Berkeley-based nonprofit sues CNN.com for not captioning online videos and CNN Being Sued For Lack Of Closed-Captioning Online
National Association of the Deaf Files Disability Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Netflix and Netflix sued by deaf group over lack of subtitles
Court to Hear Argument in JetBlue Accessibility Case. “JetBlue has asked Judge to throw the case out of court, arguing that California’s disability civil rights laws do not apply to JetBlue’s website or kiosks.”
Just announced: Blind Students Sue Florida State University for Discrimination

Conferences & Events

Jobs

Scotiabank seeks a Project Leader Accessibility and Inclusion (contract), Toronto, Canada
Mozilla seeks an Accessibility Engineer
New Editions Consulting (for DHS?) seeks a Senior Accessibility Analyst in Washington, DC. Ability to successfully complete a secret clearance is required.
Just announced: Web Accessibility Engineer at MIT