In a report from the UK, where web accessibility is more widely practiced than in most other countries, 75% of Local web design companies ignore disabled people. Unfortunately, I’m sure that percentage is much higher here in the United States, where accessible web sites are still limited to not much more than some government and education sites.
Author: Dennis
Assistive technology for the disabled is an article describing assistive technology (AT) for those with visual, hearing, and mobility impairments. The author is physically challenged himself.
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Podcast 61: Accessibility Statements
Download Web Axe Episode 61 (Accessibility Statements)
News
- Donate to Web Axe! Button in sidebar. Looking to purchase Dragon Naturally Speaking
- Ross merged his company, moved offices, ingenexdigital.com
- Refresh Detroit/MIUPA meeting on Jan 30
- DOCTYPE broken (A List Apart)
- Learning from Screen Readers (WebAIM)
- February Milestone On Road To Web Access Guidelines
- Introducing WAVE 4.0
Listener’s Comments
- Free web site accessibility checkers
- Added: Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools List by W3C WAI
- Accessible WordPress templates; try Mike Cherim’s Seabeast WordPress template
Main Segment Topics
- What is an accessibility statement?
- Should an accessibility statement be on my web site?
- Where should I provide links to the accessibility statement?
- What should be included in the accessibility statement?
- A brief description of the policy.
- How to report failures on the site.
- Details of the functions built-in to the site.
- Information on browser options.
- The standards used in the building of the site.
- The verification processes used.
- Links to further information.
Related Links
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JAWS and Target
JAWS
The trial version of JAWS has always been a hassle to use for testing with its 40 minute sessions and required reboots. In the WebAIM blog, Jared Smith points out that the license infers that you cannot use the demo version of JAWS for web development purposes. Someone in the comments of the post suggests using Window-Eyes.
Target vs. NFB
Early this month, it was reported that Target lost an appeal of the class action status of the lawsuit by the National Federation of the Blind.
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