- Department of Justice to assess US government sites for Section 508 compliance
- Ten common accessibility problems from Roger Hudson
- The ADA and the Web: Concerns and Misconceptions (WebAIM)
- Slides for “Web Accessibility for Writers” from Victoria Online seminar. Excellent!
- Presenting the new Even Grounds Web #Accessibility Channel on YouTube
- Blind bargains says 3 out of 4 of blind users cannot use google audio #CAPTCHA
- Web Accessibility London Unconference, Sept 21, 2010. On Twitter at @a11yldn
- The Yahoo accessibility blog has been launched.
- Consider signing & sharing the Facebook web accessibility petition.
- 10+ Special Browsers For Visually Impaired Users
- Slides for 5 layers of web accessibility presentation by @ginader from Open Web Camp II (Slideshare)
- Cross Culture Accessibility: Web Design That Crosses Cultures
- Designing accessible icons (Part 1) from Nomensa
- PDF Accessibility video tutorials from Adobe TV
- The Beauty of Semantic Markup, Introduction by @emilylewis
- Say No To Noscript by @gezlemon.
- Experiments with language & accessibility (& Twitter) by @terrillthompson
- Joomlashack: Usability, Accessibility, Web Standards and SEO
- Slides for “Thick, Rich, and Accessible” preso by @katelynch from DrupalCamp, Chicago, June
- Test PDF files with free PDF Accessibility Checker (PAC) (Windows)
- Why Accessibility Research by Jeffrey Bigham
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Link Roundup – June 2010
- Simple Free Online Caption Creator for YouTube Videos
- Australian Government releases Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy
- Open Web Camp 2010 at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, July 17 (Free)
- Assistive Technology Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, July 29-30 (Free)
- Online version of book Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design
- 50+ Reasons to Use VoiceOver (from Apple)
- AJAX and the Problem of Web Accessibility by @JoeDolson
- HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives (W3C)
- How NOT to use the HTML title attribute by @ianpouncey (from January)
- Forthcoming Updates on Federal Section 508 Rules by @JoeDolson
- Chrome explains its partial screen reader support
- Princeton University and learning disabled student settle suit
- Blind students sue four California law schools over inaccessible online applications
- What AT devices announce when encountering ARIA roles
- AViewer beta – new accessibility checker tool from The Paciello Group
- Making JavaScript Accessible slides presented by @dennisl at Bayjax meetup
- How to get started on Twitter with JAWS – CNIB blog by @mcourcel
- Examples of Inaccessible Web Design
- Sign petition for Google to make Chrome screen reader accessible
- Features of a Cognitively Accessible Web Site
- How to Use HTML, CSS and JavaScript in an Accessible Manner
- Web Accessibility and WAI-ARIA Primer by @emilylewis
- Writing text alternatives for maps
- Future Web Accessibility: SVG from WebAIM
- List of Twitter clients for persons with disabilities
- U.S. Departments of Justice and Education tell college/university presidents that required electronic book readers must be accessible
- Do Your Flashing Ads Cause Seizures?
- FAQ on software development for the blind or visually impaired
- Why You Should Adopt An Accessible Content Strategy (business case for accessibility)
- 4 Easy Steps to Make Your Site More Usable (and accessible) to Older People
- Program to help locate screen cursor: PinPoint 3 “Never Lose Your Mouse Again”
- Use ARIA to Indicate When Form Fields Are Required
- Google Slaps People with Disabilities in the Face
- Kill Accessibility (great comments)
- Test cases with HTML5, ARIA Roles & Screen Readers
- What are your favorite accessibility & UX blogs?
- HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives
- Next accessibility unconference is A11yCamp, Guelph, Canada, June 8
- Text CAPTCHA service – alternative to image or audio CAPTCHAs
- The new GNU accessibility statement
- iPad Assistive Technology Roundup
- Slides from Access U presentation HTML5 & Accessibility
- NFB files complaints against 9 law schools for inaccessible web site
- Importance of HTML Headings for Accessibility
- Future Web Accessibility: HTML5 Semantic Elements (Part 2 in a series)
- A few problems with the concept of accessible PDFs
- Do we need a new game plan to make the Web accessible? (great comments)
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Link Roundup – April 2010
- 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)
Some good recent web accessibility articles:
- Acronym/Abbreviation best practice conundrum – Jared Smith from WebAIM discusses the issues with the use of the acronym and abbreviation tags and screen readers, and asks for input.
- Which links to what: Referencing WCAG, ATAG, UAAG, and WAI-ARIA – The W3C explains referencing and linking to their documentation.
- The Problem With Invisible Links – Frustrated screen reader user argues against the use of invisible links, with good reason.