Hosts Dennis and Ross discuss a variety of topics.

Download Web Axe Episode 78 (Web Accessibility News)

[transcript of podcast 78] (Much thanks to Joseph Montanez for helping with transcription.)

Announcements

• About the 2009 .net magazine awards
• Web Axe site/template updates including:
• Blogger bar removed (and Google search added).
• Recent Tweets now shown! (from @webaxe)
• Web Axe in a BBC Podcast!
• Transcription
• Web Axe is seeking volunteers for transcribing podcasts. Please email or comment if you are interested.
• Transcription of Pocast 74 (Awards, Events & Back to Basics) by Jennison Asuncion.
• Transcription of Podcast 76: Web Accessibility Disasters – provided by Katherine Lynch.
• WordPress plug-ins by Ross! (for better CMS usability).
• Editor Tabs
• CMS Dashboard
• Dashboard Pages
• List of Web Accessibility Conferences.

News

• New release of screenreader emulator Fangs; now updated for FireFox 3.6 by Peter Krantz (and moved to Mozilla site).
• @Jennison on Twitter rocks:
• Started 2 great new accounts: @a11yevents and @a11yjobs.
• Suggests #tsaccess as a hashtag to focus discussion on touchscreen accessibility.
• iPad Accessibility Good for grandma?
• Slides and transcript from webinar by Dennis “Twitter & Its Accessible Issues & Solutions” (see Week 2).

Articles

• The new target.com and accessibility
• A call for consistent ALT text cross browsers
• 10 Tools for Evaluating Web Design Accessibility