- Open letter for access
November 30th, 2009
An open letter from Andy Clarke detailing how a popstars vibrant website excludes so many from accessing the content. An eye opener for all website owners, includes screenshots and guidance to make the site better for all. Read the article – ‘Dear Taylor Swift‘.
- Inclusion at Digital Events
October 26th, 2009
Alison Smith, shares her experiences from a recent event and questions ‘What will it take take for Deaf and Disabled people to be a real part of so called Digital Britain?’. Event organisers take note. Hello Digital : Digital Disaster.
- Audio talk about accessibility for website content administrators
March 17th, 2009
Recently an event was held WxWM (West by West Midlands) which brought together a wide range of people coming together to network, discuss the web and social media. One of the talks during the event was from Andy Mabbett who spoke about web accessibility and delivered an enthusiastic and vibrant overview aimed at content administrators [...]
- Social Media and accessibility reminder
January 28th, 2009
An article on Third Sector website shares insights from at a recent social media conference raising awareness that by focussing too much on social media such as Twitter, Flickr, blogging and podcasts for campaigns and marketing, it could exclude people with visual or hearing impairments as well as those who have no access to the [...]
- Risks and opportunities for users of social networks
January 21st, 2009
Henny Swan explores and shares some useful insights of the risks and opportunities for disabled and older users accessing social networks across devices. Read more at Is it time for social networks to grow up?
- Accessify gets a makeover
January 21st, 2009
The Accessify website, a popular resource for web accessibility tools and software has had a makeover. Head over to the fresh new site to see the new features and resources available helping make the web a better place for all.
- Video on how blogging has changed Glenda’s life
September 29th, 2008
Glenda Watson Hyatt, who lives with cerebral palsy, shares a video on how blogging with WordPress has enabled her to be heard by the world, increase her circle of friends and more. View it on her blog at Do It By Myself, or you can use the Easy YouTube viewer to watch the video.
- Breaking down the barriers between disabled users and the social web – Scripting Enabled
September 29th, 2008
“Nobody likes to think of themselves as disabled – lots of people ignore content aimed at disabled people because they want to use what everybody is using” – one of the quotes from the conference day at Scripting Enabled.
I recently attended Scripting Enabled, which was a two day event held in London on 19th and [...]
- YouTube adds caption features for videos
August 29th, 2008
On the YouTube blog you can read about the new captioning feature for videos which can help people who would not otherwise understand the audio track to follow along, especially those who speak other languages or who are deaf and hard of hearing. Read the article and how to use this feature at New Captions [...]
- Download podcasts and transcripts from Accessibility 2.0
August 22nd, 2008
Accessibility 2.0 was a practical conference focussing on web accessibility in a Web 2.0 world, organised by Abilitynet held back in April. Podcasts, transcripts and presentations from the event are now available for download at Podcasts and transcripts : Accessibility 2.0.