- Remember accessibilty when using widgets on your website
February 8th, 2008
There’s been much excitement in the media during the past week about a new widget application called Sprout. It aims to be an easy to use Flash based interface with simple drag-and-drop features, to build live, interactive multimedia content that can easily be added to any web page. Once a user publishes a [...]
- Common errors with web accessibility
January 1st, 2008
Webcredible’s latest article on 10 common errors when implementing accessibility is a useful reminder for those making their websites accessible and inclusive to all.
- Free screenreader software to assist the blind and visually impaired
November 19th, 2007
Over on David Wilcox’s Designing for Civil Society site, David recently reported about Roger Wilson-Hinds, who was demonstrating screenreader software at the e-democracy conference. The screenreader (known as ‘Thunder’) not only reads text out loud, but also can increase the text size for those that can see. It also helps with managing information, [...]
- Accessibility 2.0: UK newspaper websites featured in study
November 19th, 2007
Today, I was contacted by Laura Oliver who writes for Journalism.co.uk – a leading website for journalists.
Laura informed me that their site is launching a series of features and articles that will be published throughout this week on the accessibility of the UK’s main newspaper websites to blind and visually impaired users. They’ve [...]
- Consultation on accessible government websites
November 5th, 2007
The UK government has issued a consultation document on ‘Delivering Inclusive Websites’.
Read the full story at the Web Standards Project.
- Video’s of assistive technology in use
October 15th, 2007
Take a look at the AssistiveWare website to see videos on assistive technology in use for computer accessibility. Providing a useful insight and understanding, the video’s show real life experiences by users using a wide range of technologies, enabling them to work, enjoy their leisure and manage their daily life with the use of [...]
- Free tools to test your site for accessibility
October 12th, 2007
Following on from my posting earlier in the month where a US court issued two landmark decisions that the Target Corporation has to make their website accessible to blind people, web accessibility is an area which many nonprofits and charities still find difficult to implement on their sites.
In this article I’m going to show a [...]
- Success with the law on accessible websites
October 3rd, 2007
A federal district court judge in California has issued two landmark decisions in a nationwide class action against the Target Corporation ruling that they must make their website accessible to the blind.
Read more about the case at Max Design.
- Let your readers be in control: Text resizing
September 21st, 2007
Text resize buttons on a single website or enable your readers to take control and learn how to make all their internet viewing a better experience? Which would you prefer?
Later in this article, I’ll provide you with a helpful list of links to resources which can help you to understand more about accessibility.
As [...]
- Working towards a new world of Interoperability and Accessibility? It’s not here yet…
September 7th, 2007
In the web design arena, there is currently a lot of discussion about how and where the ‘web’ is headed. With the concepts and available draft of of HTML 5, and the air of disappointment to many that it potentially is not necessarily going to enable better accessibility to all. On the other side [...]