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WebVisum
WebVisum is a new Firefox extension that greatly enhances web accessibility and empowers the blind and visually impaired community by putting the control in their hands. Features include: Community driven tagging and page enhancements. CAPTCHA support, sign up to web sites and make forum posts and blog comments without asking for help! Built in helper [...]
Accessible iTunes
Apple’s iTunes and their related service, iTunes U, will be improved to allow for their use by the blind after a settlement between Apple, the National Federation of the Blind and the Massachusetts’ Attorney General. As part of the settlement, Apple has agreed to make the services compatible with screen reader and braille software.
WCAG 2.0 Almost Ready
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group announced the publication of WCAG 2.0 as a W3C Candidate Recommendation on 30th April. WCAG 2.0 is part of a series of accessibility guidelines and techniques developed by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). The document explains how to make Web sites, applications, and other content accessible to [...]
WCAG 2.0 Moves To Next Stage
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group has now resolved most of the 200+ editorial and technical comments on the most recent draft of WCAG 2.0 and is preparing the document for the next stage in the W3C Process – “Candidate Recommendation”.
Microsoft Reverse Versioning Decision in IE8
Microsoft recently announced a reversal in Internet Explorer (IE) 8′s expected default rendering behaviour. Instead of IE8 automatically implementing IE7’s rendering when showing pages requesting “Standards” mode, it will now use its own (IE8) Standards mode. Developers who want their pages shown IE7 Standards mode will need to request this explicitly.
Julie Howell at E-Access ’08
Julie Howell, Director of Accessibility at digital design agency Fortune Cookie, will deliver the keynote speech at Headstar’s E-Access ’08 conference in London on 23rd April 2008. Now in its forth year, and described by Headstar as “bigger and better than ever“, E-Access ’08 will provide delegates with a unique opportunity to hear about the [...]