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Target Lawsuit Goes Ahead
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) has been given the go-ahead to proceed with a class action against Target Corp. over the inaccessibility of their web site, target.com. The NFB initially approached Target in 2005 to try and resolve the site’s problems but, when discussions failed to reach a mutual agreement, filed a lawsuit [...]
Yahoo Make A Boob?
Having created an excellent video demonstrating how JAWS work with web sites, Yahoo then seem to have shot themselves in the foot by simultaneously using a graphical CAPTCHA on their form for new account registrations. Unlike some of the more sympathetic CAPTCHAs, this one doesn’t even offer any form of audio support. As a result, [...]
The Problem With CAPTCHAs
“CAPTCHA” is an acronym for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”and is a test for determining whether a given user is a human being or another automated system. The tests are based upon the concept that a computer will not be able to respond correctly to certain kinds of questions. [...]
JAWS Video
Victor Tsaran is an accessibility engineer at Yahoo! who focuses on developing best practices for the creation of websites that work well with screen readers. In this video, he provides an introduction to some of the things that work well in the world of screen readers and others that fare more poorly. If you haven’t [...]
WCAG Samurai Peer Review: Part 2
Further to my previous post, I’m continuing to read through Gian Sampson-Wild‘s technical review of the WCAG Samurai Errata. This time, I thought I’d look at the issues facing users with cognitive disabilities. Like Gian, I’m also a little disappointed that WCAG Samurai didn’t seize this opportunity to correct some of the oustanding problems with [...]
WCAG Samurai Peer Review: Part 1
I’ve been reading through Gian Sampson-Wild‘s technical review of the WCAG Samurai Errata and she seems to have picked up on most of the points that I noticed but is perhaps over-critical in other areas. In this post, I’ll confine myself to looking Gian’s comments under Accessible Technologies.