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01 November 2007
Website Designers Overlooking Needs of Disabled People
Irresponsible and inaccessible web design is causing unnecessary problems to people with disabilities and could be putting businesses at risk, according to new research by University of Ulster academics.
http://news.ulster.ac.uk/
UK.gov makes bizarre threat to throw self off internet
The UK Government has given itself until the end of next year to get its act together on accessibility, after which any .gov.uk site failing to achieve the minimum, Level Double-A of the W3C Guidelines will have its domain withdrawn.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/18/uk_gov_accessibility_suicide_threat/
More on the Target case:
California court tilts towards mandating web accessibility
California law may require websites to be accessible to disabled internet users, according to a ruling in a case against retail giant Target.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/14/california_target_web_accessibility/
Featured blog:
Blind Access Journal
Another interesting blog. This time from an American user who is blind and uses JAWS.
http://blog.blindaccessjournal.com/
The blind access blog mentions this blog:
Freedom Scientific says no to access for deaf people
A campaign on behalf of Freedom Scientific’s deafblind customers for transcripts to their podcasts.
http://accessability.blogspot.com/
Talking of deafblind people:
The internet was made for deafblind people
Equipped with a screen reader and a braille display, the online revolution has been life-changing for many deafblind people. An article by Liz Ball, a deafblind user.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
IBM's aDesigner
An excellent aid to auditing your site for accessibility
http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/
Text-to-Speech (TTS)
Funny utility which allows you to type in a sentence and have it spoken back with a realistic avatar with lip synching.
http://www.oddcast.com/
Seven Steps to Better Presentations
The man behind Bulletproof Web Design gives his tips for presenting. He makes some really good points.
http://www.veen.com/
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