Web Axe: web accessibility podcast and blog

Podcast and blog on practical web design accessibility tips.

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Current Posts

Sufficient Color Contrast

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

On the blog Bite Size Standards, a post by Ann McMeekin Colour with Contrast discusses color and accessibility, and also provides some excellent links to tools and references.

Labels: accessibility, color, expert, web

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Podcast: #41: The Definition of Web Accessibility

Sunday, February 25, 2007

Dennis and guest Joe Dolson discuss the definition of Web Accessibility including the W3C definition and WCAG 2.0, universal access, balance of effort, a principal?

Download Web Axe Episode 41 (Definition of Web Accessibility)

Links:

• Trying to Define Web Accessibility from Joe Dolson
• Web Axe Definition
• Webcredible Definition
• Wikipedia Definition
• W3C WAI Definition

Labels: accessibility, definition, expert, podcast, theory, web

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Oracle sued by blind workers in Texas

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

This has to do with software accessibility, rather than web accessibility, but very relevant to the movement and the cause...

Oracle sued by blind workers in Texas

Oracle is being taken to task in a lawsuit that complains software it sold to the state of Texas is unusable by blind employees.

The suit, filed in Texas state court, alleges Oracle's human resources software and other products do "not provide equal access to blind persons using screen access technology". One plaintiff says he is unable to review or enter hours worked, leave taken or information concerning employees he supervises without the help of a sighted colleague.

Labels: accessibility, law

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Podcast #40: About CAPTCHA and Accessibility

Friday, February 16, 2007

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Dennis and Ross discuss different methods of implementing CAPTCHA on the web and how to make it accessible.

Download Web Axe Episode 40 (About CAPTCHA and Accessibility)

CAPTCHA Services

• captchas.net
• Protect Web Form
• PHP Contact Form
• AuthImage
• WP-Gatekeeper
• Do your own!

References

• CAPTCHA on Wikipedia
• Proposal for an Accessible Captcha
• Inaccessibility of CAPTCHA
• Alternatives to Visual Turing Tests on the Web
• CAPTCHA is bad for accessibility
• CAPTCHA.biz

News

• Improving accessibility for today’s AJAX - To hack or not? from Access Matters
  
• Refresh Detroit February meetup
  

Labels: accessibility, accessible, captcha, form, web

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Practical, Entry-Level Web Accessibility

Thursday, February 01, 2007

Practical, Entry-Level Web Accessibility from Mike Cherim at Beast-Blog is a good article on the basics of web accessibility. Topics include:

• Proper Element Use
• Laying Out Your Page
• Apply Links the Right Way
• Alt and Title Attributes
• Content Visibility

Comments are now closed to Mike's post, but I just barely got in my comments.

Labels: accessibility, alt, article, basic, element, expert, web

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• Podcast #76: Web Accessibility Disasters
• Roundup: Accessibility Links on Twitter
• Accessible YouTube Sites
• Free Browsers for Visual Impairment
• Colorblind, Law, and Lightboxes
• Podcast #75: Jeremy Keith Interview, Google Wave
• ATIA Chicago 2009
• Accessibility Round-Up from Twitter
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Web Axe was nominated for "Podcast of the Year" in .net magazine's 2008 and 2009 Best of the Web awards.

To learn more about Dennis Lembree, the founder and main host of Web Axe, visit his web site at www.DennisLembree.com.