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Link Roundup including CSUN - March 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Another set of great links on web accessibility for March 2010. In addition, see below for post-CSUN links, roundups and presentations!- Be Kind to the Color Blind - ColourLovers
- Why Captioning? - Stanford University
- Stop Using JAWS for Web Accessibility Testing? - Clear Helper
- Making the mobile internet accessible for all - ComputerWeekly
- NCAA college basketball tournament bracket - Terrill Thompson
- Problems with CAPTCHA and audio CAPTCHA alternative - groups.drupal
- What Is A Braille Display And How It Is Used - Even Grounds
- Call for speaker proposals for "13th Annual Accessing Higher Ground" conference. First round due April 2.
- Why websites shouldn't accommodate disabled users - by Pete Love (e.g. use universal design)
- Accessibility Review: Target.com - by Joe Dolson (post lawsuit)
- Screen Readers And WAI-ARIA Landmark Roles - Léonie Watson
- Variations on Ginader's [Awesome] Accessible Tabs - Accessible Culture
- Accessibility of Links by Steve Grobschmidt
- Web Accessibility Preferences Are For Sissies? - WebAIM
- Boston Accessibility Unconference is May 15
- Web Accessibility Fears and Ways to Conquer Them - Even Grounds
CSUN Summaries
- CSUN Conference 2010 - great summary by Nicholas Zakas
- Insights into the 25th Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference - The DAISY Planet
- CSUN 2010 recap - Marco of Mozilla
- More Audio Coverage of CSUN 2010 - Blind Bargains [no transcriptions]
- CSUN photos from Dennis - a dozen or show snapshots
CSUN Presentations
- Stanford Captioning System: A Workflow Model for Producing Captioned Media - includes link to PDF of presentation
- Download the Adaptech presentation on social media use & accessibility; view the entire survey, too.
- Importance of Accessibility for a Successful and Future-Proof Business - Artur Ortega of Yahoo
- Accessibility of Twitter - by and Joseph O'Connor and Dennis Lembree
Addendum
- Adobe Slides from CSUN 2010 Talks
- DAISY Consortium's Presentation at CSUN (captioned video)
- Point-and-Chat info and presentations (AAC application)
- Presentations from WebAIM - great stuff!
Labels: article, csun, event, roundup, twitter, webaim
Podcast #79: CSUN 2010 Preview
Saturday, March 06, 2010
Dennis and guest Jennison Asuncion discuss the upcoming CSUN conference, formally titled The 25th Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference. Discussion includes helpful hints about the conference, session previews, and special events. The event is March 22-27 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in downtown San Diego, California.
Download Web Axe Episode 79 (CSUN 2010 Preview)
Related Links:
- WebAIM's 2010 CSUN Session Lineup
- Adobe at CSUN 2010
- Twitter list: Speakers at CSUN 2010
- CSUN Tweetup
Labels: adobe, conference, event, podcast, webaim
Twitter Roundup - February 2010
Monday, March 01, 2010
Here are highlights of the many great links relating to web accessibility going around Twitter this past month:- Fun, and it's accessible Flash! (direct Flash link) Assistive Technology Boogie
- Study on Accessible Twitter on the Kindle from Sarah Bourne
- Open Government and Accessibility - How Open is Open? (see comments too!)
- Freedom of Choice - on browsers and assistive technology (see comments too!)
- Making Your Web Colors Visible For All – Five Color Accessibility Tools from SitePoint
- Screen Reader Support For Disabled & Read-Only Form Fields from Tink
- Section 508-WCAG mappings: http://bit.ly/cYBqIL, http://bit.ly/a6ulQz, http://bit.ly/9jHYL4
- Join the Yahoo! accessibility group
- Resources on cognitive web accessibility research
- Remaking the Persona of the Physically Challenged
- Accessible Twitter: Advancement through technology by @LeonieWatson
- What is Unclear About Captioning?
- How should Web browsers render alternative text?
