For all their rhetoric and idealism about changing the world, consumer-facing technologies have largely failed at least one major set of users: people with disabilities, a segment that represents roughly 1 in 5 people in the U.S.As the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) approaches, a new group has formed to championContinueContinue reading “Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo And Others Push For Accessibility Development – ReadWrite”
Tag Archives: ACCESSIBILITY
Hands-Free ‘Mouse’ Wins AT&T Accessibility Award
The $25,000 grand prize went to Kinesic Mouse, a software solution that uses a 3D camera to detect facial expressions and head rotations so that users can operate a PC hands-free. The Kinesic Mouse also won the $10,000 “Best Mobility Solution” category, bringing its total cash winnings to $35,000…. (curated by Lifekludger) Complete story atContinueContinue reading “Hands-Free ‘Mouse’ Wins AT&T Accessibility Award”
Layout Tables Tip
It’s 2015, so hopefully web developers know that table elements should not be used for layout. There are many reasons why CSS for layout is better but at the core, HTML tables are data tables; they’ve always been meant for data. If a table is used for layout, add ARIA role of presentation to the table element. This will remove theContinueContinue reading “Layout Tables Tip”
WCAG Cheatsheet
WCAG Cheatsheet.
Proper Use of Buttons and Links
After years of arguing for proper use of form elements and link elements, others are finally doing the same. More recently, this includes the articles The Anchor Button: Bad for Accessibility, Bad for Usability by Matt Long and Reinventing the hyperlink (with much humor!) by Heydon Pickering. (curated by Lifekludger from Proper Use of Buttons and Links) Complete articleContinueContinue reading “Proper Use of Buttons and Links”
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative: 2014 in review
As the end of another busy year approaches, it’s worth looking back at the year that was and the significant contributions WAI has made. With celebrations relating to the 25th anniversary of the WWW and the 20th anniversary of the W3C, there has been much opportunity for reflection, and there have been some more localisedContinueContinue reading “W3C Web Accessibility Initiative: 2014 in review”
PDF accessibility: new guidance issued
The Australian government has issued updated guidance on the accessibility of the portable document format (PDF) for people with disabilities. (curated by Lifekludger from PDF accessibility: new guidance issued) Complete article at source: http://www.accessiq.org/news/news/2014/12/pdf-accessibility-new-guidance-issued
Leapmotion Gestures for accessibility
[wp_youtube]GoytMqwygZ0[/wp_youtube] Christian Heilmann has a neat article and video about using the Leap motion for accessibility gestures. In essence, this means: Swiping your finger right will scroll the page down, left will scroll up. The speed of the swipe defines the amount of pixels scrolled Making a clockwise circular gesture will jump to the nextContinueContinue reading “Leapmotion Gestures for accessibility”
DN!
(curated from DN! by Lifekludger) Many cable companies refuse to list the titles of shows that air on public access television stations in their on-screen guides. Now media activists are pushing for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to intervene.Complete article at source: http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2013/8/7/cable_companies_urged_to_make_public_access_television_shows_more_accessible
Sony & Amazon Ask to Exempt E-readers from Accessibility Law
(curated by Lifekludger from Sony & Amazon Ask to Exempt E-readers from Accessibility Law ) A group of e-reader manufacturers including Amazon, Sony, and Kobo, are petitioning the Federal Communications Commission to exempt the devices from federal accessibility laws. Complete article at source: http://www.deque.com/sony-amazon-exempt-e-readers-accessibility-law
Playing with Leapmotion for accessibility
Today I spent a few hours in the Leap motion offices talking about the web possibilities of this cool new technology. On the way back we had an internet connectivity outage, so it was a great opportunity to start playing with some of the ideas. Here is a video of what I am working on.ContinueContinue reading “Playing with Leapmotion for accessibility”
Head-gesture control in iOS7 accessibility options
iOS7 introduces head gesture control as part of Apple’s accessibility tools. It cycles automatically through every on-screen icon, just like a scanning on-screen keyboard, with the user selecting options by moving their head. The ‘Switch control’ feature, lets you set left or right head movements to trigger Siri, the notification center, control volume, open the multi-taskingContinueContinue reading “Head-gesture control in iOS7 accessibility options”
Windows 8 & Metro Accessibility
Great article outlining Windows 8 & Metro Accessibility: “Our accessibility goals in Windows 8 are to: Improve the assistive technologies that are components of Windows, and provide a good experience with the Metro style UI. Provide developer tools that have baseline accessibility built in, so that accessible Metro style apps are available in the Store.ContinueContinue reading “Windows 8 & Metro Accessibility”
Keyboard Access for Google Maps
Web Axe points to an article where Patrick H. Lauke provides a solution to making Google Maps keyboard accessible by retrofitting keyboard access into google maps. (Obviously JavaScript is still required.) Also, Google Maps provides a text-only option, which is nice for those using assistive devices, mobile devices, low or costly bandwidth, etc. I’ve beenContinueContinue reading “Keyboard Access for Google Maps”
