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The Blind Buzz on Accessibility
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CSUN 2010 Audio
Blind Bargains: Audio Content Index includes several items related to CSUN
CSUN 2010 – 27 interviews conducted on March 25, 2010, in the exhibit hall of the San Diego California Manchester Grand Hyatt.
Hands On with Accessible Canon Copiers
MagniLink Go Reads, but also Magnifies
New Magnification Upgrades from Enhanced Vision
Serotalk – SeroTek at CSUN 2010
Tech Chat 56 – CSUN Highlights, and XP Mode Under Windows 7 « SeroTalk
The Summit of I.D. Mates
Other CSUN 2010 items
Adaptech Research Network Presentations
Adventures From My First Day at CSUN 2010 – Perspectives from a Blind Point of View
More Adventures from CSUN 2010 – Perspectives from a Blind Point of View
CSUN 2010 recap – Marco’s Accessibility Blog
Olympus DM-4 And DM-2 Digital Audio Devices Are At Your Command To Deliver Super High-quality Recording And Simple Playback
Slides from CSUN 2010 Talks – Adobe Accessibility
Two New Seika’s Coming to the U.S. – new Braille displays
10 Insanely Great iPad Apps We Can’t Wait to Use « AccessTech News
[Video] 2007 Faculty Development Award Winner: Access E-Learning – Georgia Tech tutorial on many aspects of accessibility.
A Brief Guide to WordPress and Web Accessibility
ABBYY Invites iPhone Users to Try Its Business Card Reader for Free
Accessible JavaScript: Beyond the Mouse
Accessible World Tek Talk Presents Make It Work, Computer Consultants March 29, 2010 by Mr. Daniel Kevorkian – general computer discussion
Accessibility tips for the casual coder – hope: Nerdy PSA – Why you should use em and strong tags for italics and bold.
ai squared – making accessibility simple – ZoomText, Victor reader Stream, Pebble, SenseView Duo and more.
Ajax Accessibility and ARIA – Ajaxian
Apple iPad Helps Businesses Meet Needs of Disabled Employees – Yahoo! News
Bank of America Installs Talking ATMs by Bank Systems & Technology
Best Buy Adds Tactile Keypads to Improve Checkout Experience for Customers with Visual Impairments – USA story.
Blind Bargains to Begin Charging for Access on April 15
Blind-friendly ipad – Latest Technology News
Browser Zoom Comparison | AlastairC – several ways of changing the size of things on screen in several browsers.
Choosing To Use A Cane – Fred’s Head
Cinemas apply for exemption to the Disability Discrimination Act of 1992 « AccessTech News – cinemas in Australia are asking for a delay in the demand for audio description and captioning.
Contributor Robert Kingette – Accessible PDF with WebbIE – Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind – first-hand experience of Accessible PDF from webbie.org.uk, which on the whole is very good.
Council on e-accessibility « Sköne Oke – standards are inconsistent across ~European countries.
Costa Rica Zip line Tour at Turu Ba Ri park is almost for any body | Costa Rica Turubari Park – Canopy Tours – elderly blind woman enjoys the tour.
Digital Talking Book Internet Service Delivers One Millionth Download « AccessTech News this is the NLS BARD Service in the USA.
eBooks page on the RNIB web site. On the same subject, you may like to visit
The tale of the accessible eBook – BBC Ouch!
eClipseWriter Student-Teacher – talking word processor with adjustable fonts and "Save as DAISY" facility.
FAE: Run FAE – functional accessibility evaluation. Enter a web address for an assessment of the page’s accessibility.
Free AVG Rescue CD Helps Get Unbootable PCs Working
Freedom Scientific Lease-to-Own Petition – sign the petition if you agree that FS should let people pay by instalments instead of needing the whole purchase price of JAWS up-front.
GNOME 2.30 released – with excellent accessibility support – Peter Korn’s Weblog
Google funds new research to help blind web surfers | Bioscience Technology Online – work at Manchester University to be supported by a £50,000 grant from Google.
Google Services Optimized for iPad: Gmail, YouTube, Maps and More « AccessTech News
GrabText – the idea is to take a picture of the whole screen and pick out the text from it using OCR
[GSoC Proposal] N900 as an Accessibility device – maemo.org – Talk
How Perceptual Blindness Works – Simple test shows how Humans (yes, even you) sometimes completely miss things that are in plain sight – Try the test – The Blogs at HowStuffWorks – Mozilla Firefox – even if you have some sight, you can miss something that’s right in front of your face. Here’s why.
How to Use Bump Dots to Maximize Accessibility – Fred’s Head – raised dots have uses on keyboards, ATMs and keypads. there are other uses for them in your life.
iPhone HD or iPhone 4G release? – rumours, no doubt carefully orchestrated by Apple, of the new iPhone release in the summer of 2010.
Is it possible to develop an accessible dynamic menu? – AccessIT
Issues in improving accessibility « H809 Learnings by SkillKick – some of the barriers.
IVONA Text-To-Speech Makes Mobile Applications More Accessible – free trial and book available on the site.
Juicy Studio: Image Analyser – This service examines all images found on a web page to check for any accessibility issues. The width, height, alt, and longdesc attributes are examined for appropriate values.
Kit support scent – Kit Cosmetics want to support Guide Dogs Australia. They have even sent scented Braille letters to blind people making them aware of their support and their product.
Support Scent Video Commercial
KPR – Koester Performance Research – ‘ …enhances the usability and accessibility of information and assistive technologies through research, development, and education. We research the “fit” between users and their technology. We develop software to assess user needs and to enhance computer interfaces. We also consult on usability and research desig’.
Learning the way – Donna Jodhan – how are you going to find your way about when you can’t see landmarks?
LookTell, Mobile Applications For The Blind – Technology Blog – mobile application for object recognition.
[Video] LookTel demo shows how Looktel system recognises objects, including food cans, newspaper items, shop signs, currency notes (at least, American currency notes).
Mouse by Keyboard « AccessTech News – Mac tip
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.4 Final « AccessTech News
Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition 3.0.4 Released « AccessTech News
Multiple form labels and screen readers | 456 Berea Street – using an extra label to carry text for users to read seems like a good idea until you try it with a screen reader…..
New Design Opens Door To Full Screen Displays For The Blind – page display rather than line-by-line.
News Bytes – latest on Linux.
Nuance Announces TALKS 5.0 for Touchscreen Phones | Business Wire
Nuance Talks web site.
Nuance announces T9 Trace « AccessTech News – it’s not clear whether Nuance Talks will support this text entry system.
OverDrive Announces New Program for Visually Impaired Readers « ResourceShelf – download up to 20 ebooks per month.
Podcast: 30 Mar 2010 Software Walk-Through Resco News S60 – Blind Mind News – Unrestricted Access – RSS reader for symbian 3rd and 5th generation phones.
ReadPal -Free download to read faster with no stress or glare. – read documents in easy formats.
Set default zoom level in Safari using a CSS file – Mac OS X Hints
Sharp’s New 3D Touch Displays Eliminate Need for Glasses | Blog | ZiggyTek
Software @ ColorJack – products include a free Sketchpad program, Color Galaxy for color visualization and Color Sphere, which lets you choose color schemes, including colorblind simulators.
Sources of Research Articles on Cognitive Web Accessibility « Clear Helper
[Audio] The very first look at a touch screen phone with Talks 5. | Listen and Learn Recordings
The Web Isn’t for Everyone … Yet but lessons here try to help web authors make the most of it.
Virtual Ability, Inc. – offers techniques and training to enable disabled people to enjoy virtual worlds, such as Second Life.
VisionZone Initiates Eye Heath Awareness and Low Vision Community Connectivity -online arm of Optelec promises education on eye health and support for visually impaired people and their allies across the USA.
What to do with a Guide Dog when entering a Mosque? – www.TurnToIslam.com
Whenever you use :hover, also use :focus | 456 Berea Street – applying :focus to the CSS state of links.
WinPenPack Gathers Hundreds of Portable Apps in One Package [Downloads] « AccessTech News
YouTube accessible interface alternative now available « AccessTech News
Full story
Accessible Interface to YouTube
The Blind Buzz on Accessibility
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on February 5, 2010
28 Interviews from ATIA 2010 « SeroTalk
94 more secret Windows shortcuts | Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com – especially the SHELL command, mostly for Windows 7, though some of these work in Vista and a few in XP.
A-Prompt Project – get the new version of this free accessibility checker.
Accessibility Programming Guide for iPhone OS: Accessibility on iPhone – iPhone Dev Center
Assistive Software collection of useful small utilities.
audio by title accessible world tek talk presents walt kramer february 1 2010 | Accessible World – best use of the Windows volume control for listening and recording.
V3 Software Store – Auslogics BoostSpeed 4 – currently available free, this utility may be able to speed up your PC. I haven’t found the program particularly accessible, however.
Balabolka – a free text-to-speech program that can read files and convert from text to mp3/wav. Not apparently accessible to screen readers though.
BBC – My Web My Way – Guides to help disabled people get more out of the web
Blind Bargains: Audio Content Index – includes coverage of ATIA 2010 and podcasts
Clarity release plug & play portable Screen Magnifier/Reader – WinZoom « AccessTech News
[Video] DTorial (Part 1): An interactive tutorial framework for blind users in a Web 2.0 world
[Audio] EyePodTechnoCast9B.mp3 – MobileSpeak compared with the iPhone – Larry Lewis of flying Blind.
Free ARIA Community | Google Groups – the group has a
related wiki
Fullmeasure – Open Source Assistive Technology Software links to useful software and contacts.
Giz Explains: Why HTML5 Isn’t Going to Save the Internet – HTML5 – Gizmodo – maybe html5 has too many shortcomings to deserve the hype.
GW Micro Script Central – Windows Live Mail 0.1
How do I Use VoiceOver to navigate the web? » Vision » 4All » Tech Ease
IDEAL Group Portable Assistive Technology (AT) Software SmartDrive Project – this page lists many programs that are accessible or assist with accessibility, from Firefox extensions to screen readers to OCR applications, all capable of running on portable devices.
Microsoft Accessibility Update February 2010 « AccessTech News – all the news about accessibility in a certain well-known operating system, directly from Microsoft.
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Mobile Geo: User Guide – the new version of this GPS software works with MobileSpeak 4
Mozilla Sponsors GNOME Accessibility Efforts – accessibility to be core value of GNOME.
NAVIGON Makes the Orient Accessible for iPhone Users – new Gulf/Jordan edition of this navigation software now available.
Nokia Accessibility: Home – "Making mobile devices accessible for all"
Open Accessibility – an overview of projects and communities
Owl Radio – READING FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT SEE – "Owl Radio is a free community service of the Low Vision Resource Center and is co-sponsored by Texas Public Radio and the San Antonio Express-News. The service provides daily radio broadcasts of newspapers, magazines and other information for persons who are unable to read regular print due to a visual, physical or reading impairment. The service has been on the air continuously in San Antonio since March 6, 2002. Service to the Hill Country began on January 10, 2005. Owl Radio transmits its programming to special radio receivers provided to qualified applicants over subcarriers provided by Texas Public Radio. The signals can be picked up within the greater San Antonio Metropolitan area and adjacent counties and in the Kerrville and Fredericksburg areas of the Hill Country."
Portable Handheld Electronic Video Magnifiers Comparison – Updated « AccessTech News
Probably the Best Free Security List in the World – Gizmo’s listing of the best, mostly free, security software.
Read The Words – TTS Online : Free Text to Speech Voices – this service can convert text into audio files. Free account available.
ReadTheWords Tutorial video
RNIB and National Talking Newspapers and Magazines Officially Join Forces | DAISY Consortium
SeroTalk Podcast 34 – Blio Reader, Booksense, Oratio for Blackberry, Mobilespeak 4, and Talks 4.5 « SeroTalk
Serotalk Podcast Feed
Solona a11y — When inaccessible is unacceptable! – Solona helps you to interpret those visual CAPTCHAs that exclude blind people from many of the world’s web sites.
Symbian Foundation says phone software now available for free – CNBC – Symbian is the operating system for many smartphones.
Tech Ability: Making the Web Work For All Users | NBC Bay Area – The article features Alan Brightman of the Yahoo! Accessibility Lab.
Teridon’s Resource file hacks for iTunes for Windows – includes a hack to increase the font size in iTunes. If you struggle to read the “large” 10-point font !!! try
Teridon’s iTunes Font Size Editor, included on that page.
Test Page – command-line utility for testing web pages for accessibility and HTML validity. The link starts the installer.
The Blind Buzz on Accessibility
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on January 12, 2010
5 Great Ways to Download YouTube Videos
Accessible Flash – Flash Accessibility Techniques and Considerations – WebAIM
[Video] CNET: Ray Kurzweil on the future of reading – potential for multi-functional reading software, Blio.
Free RFB&D Keys Available for the BookSense – Blind Bargains for any blind person in the US.
GNOME Desktop Accessibility Guide
HiSoftware Cynthia Says Portal – web page validation tool with emphasis on Section 508.
i Speak It for Mac and iPhone Text to Speech – No Limits to Learning Blog – new app converts text to mp3 on Mac, iPhone and iTouch.
Lingo Xplorer 52 « AccessTech News – this device speaks 52 languages, and has many enhancements.
Making footnotes accessible in PDFs and other PDF accessibility fixes
myguide site that provides easy-to-use web services.
Podcast #77: Interview with Terrill Thompson – Web Axe – Practical Web Design Accessibility Tips – Podcast and Blog – Dennis speaks with Terrill Thompson, technology accessibility specialist at DO-IT, a program at the University of Washington.
Pushing past the limits of what people think the disabled are capable of – The Nassau Guardian Online Guide – Sportsability opens up a wealth of activities for disabled people, culminating in an event in Nassau in 2011.
Read Easily – Ebooks Online Library – site presents ebooks in accessible ways, including fonts, colours and text-to-speech.
SeaBeast Theme Demo » An Accessible WordPress Theme by Mike Cherim
Screen reader software usage shifts on desktop and mobile » iheni :: making the web worldwide – much more healthy competition among screen readers nowadays.
SSA Now Providing Materials in Accessible Formats, Not Email – Blind Bargains – US Social Security Administration respond to accessibility demand from ACB.
Talking RSS Reader – Project Hosting on Google Code – speaks news feed subscriptions on Android phones.
