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Archive for the Category: Web Accessibility
Accessibility in Technical Communication
I am venturing into the field of technical communication via a new internship. I will explore how accessibility is applied to this field so you’ll probably find posts about it on the blog from time to time. Technical communication and information/library science (my degree) share similar goals: to provide information in the most user friendly [...]
Also posted in Accessibility Tagged color contrast, mobile devices, technical communication
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More Good Web Accessibility Tools and Tips
The Journal of Higher Education Web Professionals conducted an interview with Shawn Henry, who leads the W3C Web Accessibility outreach programs. One of the key things that I got out of reading the transcript of this interview is the suggestion to find users with disabilities who can provide insight on how accessible your website is. [...]
Also posted in Uncategorized Tagged Google, journal of higher education web professionals, shawn henry, w3c, world wide web consorium
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Facebook Accessibility Fail
I feel like Facebook has gotten increasingly inaccessible over the years. Back in 2004 when it first started, all we had was a profile. No statuses, links, or pictures. No newfeed. It just keeps getting more and ore cluttered and graphic oriented. What is up with the new newsfeed within a newsfeed? All of this [...]
Excellent Infographic on Developing Accessible Websites
I found an excellent infographic that includes good rules for accessible web design. Integrating accessibility from the get go saves a lot of headache later on. Here you go: http://webaim.org/resources/designers/ WebAIM is a great resource for web designers. It is the creator of WAVE, a tool to help developers make their sites more accessible. One [...]
Google Accessible Search
I was looking around to find accessibility information on the new Google+ social network that is open by invite only. Speaking of which, unless it just mind blowingly awesome, I have no interest in using this social network because it is just one more thing to get addicted to. I haven’t found much information [...]
Federal Websites Not Meeting Section 508 Standards
According to the National Federation for the Blind’s press release on Section 508 web compliance. Over 90 percent of the Federal government’s 100 websites are not compliant. You can view more details on the press release at: Federal Government Not Complying with Web Site Accessibility Requirements, Study Indicates I know that in some ways, making [...]
Also posted in Accessibility Tagged blind, National Federation for the Blind, NFB, partially sighted, section 508, visually impaired
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Can Your Website Handle Going Gray?
One of the basic web accessibility testing criteria is to check for color contrast and grayscale. Graybit.com is an excellent grayscale tool used to convert websites into shades of gray to make sure they’re still readable. All you have to do is type the url you want to check into the text field, and click [...]
Also posted in Accessibility Tagged accesscolor, blind, color blind, color contrast, graybit, grayscale
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Excellent Article on Web Accessibility
Mashable has a great article on Web Accessibility: 5 Ways to Ensure Your Website is Accessible for the Visually Impaired I like that there are screenshots included to demonstrate what the author means by color contrast, color blind, or font adjustment examples. As someone who is partially sighted, I have been advocating these five suggestions [...]
Also posted in Accessibility, Uncategorized Tagged mashable, partially sighted, visually impaired, websites, wix
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Firefox 4 Accessibility.
Just a brief post to mention that Firefox 4 went live last week, and I immediately did some research to see what accessibility features were available. I’ve been using this browser since 2004, when browser stylesheets was a new thing. Firefox was the first browser that allowed me to use “ctrl +” to enlarge font [...]
Accessible Twitter and Pandora
I am a frequent user of both Twitter and Pandora Radio. Twitter is a status updating site that allows you to update what you are doing, upload pictures and share links. It is pretty simple to use and you can search keywords to find out what others are saying about certain topics. Pandora is an [...]
