AccessibleNet.org

Web accessibility links and resources.

Government sites continue to flout standards - (Found June 24, 2008 )

"Government agencies are continuing to flout the governments own guidelines for interoperability, and failing to comply with the most basic standards designed to make Web sites accessible to people with disabilities, according to recent testing..."
http://www.accessiblenet.org/cgi-bin/ext.cgi?id=1673

Access all sites - (Found June 24, 2008 )

"Companies running websites that throw up barriers to disabled users could soon receive a startling reminder of their responsibilities - in the form of a lawsuit demanding they defend their designs in court..."
http://www.accessiblenet.org/cgi-bin/ext.cgi?id=1553

Tool lets blind people 'touch graphics' - (Found June 24, 2008 )

"The technology is being developed as part of an EU funded research project called GRAB (Computer Graphics Access for Blind people), and its end goal is to create workspaces that will let blind and visually impaired people navigate virtual 3D environments. The technology could, eventually, allow users to 'feel' a virtual street map or pie chart or play a 3D game -- all examples of tools already developed as part of the project..."
http://www.accessiblenet.org/cgi-bin/ext.cgi?id=1567

Website owners face prosecution - (Found June 24, 2008 )

"The Royal National Institute of the Blind in Peterborough is warning that anyone running a site faces prosecution if they fail to comply with the law..."
http://www.accessiblenet.org/cgi-bin/ext.cgi?id=1576

Digital TV is not accessible to the disabled - (Found June 24, 2008 )

"Digital TV equipment is often difficult to use and inaccessible to the disabled, according to E-commerce Minister Stephen Timms, who today unveiled a new report into the industry which implies a lack of compliance with disability discrimination laws..."
http://www.accessiblenet.org/cgi-bin/ext.cgi?id=1574

General Electric Co: Helping the blind go online - (Found June 24, 2008 )

"At a news conference yesterday at the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) headquarters, USA, technology consultant and representatives from the NFB and General Electric Co. unveiled GE's new Internet site as a leading example of a corporate Web site made more accessible to the blind. The site was redesigned to work more effectively with software that "talks" through Web sites..."
http://www.accessiblenet.org/cgi-bin/ext.cgi?id=1609

Closed Captions, Refreshed Without a Racing Typist - (Found June 24, 2008 )

"For deaf users, the Internet was initially a great leveler. But that is quickly changing. "With broadband and multimedia, the Internet is moving away from being a level playing field," said Thomas Wlodkowski, the director of accessibility for America Online..."
http://www.accessiblenet.org/cgi-bin/ext.cgi?id=1608

Austin Internet Rally (AIR) Sites for 2003 Announced - (Found June 24, 2008 )

"If you are after examples of accessible sites that are visually appealing you could do worse than check out For The Children, Casa of Travis County, Austin Adaptive Sports and the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities. The complete list of entries for this year are grouped into two categories - stock car and formula one..."
http://www.accessiblenet.org/cgi-bin/ext.cgi?id=1642

W3C criticizes antirobot tests - (Found June 24, 2008 )

"The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) issued on Wednesday a draft criticizing visual verification tests Web-based e-mail services and other Internet businesses use. The tests are designed to prevent software robots from registering numerous accounts and harvesting information for spam schemes and the like..."
http://www.accessiblenet.org/cgi-bin/ext.cgi?id=1653

Multimodal interaction promises device integration, accessibility, and enhanced communication services - (Found June 24, 2008 )

"The W3C Multimodal Interaction Activity group is developing specifications for a new breed of Web application that allows multiple modes of interactionfor instance, speech, handwriting, and keypresses for input, and spoken prompts, audio, and visual displays for output..."
http://www.accessiblenet.org/cgi-bin/ext.cgi?id=1654