AccessibleNet.orgWeb accessibility links and resources.W3C plans to boost web accessibility for mobiles- (Found June 24, 2008 ) "The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has recently launched the Mobile Web Initiative (MWI), which aims to make web access from a mobile device as easy as web access from a desktop device...."http://www.accessiblenet.org/cgi-bin/ext.cgi?id=1971 WiderWeb promises accessible net- (Found June 24, 2008 ) "Moore Innovations has launched WiderWeb, a DTI-backed web accessibility tool that can transcode a website into a more accessible format, in real time..."http://www.accessiblenet.org/cgi-bin/ext.cgi?id=1882 Odeon rolls credits on copycat accessible website- (Found June 24, 2008 ) "Odeon Cinemas website is so frustratingly bad that last year accessibility campaigner Matthew Somerville took it upon himself to recode a version of it that worked. The original site only allowed access to people using Internet Explorer and Windows and was in breach of the Disability Discrimination Act. Despite predictions when his site first went up that the lawyers letters would arrive immediately Odeon Cinema initially welcomed the site - as did many disabled people who could access the...http://www.accessiblenet.org/cgi-bin/ext.cgi?id=1869 IBM Tool Has An Eye For The Blind- (Found June 24, 2008 ) "IBM's (Quote, Chart) emerging technologies site, alphaWorks, now features a Java-based application that lets developers see how their site looks and sounds to a person with low-vision impairment or blindness. Called aDesigner, the tool was developed in the IBM Tokyo Research Lab to make Web access easier for the thousands of Internet users around the world who go online to conduct their business, read e-mails and shop online..."http://www.accessiblenet.org/cgi-bin/ext.cgi?id=1863 Disability organisations fail to meet challenge on accessibility- (Found June 24, 2008 ) "Surprise findings from a research survey 'Disability 50' show that the majority of disability organisations do not address accessibility needs sufficiently in their web and digital communications. The research carried out by Ethical Media reveals the gap between the rhetoric and the reality of disability groups' communications activities and points to an urgent need to address web accessibility, usability and effective digital communications in the disability sector..."http://www.accessiblenet.org/cgi-bin/ext.cgi?id=1806 The DRC 'blew it'- (Found June 24, 2008 ) "The DRC's report released last week into the accessibility of 1,000 websites, concluded that most websites are highly inaccessible, with more than 81% not even meeting basic standards of accessibility. There's been a wave of publicity surrounding the DRC announcement, with national press such as The Times reporting on the story, but I think they blew it. Here's why..."http://www.accessiblenet.org/cgi-bin/ext.cgi?id=1798 Top UK Web Sites Ignore Accessibility for Disabled People- (Found June 24, 2008 ) "The majority of the UKs leading web sites are guilty of contravening legislation already in place requiring that organisations provide accessible online services to disabled people. This is the key finding of the Web Accessibility Study 2004 by web testing specialist SciVisum, which examined over 200 web sites on basic web site accessibility..."http://www.accessiblenet.org/cgi-bin/ext.cgi?id=1783 Apple previews Mac OS X Spoken Interface- (Found June 24, 2008 ) "Apple is developing new technologies to make Mac OS X more accessible for people with visual and learning disabilities, though these won't be made available until 'the next major release of OS X', Apple says. The company is previewing these technologies (Apple Spoken Interface) at the 19th annual Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference in LA. Apple intends extending its long-needed accessibility solution to make the whole system navigable as it's an enhancement of OS X's Aqua UI..."http://www.accessiblenet.org/cgi-bin/ext.cgi?id=1780 NatWest leads UK banks for web accessibility- (Found June 24, 2008 ) "The on-line banking service of NatWest has been praised by national computing and disability charity AbilityNet in an accessibility review of the sites of ten major UK banks. However, the other nine are potentially breaking the country's Disability Discrimination Act..."http://www.accessiblenet.org/cgi-bin/ext.cgi?id=1762 Draft CSS 'Reader' Media Type published- (Found June 24, 2008 ) The first working draft of the 'reader' media type has been published by W3C to get early feedback on whether 'reader' is necessary and implementable.http://www.accessiblenet.org/cgi-bin/ext.cgi?id=1760 |