28 Mar
Posted by Desiree as Accessibility, Daily life, General, standards
Six years ago, I worked for Time Warner Cable, one of our local cable providers. Time Warner is also partnered with AOL, therefore working there meant I had to use that service for my office e-mail. Unfortunately, AOL was very inaccessible, they used a stand alone software that requires use of the mouse to get [...]
26 Mar
Posted by Desiree as Accessibility, Daily life, General, Social Media
There is possibly great news for those of us who did not like the newest issue of Facebook unveiled earlier this month! Apparently, the powers that be have decided to listen to their customer feedback and make some changes! As I have previously mentioned here, I found the newest Facebook layout to be very inaccessible [...]
24 Mar
Posted by Desiree as ATSTAR, Accessibility, Colorblind, Daily life, General, standards
Ok, so I feel like a bad Mom and I’ll tell you why. Many kids by the time they are my daughter’s age have had some experience on a computer, learning how to use a mouse and can play some simple games on it. Not to say that my daughter cannot do this, actually she [...]
The 3rd and final day for me at SxSW was a little calmer, but still very exciting! I started off my day looking at Ourobosproject.com, a website for a band right here in Texas. Their photos are all tagged and briefly described, so that if I wanted to buy one, I would know exactly which [...]
My second day at Knowbility’s booth at SxSW was just as exciting as the first! People were curious to see how their sites faired with a Jaws run-through, some actually admitted to being scared. I promised them all that the computer hasn’t blown up yet when testing a site, and that I wouldn’t bite them [...]
15 Mar
Posted by Desiree as Accessibility, Daily life, Social Media
The American Foundation for the Blind put out an excellent article earlier this month regarding the accessibility of Facebook. This article is very well-written and goes into great detail, using Facebook with Window-eyes. It talks about the frustrations experienced and gives some great tips to get started with this social media platform. I wonder if [...]
14 Mar
Posted by Desiree as AcccesU, Access Works, Accessibility, Daily life, General, SXSW 2009, Social Media, standards
All right, so today was the first day of the SXSW tradeshow! I spent this afternoon at Knowbility’s booth giving demonstrations of jaws and talking to a lot of people about accessibility. I also got to sit in and participate in a barcamp discussion on accessibility and its importance in social media.
Which leads me into [...]
12 Mar
Posted by Desiree as Access Works, Accessibility, Daily life, General, Social Media
Maybe people already know about these new finds I post here, but they’re bran new and exciting to me and just might benefit others to know about them.
The first is a Jaws only product, so if you don’t use Jaws for Windows and have no interest in it, skip this part. This is actually a free [...]
On March 10, 2009 a hearing will be held at the Texas State Capital to vote on the future of a proposed Voter Photo Identification bill, SB 362. The purpose of this bill would be to require more exhaustive procedures in identifying voters. If this bill passes into law, simply providing a voter registration card [...]
05 Mar
Posted by Desiree as Access Works, Accessibility, Colorblind, Daily life, Employment, General, standards
In our lives, the U.S. economy plays a vital role! Right now, things are tough for almost everyone when it comes to money and finances. The percentage of people who are currently without jobs is rising virtually every day. Up until June of last year, the Current Population Survey taken each month to identify employment [...]