04 Sep
Posted by Desiree as AcccesU, Access Works, Accessibility, General, standards
Last week, the University of Texas at Austin announced that they intended to close the Accessibility Institute, founded by Dr. John Slattin! This came as a big surprise to people both in the local community and many world-wide as well. The University of Texas has always been a leader in research and accessibility was no […]
29 Aug
Posted by Desiree as Accessibility, Daily life, General, W3C, standards
As I have previously stated here, I love to shop on line. One of my favorites used to be eBay, but as I talked about some time ago, they have made some changes to their site that has made shopping there more difficult and tiresome for me using jaws. But there are millions of other […]
27 Aug
Posted by Desiree as AcccesU, Access Works, Accessibility, Daily life, General
Many times, I am presented with the following scenario; I am at someone’s house, a Public Library, or even an Internet Cafe. There are computers available, but none have a screen reader installed. I need to look up something on Google, or visit some other website, but cannot do this on my own because the […]
11 Aug
Posted by Desiree as AIR, Access Works, Accessibility, Daily life, General
An interactive menu that can talk? Yes, it is true, and I saw one in action!
I love to eat out, don’t we all? We pay good money to have choices in what we want to eat at any particular restaurant. It is also a social thing, going out with one person, or a group of […]
11 Jul
Posted by Desiree as AcccesU, Access Works, Accessibility, Daily life, General
All right, so I love love love to read!! I like fiction and fantacy, mystery and suspense, some romance, and even a few uplifting types. Many times, you can find audio books and I love them, most of the time. I have some favorite narrators that really make the stories come alive! All that said, […]
09 Jul
Posted by Desiree as AcccesU, Access Works, Accessibility, Daily life, General
Yes, it’s true, there is a such thing as accessible flash! Of course, it must be coded correctly, buttons labeled and all of that. I’m not a programmer, so I don’t know the logistics of what needs to be done, but I can give you a user’s perspective.
First I should tell you where my main […]
I myself do a whole lot of shopping on line and find different levels of accessibility. Some sites work very well, all forms are correctly tagged and functional. Others work, but with some effort to get around some accessibility barriers. I use amazon, e-toys, and up until recently was a big user on e-bay. There […]
A few months ago, I had tried to do a few things using the site called survey monkey. I had tried creating my own survey, as well as taking surveys and had little success. The forms were not tagged, the check boxes not labeled, and some of the buttons were not correctly marked. It […]
Ok, so one of my greatest loves is music, and next to that, reading books. I bought myself an ipod some months ago and it has been quite the adventure learning how to use it and make it accessible. I used to cringe when I’d think about the ipod, knowing that, as much fun as […]
17 May
Posted by Anneka as Accessibility, General, Uncategorized
About a year ago, Youtube launched an editing tool, Youtube Remixer. One of the most interesting features was the capacity for captioning, although Youtube cautioned that the captioning feature was still in beta and not to expect a fully functioning captioning tool. The Remixer, powered by Adobe Premiere Express, allows users to edit videos with text, audio, graphics, overlays, effects, and transitions with no installation. […]