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 […]
Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d live with someone who couldn’t see. My roommate is not completely blind but he can’t see past his feet. The first few weeks of living with him I treated him as if he was completely blind telling him where things were, worrying about him in the […]