We at Knowbility had another fabulous year at Austin’s annual South by Southwest Interactive Media Conference.  There were so many awesome people to talk to from all over the country and even internationally.  We made several new friends who share our interest in accessibility, some of whom had never thought about it before in terms [...]

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We have begun another fabulous year at Knowbility and 2010 promises to be fun and eventful!  Things are always happening and there are fantastic opportunities to be involved with Knowbility!  The services and programs we are offering are always evolving, and starting this month, I’m going to post regular updates here so that you can [...]

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As the concept of accessible websites continues to spread, more and more web developers are turning to automated tools to test their sites.  There are many tools out there, from those that generate detailed reports to toolbar add-ons for Internet Explorer and Firefox.  There is a bran new one just announced this week called AMP [...]

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I have been a user of Ray Kurzweil’s reading technology for almost 20 years.  The first Kurzweil reading machines were large and cumbersome, but at the time it was breakthrough technology.  About the size of a dish washer in the beginning, these machines allowed you to take a piece of paper or a book, scan [...]

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For at least 20 years, Austin has offered a paratransit service of some kind to people with disabilities.  A paratransit entity provides transportation to those people who are, for various reasons, unable to use the regular fixed route bus system.  Without a service such as this, many people with disabilities would be totally homebound, unable [...]

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On November 12 2009, I participated in World Usability Day in Dallas TX.  I had never been to one of these events before and it was a fantastic experience.  Knowbility had a booth where we spread the word about what we do, and I provided some website demos using JAWS.  It was a great networking [...]

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October is National Disability Employment Awareness month (NDEAM), and in the past few days, I have seen several articles and messages bringing this topic to the forefront.  Yesterday, a press release came out of Washington that described some steps that will be taken to help the approximately 54,000,000 Americans with disabilities gain access to employment.  [...]

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For the past several months, Serotek Corporation has held a weekly tech chat, where they discussed all things technology relating to people with disabilities.  Starting tonight, they are using their incredible product Accessible Event to broadcast these chats. As well as offer some training in a Webinar setting.  I have previously discussed the bare bones [...]

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Telecommuting is becoming more and more popular in our busy society.  People cannot possibly go to every meeting in person anymore, there is too much to do and not enough time in the day.  For quite some time, conference calling was the way to go.  You can call in from any telephone and hear the [...]

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There are several reasons why so many people with disabilities are unemployed.  One of the possible barriers for many disabled people when it comes to employment is transportation.  Taking the bus is not always an option, and even in those cities that offer a transporting system for people with disabilities, using those networks is more [...]

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