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. […]
Here is the text of the opening dedication of the 2008 AccessU, renamed to honor our beloved colleague and mentor, Dr. John Slatin who died in March. Following these remarks, Jim Allan and Jim Thatcher unfurled a banner with the new conference title. That banner now resides on the John Slatin AccessU web site.
Good morning […]
I have recently discovered a new program that may be useful if you teach blind children, or even those with other disabilities. It is called TypeAbility. Step by step, it takes the student through learning all of the keys on a pc keyboard. It is very user friendly, even tells jokes at the end of […]
Knowbility held a conference last week called AccessU, and I was privileged to attend for the first time, as well as assist in one of the classes! It was an excellent time for networking, a great chance to get to know some marvelous people in various capacities, and just overall fun. There were several classes […]
All right, I think I am coming through! This is my first experience with blogging, although I have read lots of other people’s stuff. I am totally blind, using jaws and have experienced a few slight barriers. First off, I hope I am putting this text in the correct area, because jaws doesn’t tell me much […]
As part of a project called AccessWorks, Knowbility has hired people with disabilities to perform web site accessibility assessment, research employment related topics on the web, and to blog about their experiences. While our interns have found a great deal of documentation out there about barriers to accessing information online, much less is available about […]
Andrew Kirkpatrick from Adobe had a brilliant idea for doing two good things at once. He wanted to honor John Slatin’s memory by spreading the accessibility gospel and to help Anna, John’s best beloved meet the enormous expenses they incurred through John’s illness. Andrew came up with the John Slatin Accessibility Fund. […]
I am stunned by the passing of John Slatin, beloved colleague and mentor to me and so many others. John died on March 24th, 2008 of leukemia and left family, friends and colleagues devastated by the loss. Despite his long illness, we continued to believe that he would remain among us as a […]
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