Last month, the well-known and reputable publisher Randomhouse made the decision to turn off the text-to-speech feature in its books. This action mainly affects those using Amazon’s Kindle 2 for reading or listening to books. However, though I do not use a Kindle, this action by Randomhouse is very disturbing for several reasons. One is [...]
I was recently led to a site that has a ton of information and news about accessibility. From arts and entertainment, to education and to issues in communities throughout the world, this place on the net is a great resource for all things accessible! I will surely be discussing many of the news items that [...]
This week has been one of change for my family and I with regard to our home network, telephone and television. We decided to try AT&T’s U-verse service, which combines all of those products into one package. The technician was at our home installing everything for about 5 hours. Honestly, when the TV, phone and [...]
12 Jun
Posted by Desiree as Access Works, Accessibility, Employment
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 [...]
09 Jun
Posted by Desiree as Accessibility, Colorblind, Daily life, General, Social Media, standards
With all of the talk about social media everywhere, including this blog, sometimes even those of us with disabilities forget to consider who may be left out. Yes there are various tools that make it easier and in some cases possible for the disabled to use specific social networks, but have we covered everyone and [...]
Lately there has been tons of chatter everywhere about twitter. From television and radio, to magazines and newspapers, to podcasts from Freedom Scientific and Serotek. I have to admit to being reenergized about twitter after all the buzz! I had been mostly a Facebooker, kind of updating my twitter status haphazardly, but not very consistently, [...]
19 May
Posted by Desiree as AIR, ATSTAR, Accessibility, Calwac, Colorblind, Daily life, Employment, General, standards
Having access to online activities is no longer just a cool pastime…it is a necessity for equal education, employment and citizen interaction with government. If you haven’t ever tried operating a mouse without the use of your arms, read a website without your eyes, or listen to a webcast without hearing it, you may never [...]
19 May
Posted by Desiree as Accessibility, Daily life, General, Social Media
A few months ago, I posted a blog entry about solving captchas. I sited a service that works through FireFox called Webvism, which made captcha solving a breeze. The only catch for me was that I am a comfortable Internet Explorer user and had to have both that browser as well as FireFox loaded onto [...]
I’ll start off by admitting that I am a huge Star Trek fan! I may not be as crazed as some Trekkies out there, but I love it. The TV shows, the movies, the books, I even have a toy Starship Enterprise. So there’s my disclaimer.
Yesterday, my husband and I actually got to go and [...]
Ok, so for whatever crazy reason, I decided to take on some studying. I figured that since I have been testing websites for several years now, purely from a usability perspective, I should learn more about the technical stuff. User testing is great, but I have been finding it hard to give advice to people [...]
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