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Posted in Thoughts, accessibility on Nov 14th, 2008
As soon as Christian Heilmann proposed Scripting Enabled I knew he was onto something. Collaborative working between developers and people with disabilities to create accessible hacks that people actually want to use is so the way forward. This is a similar model to Knowbility’s Accessibility Rallies that provide training for developers in accessibility followed by [...]
Posted in Thoughts, accessibility, virtual worlds on Nov 14th, 2008
I’m not sure why but 2008 has been the year of the wiki in accessibility circles. As the field of accessibility has got more vast and complex so have people’s need for detail and areas of specialism making it almost impossible to stay on top of everything. This can be quite bewildering for anyone trying [...]
Posted in accessibility on Sep 29th, 2008
Just posted from Kath Moonan over at AbilityNet is a short 4 minute video Using Easy YouTube with a screen reader. You can also view this using Easy YouTube. Before she found Easy YouTube Kirin wasn’t able to get a clip of herself being interviewed for Big Brother’s Little Brother. Seeing her finally get it [...]
Posted in accessibility on Sep 29th, 2008
Glenda Watson-Hyatt is an accessibility consultant and blogger at Do It Myself. She is also known as the “left thumb” blogger as she has Cerebral Palsy which has left her with restricted mobility and speech. Before using WordPress to blog she often found herself in situations surrounded by people but feeling totally isolated due to [...]
Posted in accessibility, conferences on Sep 22nd, 2008
It all started in April at Accessibility 2.0 when Antonia Hyde, during her presentation on Rich Media for People with Learning Difficulties asked: is it too much to have a multimedia player that people with learning disabilities can use? A certain Flame Haired Warrior, Chris Heilmann, just so happened to be sitting in the audience [...]