STC AccessAbility SIG
A Blog About Accessibility and Technical Communication

Digital Inclusion: evolving accessibility and usability is the title of an interesting blog post that showed up this week. The author, Ian Crocombe, discusses what you can do to learn about the behavior of the users of public websites. As he reminds us, “when you’re trying to communicate with at risk groups, you can reduce [...]

Read: Digital Inclusion or Digital Disengagement and Social Exclusion? »

Did you know that Stanford University now has an Online Accessibility Program?  They call it “SOAP” for Stanford Online Accessibility Program. I came across this today and thought you might be interested to see it: http://soap.stanford.edu/. The site offers resources and information; tips, tricks, and tutorials; a developers toolbox; and special program services for the [...]

Read: Stanford University’s Online Accessibility Program »

We have exciting news about the 2009 Technical Communication Summit to be held 3–6 May 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. The STC Board of Directors has just approved the purchase of conference management software that will give STC the capability to record the entire conference. The audio recording will be synchronized with the PowerPoint presentation and [...]

Read: STC to Record Entire Conference in Atlanta! »

In Digital Web Magazine last month, Leona Tomlinson of Agoo IT wrote a great article on understanding disabilities when designing a web site. While some of the information can be found in many places, Tomlinson distills a broad range of information in one article, making it ideal for sharing with those new to Web accessibility. [...]

Read: Understanding Disabilities When Designing a Web Site »

Share news about your local events that have accessibility on the menu! Here’s a tip from the Boston, Massachusetts area submitted by our SIG member, P.J. Gardner, Information Designer and Web Accessibility Consultant.
If you live in the greater Boston area, please consider attending the following event on the “New Section 508″!
I thought I would personally [...]

Read: Boston-IA Presents a Talk on Section 508 Refresh, October 22 »

Our Flickr account holds photos from conferences and meetings. These are collected in photo albums on the Photos page. In addition to the SIG’s photos, we are connected to several groups in Flickr that contain interesting images to use for your blogs and other writing related to accessibility and technical communication. Scroll to the section [...]

Read: Photo Group Collections to Illustrate Your Blogs and Other Writing »

When you are interested in or work with accessibility on a regular basis, you tend me be aware of whether such-and-such is truly accessible to all. This applies to everything whether it is writing, web pages, or the surrounding community. However, I was stopped in my tracks today by an interesting blog entry from Glenda [...]

Read: Is health care for women with disabilities inclusive? »

[ October 31, 2008; 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. ] The STC Washington, DC Chapter is offering a Webinar about DITA on 31 October. (Speaker: Tom Magliery, XML Technology Specialist, JustSystems; Location: Anywhere with a phone line and a Web connection). Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. [Registration link to be provided.]

Do you feel you’ve taken conditional text to the max – and maybe [...]

Read: Webinar: DITA for Conditional Text »