STC AccessAbility SIG
A Blog About Accessibility

Access Technology Tips from the National Federation of the Blind
Apple® Accessibility Features Vision built into all Macintosh computers provides adjustable keyboard, an ergonomic mouse, CloseView screen magnification software, Easy Access system software (StickyKeys, SlowKeys, MouseKeys), electronic documentation, key-repeat disable, text-to-speech synthesis and voice recognition (PlainTalk), sticky mouse, and visual alert cues. The VoiceOver spoken English [...]

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Accessibility Validator, HTML Validator, Spell Checker, Link Checker all in one tool! The Total Validator is a free one-stop validator or all-in-one validator comprising an HTML validation against the W3C Markup Specifications or ISO/IEC definition using the published DTDs (2.0, 3.2, 4.0, 4.01, ISO/IEC, XHTML 1.0 and 1.1), an accessibility validator that validates against the [...]

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User-Defined Access Keys: using .asp, by Gez Lemon of JuicyStudio [UK]
User-Defined Access Keys: using .php, by Gez Lemon of JuicyStudio [UK]
Firefox 2.0 and Access Keys, by Gez Lemon of JuicyStudio [UK]
Techniques for "skip navigation" links and "skip to main content" links
Too much accessibility - ACCESSKEYS
Using Accesskeys - Is it worth it? This is not a [...]

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Accessibility Color Wheel Version 1.0 by Giacomo Mazzocato. When you hover over the color wheel, you’ll see text in colors for normal, Deuteranopia, Protanopia and Tritanopia color vision simultaneously. An "OK" message is displayed when you hover over an accessible color. By clicking on the color, you can copy the hex values. The tool may [...]

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National Cristina Foundation (NCF) provides computer technology and solutions to give people with disabilities, students at risk, and economically disadvantaged persons the opportunity, through training, to lead more independent and productive lives. NCF uses donated used computer technology resources that no longer meet an enterprise’s or an individual’s needs and gives them a second productive [...]

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Topics in Usability: Accessibility
Topics in Usability: Web usability and design guidelines for working with older adults, children, and babies

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Too much accessibility, by Bim Egan of the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) [UK]

Too much accessibility - ACCESSKEYS
Too much accessibility - TABINDEX
Too much accessibility -FIELDSET LEGENDS
Too much accessibility - Multiple JavaScript event handlers
Too much accessibility - TITLE attributes

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Fahrner Image Replacement (FIR) FIR is a standards-compliant technique that uses stylesheets and ordinary HTML to provide a visible image, usually consisting of text. The CSS specifies that the image will display in most cases; if it should not display for some reason, the underlying structural HTML markup is supposed to take its place… Because [...]

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A-Chat Web-based chat tool, designed with accessibility in mind
Accessible Web Developers group is a public bookmarking site provided by Ma.gnolia where anyone may post a favorite bookmark about creating accessible and mobile-friendly sites.
Accessify "tools, wizards, articles and tutorials on Web Accessibility for the conscientious web developer"
Accessify Forum.com a bulletin board for accessibility issues. An excellent [...]

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Specialist Task Force 333:
European Accessibility Requirements for Public Procurement of Products and Services in the ICT Domain (EC Standardization Mandate M/376, Phase 1)
If you are interested in what’s happening in Europe regarding the accessibility of ICT products purchased by government organizations (EU reaction to Section 508), please check out the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) [...]

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