STC AccessAbility SIG
A Blog About Accessibility

By Kath Moonan, AbilityNet
In this article Kath Moonan examines what Web 2.0 is and what implications it might have for disabled people who use the Web, particularly the use of Ajax for interactive web pages.
Read the full article at http://www.icthubknowledgebase.org.uk/web20andaccessibility

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VIA Rail in Canada and Amtrak in the U.S. have excellent services for special needs. To be sure you receive the service you need, purchase your tickets over the telephone and let them know what you need. Services vary from train to train and station to station but if they know in advance what [...]

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There is an excellent blog by the owner of a woman-owned car dealership in California at AskPatty.com "Automotive Advice for Women". She supports and is the president of the United Spinal Association and her blog posts include many that relate to disabled drivers.
"Transportation From a Different View Part II - Hand Controls Spell Freedom for [...]

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Press Release from the United Spinal Association, Release: Monday, June 18, 2007

Example of a disabled access minivan with left side ramp access that is blocked by a sedan parked illegally in the required access aisle.
If you have wondered about the purpose of those blue diagonal-lined areas adjacent to, or between, accessible parking spaces for [...]

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Lori Gillen, incoming Co-Manager of the SIG, put together some useful tips for participants attending this year’s STC conference in Philadelphia.
These tips can be used at any presentation, anywhere, of course! The tips are provided to help conference participants hear better and get much more out of their conference experience.

Sit next to one of the [...]

Read: Low-Tech Tips for Hearing at the Conference: I Want to Hear Your Presentation! »

Lori Gillen, incoming Co-Manager of the SIG, put together some useful tips for speakers at this year’s STC conference in Philadelphia.
The tips are provided to help speakers ensure better hearing of presentation content. These tips can be used for any presentation, anywhere, of course. Your audience will thank you!

Bring written content (slide presentation with useful [...]

Read: Low-Tech Tips for Hearing at the Conference: Did You Hear My Presentation? »

Looking for some “deaf blogs”? The Stone Deaf Pilots is a great place to start. It is a blog dedicated
deaf technology, assistive technology, and tech-related accessibility issues faced by the deaf and hard of hearing. This blog is for anyone, deaf or hearing, who wants to learn more about deaf technology and non-deaf-specific technology that [...]

Read: Stone Deaf Pilots and Other Deaf Resources »

DAISY Consortium The DAISY Consortium was founded in 1996 and consists of organizations around the world who are committed to developing the Digital Accessible Information SYstem (DAISY). DAISY is a digital standard for producing accessible and navigable multimedia documents. These documents are Digital Talking Books, digital text books, or a combination of synchronised audio and [...]

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The Blind Eye is a hybrid audio game, like The Curb Game and Terraformers at http://www.audiogames.net/db.php?action=view&id=theblindeye. The game was the result of The Blind Eye Research Project, developed in Denmark in 2000, where the participant has the opportunity to experience the virtual world in a manner similar to being visually blind. Conceptually, The Blind Eye [...]

Read: Audio Game: Blind in a Virtual World »

A Universal Computer Braille Code For Literary And Scientific Texts by Durre, Karl P.; Tuttle, Dean W. and Durre, Ingeborg.
About Braille by Liz Gray, Braille Transcriber, Certified by the Library of Congress in Literary Braille.
The Braille Bug The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) created the Braille Bug web site to teach sighted children about [...]

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