STC AccessAbility SIG
A Blog About Accessibility

By DAVID S. JOACHIM
Published: December 6, 2006; The New York Times
As both the price and size of computer chips shrink, manufacturers are enhancing the abilities of things like phones, navigation systems and even home appliances. These so-called accessibility technologies are not only for those with disabilities. For people with chronic ailments, these products are also [...]

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STC Usability SIG Topics in Usability: Accessibility
STC Usability SIG articles on "Accessibility, Ergonomics, and Special Audiences" at http://www.stcsig.org/usability/topics/
Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability Bi-weekly column by Dr. Jakob Nielsen, principal, Nielsen Norman Group
Futures Laboratory The Argonne Futures Lab performs basic and applied research in advanced communications, collaboration, and visualization technologies (for example, teleimmersion) to enable [...]

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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Apple® Accessibility Features 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.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking (Windows platform only)
Job Access With Speech (JAWS) for Windows® screen [...]

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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]

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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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In this year’s pre-conference program, Whitney Quesenbery is running a certificate program that should catch the attention of any technical communicator interested in usability and accessibility. Anyone attending will definitely learn from this very, very knowledgeable member of - among other groups - the STC’s AccessAbility SIG and Usability and User Experience SIG.
Whitney comments [...]

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