Category Archives: Building the culture of accessibility

ESPN Explains Captioning

Here’s an example of how to approach accessibility: with enthusiasm and professionalism. This ESPN video of how they do captioning takes a regulatory requirement and makes it part of the everyday excitement of producing live video content for a huge, … Continue reading

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New Accessibility Videos on YouTube

David Banes, the Deputy Chief Executive of Mada, the Assistive Technology Center in Qatar, has some great videos up on YouTube. Some are entertaining animations of blog posts, some show the Center and its clients, and one, “The Clock is … Continue reading

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Consumer Accessibility Experts Are … Experts!

A recent post on the great Fred’s Head blog (from the American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. — APH) points out that many companies and organizations seem to expect accessibility help from blind consumers for free. No doubt! One … Continue reading

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Snarky Gizmodo Post Gets Slammed in Comments

If you’re not familiar with Gizmodo, you should be — it’s one of the few tech trend sites that are always worth a visit. Except perhaps for today, when an off-target post sneered at a perfectly reasonable piece of assistive … Continue reading

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Access Wireless Lets You Search for Accessible Mobile Phones

The new version of the Access Wireless website is fantastic — you can search for phones with the features you need by disability category, manufacturer, even wireless carrier. Although not every manufacturer and model shows up, there is lots of … Continue reading

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Is the web actually more accessible nowadays?

Here’s an interesting report on what might be called “accessibility backsliding”: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/17483100903387424. Apparently some universities improve their web accessibility at one point in time (often when they have external training and support), but then fall behind when the external support … Continue reading

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