Mar 17, 2010
Podcast #78: Web Accessibility News
Hosts Dennis and Ross discuss a variety of topics.
Download Web Axe Episode 78 (Web Accessibility News)
[transcript of podcast 78] (Much thanks to Joseph Montanez for helping with transcription.)
Announcements
- About the 2009 .net magazine awards
- Web Axe site/template updates including:
- Blogger bar removed (and Google search added).
- Recent Tweets now shown! (from @webaxe)
- Web Axe in a BBC Podcast!
- Transcription
- Web Axe is seeking volunteers for transcribing podcasts. Please email or comment if you are interested.
- Transcription of Pocast 74 (Awards, Events & Back to Basics) by Jennison Asuncion.
- Transcription of Podcast 76: Web Accessibility Disasters – provided by Katherine Lynch.
- WordPress plug-ins by Ross! (for better CMS usability).
- List of Web Accessibility Conferences.
News
- New release of screenreader emulator Fangs; now updated for FireFox 3.6 by Peter Krantz (and moved to Mozilla site).
- @Jennison on Twitter rocks:
- Started 2 great new accounts: @a11yevents and @a11yjobs.
- Suggests #tsaccess as a hashtag to focus discussion on touchscreen accessibility.
- iPad Accessibility Good for grandma?
- Slides and transcript from webinar by Dennis “Twitter & Its Accessible Issues & Solutions” (see Week 2).
Articles
- The new target.com and accessibility
- A call for consistent ALT text cross browsers
- 10 Tools for Evaluating Web Design Accessibility
