Visual Verification: Six Apart Continues to Lock Out the Blind with...
We continue to be locked out of full and equal participation by Six Apart, developers of the TypePad blogging platform, due to an inaccessible CAPTCHA used for account creation and posting comments to...
View ArticleFreedom Scientific Asked to Reasonably Accomodate Deaf-Blind Customers
I just read the article Freedom Scientific says no to access for deaf people on the Access Ability blog, and I must say I am rather dismayed. The issue at hand is the current lack of accessibility of...
View ArticleQVC Asked to Retain Accessibility in Web Site Update
Randy from Accessible Devices has informed us that the QVC home shopping network is beta testing a significantly updated web site. While the current site is accessible to blind shoppers, the beta site...
View ArticleHappy New Year as We Celebrate the Third Anniversary of Blind Access Journal
On Friday, December 17, 2004, we began Blind Access Journal as a vehicle for accessibility evangelism. Though the first article was a subdued piece covering an accessible wireless security software...
View ArticleHow Do We Effectively Educate the Public and Combat False Assumptions About...
I just finished reading Independent Street : Is Your Web Site Blind-Friendly? How to Avoid a Lawsuit by Wendy Bounds. While Wendy provided a good overview of the issues surrounding the law and the...
View ArticleConcerted, Multidisciplinary, Organized and Systematic Approach to...
I’ve been thinking long and hard about accessibility evangelism in general as of late. Although a few positive differences have been made along the way, the overall results of our efforts here at Blind...
View ArticleVisual Verification: Audio CAPTCHA Broken, How Will Web Site Operators Respond?
In the article Google’s Audio CAPTCHA Cracked, PC Magazine is reporting impending security challenges for a technology on which we depend in order to reasonably accomodate our need for equal access and...
View ArticleResponse to David Pogue: Are Efforts to Acquire Accessibility by the Blind...
May 25, 2008 Dear Mr. Pogue, It is really disappointing to see blind people mentioned categorically in a negative light through your article entitled Can e-Publishing Overcome Copyright Concerns? in...
View ArticleAccessibility Evangelism and Unfortunate News From America Online (AOL) Radio
Hello Everyone, As an accessibility evangelist, of course, I disagree with any and all those who frequently make statements emphasizing our "smallness" and insignificance in the world at large as a...
View ArticleThe State of Arkansas and SAP A.G. Settle Lawsuit, Make the Accessible Choice!
We are happy to report that a 2001 accessibility lawsuit brought against SAP and the state of Arkansas by the National Federation of the Blind has now been settled in favor of the state’s blind...
View ArticleThought Provoker: Accessibility Evangelism or Something Else?
A reader shared with me her thoughts on the term “accessibility evangelism” as a description of the work I do to promote equal opportunity for the blind through access to information and technology. I...
View ArticleSeeking Blind People Tossed Out of Their Jobs by Discrimination, Inaccessible...
Are you a blind person who has lost your job due to blatant discrimination or inaccessible technology? If so, we want to hear from you! In a Sept. 30 press release, President Obama said he proclaims...
View ArticleProposed Accessibility Advocacy Tracking System: Ideas Wanted
As many of my readers know, I am always dreaming up new ways to effectively evangelize accessibility of information technology for the blind. It’s quite literally my mission in life. But, I also know...
View ArticleApple Needs to Refund VoiceOver Users for Inaccessible Apps
By guest writer Michael Hansen. With the release of IM+ Pro—an instant messaging client for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad—with VoiceOver support, I got to thinking: I don’t mind paying $10 to an app...
View ArticleLetter to Cronkite School Dean Christopher Callahan About the Need for...
Many of you will note that, recently, I have been posting comments on Twitter about my journalism school’s lack of accessibility. These comments were driven by my frustration with what I perceived to...
View ArticleLet Your Voices be Heard at Foursquare
The popular Foursquare iPhone app used all over the world to check into and learn about new places is usable by blind people, but it’s accessibility could be significantly improved by the developers....
View ArticleStanding Foursquare for Accessibility
In this approximately 30-minute podcast, I demonstrate the foursquare iPhone app and describe opportunities for improving its accessibility to blind users who rely on Apple’s built-in VoiceOver screen...
View ArticleMy Proposed Dec. 16 ADA Regulatory Hearing Testimony
I will be testifying on Dec. 16 in Washington D.C. at a Department of Justice hearing on proposed new ADA regulations to expand accessibility requirements for websites, closed captioning, video...
View ArticleiPhone App Maker Justifies Charging Blind Customers Extra for VoiceOver...
A recent version 2.0 update to Awareness!, an iOS app that enables the user of an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch to hear important sounds in their environment while listening through headphones, features...
View ArticleMaking a Difference by Thrusting Accessibility into the Public Sphere
On Nov. 14, Karen and I met with Chronicle of Higher Education reporter Marc Parry for an initial in-person interview as part of a story he was writing about technology accessibility for blind college...
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