Screen Readers lack emphasis
In a recent thread on the Web Standards Group mailing list, the question arose about whether Screen Readers support semantic HTML elements such as strong and em. The short answer…
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alt in HTML5 – Moving Forward
As a result of some sage advice from Jason White (a W3C veteran), amongst others. Myself, Laura Carlson and Josh O Connor have started to attend the HTML WG weekly…
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The title attribute – what is it good for? (resurrected)
While working at vision australia I presented at Web Essentials 05 on the HTML title attribute, which lead to a right royal fisking by Joe Clark. I also conducted research…
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alt in HTML5 Required? – to be or not to be
There has been much discussion both within and outside of the W3C HTML5 Working Group about the HTML5 editor’s decision to make the alt attribute optional, to cover those cases…
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AJAX and Screen Readers – Content Access Issues
The rise in the use of AJAX to dynamically change content without refreshing the page has resulted in accessibility problems for users of Assistive Technology such as Screen Readers. The…
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New WAI-ARIA Working Drafts Published
WAI-ARIA, the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Suite, defines a way to make Web content and Web applications more accessible to people with disabilities. It especially helps with dynamic content and…
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HTML 5 first working draft released
The first working draft of HTML5 has been published: “…to make comments regarding this document, please send them to public-html-comments@w3.org. …All feedback is welcome…The publication of this document by the…
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NVDA – a free and open source screen reader for Windows
People often ask on the various accessibility related forums and mailing lists, a question like: If I wanted a Screen reader program which one should I buy? For many developers…
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Using WAI-ARIA Roles and States with the YUI Menu Control
Using WAI-ARIA Roles and States with the YUI Menu Control. YUI Menu author Todd Kloots and Yahoo! accessibility guru Victor Tsaran introduce the WAI-ARIA Roles and States
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Opera’s Lie Blasts Microsoft on IE and Web Standards Support
Take a look at how Opera’s Hakon Lie publicly blasted Microsoft for it’s lack of support of Web Standards! Lie states, “Opera has filed a formal complaint with the European…
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The Accessibility Tools Framework (ACTF)
IBM announced today (4th, December, 2007)Â the contribution of its Accessibility Tools Framework (ACTF)Â to the Eclipse Foundation, an open source community focused on developing a universal platform of frameworks…
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Providing Context for Ambiguous Link Phrases
It’s not unusual to stumble upon ambiguous link phrases on web pages (phrases such as, “Click here”, “More”, and so on). Some screen readers allow users to gather a list…
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CSS Editor bookmarklet for IE
For times when CSS styles need to be tested, on the fly, in Internet Explorer, the CSS editor bookmarklet can come in handy. It was originally developed from the test…
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Fieldsets, Legends and Screen Readers
Note: I wrote this article in 2007, there is a 2023 update Fieldsets, Legends and Screen Readers again. Italian translation Fieldset, Legend e Screen Reader by Roberto Castaldo. The grouping…
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One Reason Why Section 508 Isn’t Working
An area of accessibility that I have been deeply involved in for the past 18 months is the TEITAC (Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee). By the way,…
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The TPGi Voice
For well over a year, several members of the TPGi team and I have been talking about setting up a company blog. The problem is, we have so many things…