Virtual Worlds User Interface for the Blind
The research division of IBM known as alphaWorks has released an emerging technology that appears to be very promising. A prototype has been developed to provide users with vision disabilities an opportunity to experience virtual world technology.
Google Health for the Visually Impaired
In a blog post by TV Raman, Google announced a more accessible Google Health that would provide better integration with self-voicing browsers and screen reading technology.
Web 2.0 Accessibility With AxsJAX
Google-AxsJAX is an open source framework that enables access for users with disabilities. The very excellent T.V. Raman and Charles Chen have created a tutorial video to help developers get started working with the platform.
Accessible YUI Tabview Control
Todd Kloots recently posted an explanation on the YUI blog about how to use WAI-ARIA Roles and States to enhance the accessibility of the TabView Control. The component provides a tabbed interface using semantic markup, indicating changes of state not only visually but also to screen readers.
Accessible RIA
Thursday night I was speaking to a very excellent group of folks at PhillyCHI about web accessibility, and a question came up regarding the accessibility of rich internet applications. I kind of fudged my response, because the topic is fairly broad, so I’m going to explore some concepts here as a follow-up.
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