Archive for the ‘Accessibility’ Category

I just read a great article on T+D (Training and Development) on the critical mass that is being reached in regards to accessibility. The author, Paul Harris, starts his piece by heralding the results of a very cool collaborative between Microsoft, Sonata Software Ltd, and the Digital Accessible Information SYstem (DAISY) Consortium to create an add-on to [...]

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I was happy to read today that there will be a discussion of Web Accessibility at the SXSW Conference in Austin, TX this year.
If you’re attending, you should definitely try to check out the discussion on Accessibility. If not, one of the panelists, Henny from www.iheni.com, posted a quick transcript of their discussion points here.
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This week’s AdAge.com Digital edition had a nice piece on the importance of Web Accessibility – you can read the piece here if you have an AdAge subscription.
For those of you still trying to get a good understanding of the costs and benefits of accessibility, this is a nice, simple introduction to the topic.
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I’ve been preaching the universal benefits of accessible Web site design for the last few months. I recently came across this interesting blog post showcasing the SEO (search engine optimization, or organic search for those new to online marketing) benefits of accessible Web site design. You can read the article here.
Jose Villa

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