Apple listens and talks about accessibility
Accessibility functions in the latest Apple products show that Apple has been listening to accessibility needs, and is promoting the solutions.
Does technology make it easier or harder for disabled entrepreneurs?
The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists arranged a debate on whether technology makes it easier or harder for disabled entrepreneurs.
Accessibility Conferences
There is a constant stream of accessibility and disability related conferences it seems to me to be useful to have a blog listing these.
Building The Perfect Council Web Site
It is vital to ensure that your council's website works well as an efficient and effective provider of information and services to local citizens.
Bloor Accessibility Survey highlights need for continuing research
Bloor Research's Accessibility Practice, in conjunction with HeadStar and Ability Magazine, have just completed a survey of attitudes to ICT accessibility.
Implementing WCAG 2.0 Guidelines through Automated Testing
Any successful web site is in a continual state of flux. New content, new functions, changes to the structure of the site and even changes to the supporting infrastructure occur on a daily, if not...
Major step forward in Accessible PDF Standards
PDF documents are ubiquitous and therefore need to be accessible to all. The ISO 32000 standard defines the PDF document format and includes specific features to enable PDF documents to be...
e-Access 09 and what the accessiblity community needs
I recently presented at e-Access 09 on a survey Bloor is running on current attitudes to accessiblity. The survey is not complete yet but looking at the inital results what I realised was that...
Accessibility has its rewards
Working in accessibility sometimes feels like an uphill struggle with little external recognition. We keep chipping away at the issues because we know it is the right thing to do and because we do...
Accessibility – important, not important – please tell us
Bloor is conducting a survey on attitudes and plans for accessiblity. The results will be presented at e-Access '09. The results will enable organsiations, vendors and Bloor Research to make more...