Google Accessible Search has been released. It is “designed to identify and prioritize search results that are more easily usable by blind and visually impaired users.” Hurray to Google for providing this useful tool. Google Accessible Search provides a simple, scaled down interface.
During @media 2006, I blogged about the need for a U.S.-based conference that focused on web standards for web developers. Well, now we have it. The Refresh the Web conference, held in Orlando, Florida in November, will provide over 16 hours of non-stop web standards, plus optional crash courses from Andy Budd and Jeremy Keith.
I’m pleased to announce that the National Center on Disability and Access to Education has been appointed to the newly formed Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee. This committee will be reviewing and updating the existing Section 508 and Telecommunications Act accessibility guidelines for telecommunications products and accessibility standards for electronic and information […]
The final version of Opera 9 web browser is now available at opera.com. This version is a sleek, minimalist, and fun browser. It has a very polished Macesque look. Unfortunately it may still be inaccessible to some users.
This story from CNET News.com: The 25 European Commission member states and nine accession countries have all signed up for a plan that could make accessibility in e-procurement mandatory. The 34 countries all signed an agreement in Riga, Latvia, on Wednesday, committing themselves to the “Internet for all” action plan, designed to ensure that the […]
