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Re: Social media and 508

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From: John E. Brandt
Date: Nov 17, 2009 8:30AM

No point in re-inventing the wheel. There have been a lot of us out there
working on understanding the so-called Social Networks and accessibility.

Be aware that this area is in constant flux. Thing in SN change by the
minute some for the good; some for the bad, in terms of accessibility.

There are a number of folks working to make clients that bring the service
to all. For example Accessible Twitter http://www.accessibletwitter.com/

And there are LOTS of folks with disabilities out there using Social
Networking, particularly Twitter:
http://webaim.org/blog/twitter-accessibility-roundup/


A quick Google search brings up:

http://curbcut.net/accessibility/social-networking-accessibility/

http://www.accessifyforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=14039

http://juicystudio.com/article/accessibility-of-captcha.php

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/07/facebook-commits-to-making-social-netwo
rking-more-accessible-for-visually-challenged-users/

http://www.simplyraydeen.com/authors/115-jeff-bennett/339-accessible-social-
networking

My own article (probably needs to be updated)
http://www.mainecite.org/awd/accdocs/article8.html


http://webaccessibilityrambles.blogspot.com/

http://groups.drupal.org/node/19943


~j

John E. Brandt
jebswebs.com
Augusta, ME USA
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