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From: Cramer, Brian
Date: Tue, Nov 17 2009 7:55AM
Subject: Social media and 508
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Hello All,
We have a number of clients who want to create their own facebook,
flickr, and youtube areas. I am trying to raise the concern of 508 and
have put forth that in my opinion since the sites are being "used" by
the Federal government to convey their information that 508 inherently
applies. After receiving a response of "well such and such agency is
doing it" or "we'll make it compliant" I feel I'm in a debate I'd like
to have more background on. I haven't done any assessment of the various
sites as of yet. Before doing so, I wanted to see if others have had
similar project experiences or have done any assessment of the three
social media sites mentioned above.
Thanks,
Brian Cramer
From: Moore,Michael (DARS)
Date: Tue, Nov 17 2009 8:00AM
Subject: Re: Social media and 508
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EASI is hosting a webinar on social media and accessibility on November 19th, probably worthwhile as a resource for your project.
http://people.rit.edu/easi/
Mike Moore
(512) 424-4159
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Subject: [WebAIM] Social media and 508
Hello All,
We have a number of clients who want to create their own facebook,
flickr, and youtube areas. I am trying to raise the concern of 508 and
have put forth that in my opinion since the sites are being "used" by
the Federal government to convey their information that 508 inherently
applies. After receiving a response of "well such and such agency is
doing it" or "we'll make it compliant" I feel I'm in a debate I'd like
to have more background on. I haven't done any assessment of the various
sites as of yet. Before doing so, I wanted to see if others have had
similar project experiences or have done any assessment of the three
social media sites mentioned above.
Thanks,
Brian Cramer
From: John E. Brandt
Date: Tue, Nov 17 2009 8:30AM
Subject: Re: Social media and 508
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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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www.jebswebs.com
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Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:49 AM
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Subject: [WebAIM] Social media and 508
Hello All,
We have a number of clients who want to create their own facebook,
flickr, and youtube areas. I am trying to raise the concern of 508 and
have put forth that in my opinion since the sites are being "used" by
the Federal government to convey their information that 508 inherently
applies. After receiving a response of "well such and such agency is
doing it" or "we'll make it compliant" I feel I'm in a debate I'd like
to have more background on. I haven't done any assessment of the various
sites as of yet. Before doing so, I wanted to see if others have had
similar project experiences or have done any assessment of the three
social media sites mentioned above.
Thanks,
Brian Cramer
From: Hoffman, Allen
Date: Tue, Nov 17 2009 12:55PM
Subject: Re: Social media and 508
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Terry Weaver at GSA would be a good contact for this kind of
information.
See www.section508.gov.
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From: Cramer, Brian [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ]
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:49 AM
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Subject: [WebAIM] Social media and 508
Hello All,
We have a number of clients who want to create their own facebook,
flickr, and youtube areas. I am trying to raise the concern of 508 and
have put forth that in my opinion since the sites are being "used" by
the Federal government to convey their information that 508 inherently
applies. After receiving a response of "well such and such agency is
doing it" or "we'll make it compliant" I feel I'm in a debate I'd like
to have more background on. I haven't done any assessment of the various
sites as of yet. Before doing so, I wanted to see if others have had
similar project experiences or have done any assessment of the three
social media sites mentioned above.
Thanks,
Brian Cramer
From: D Hubbard
Date: Tue, Nov 17 2009 2:15PM
Subject: Re: Social media and 508
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I have used Twitter, Accessible twitter and the regular facebook with out
problems. Myspace, which many use also I find a bit more difficult. I can
do it but it gets frustrating.
As for Youtube, someone I think from Britain has an application that I've
used quite successfully. Sorry if this is something you already know about
but just trying to share what I've used. The link for accessible youtube
is: http://tube.majestyc.net/
-Diane Hubbard
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From: "John E. Brandt" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
To: "'WebAIM Discussion List'" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Social media and 508
> 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
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> www.jebswebs.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Cramer, Brian
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:49 AM
> To: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> Subject: [WebAIM] Social media and 508
>
> Hello All,
>
>
>
> We have a number of clients who want to create their own facebook,
> flickr, and youtube areas. I am trying to raise the concern of 508 and
> have put forth that in my opinion since the sites are being "used" by
> the Federal government to convey their information that 508 inherently
> applies. After receiving a response of "well such and such agency is
> doing it" or "we'll make it compliant" I feel I'm in a debate I'd like
> to have more background on. I haven't done any assessment of the various
> sites as of yet. Before doing so, I wanted to see if others have had
> similar project experiences or have done any assessment of the three
> social media sites mentioned above.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian Cramer
>
>
From: Geof Collis
Date: Thu, Nov 19 2009 9:55AM
Subject: Re: Social media and 508
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Hi Diane
Just had a chance to visit this site and it is fantastic!! Thanks
cheers
Geof
At 04:14 PM 11/17/2009, you wrote:
>I have used Twitter, Accessible twitter and the regular facebook with out
>problems. Myspace, which many use also I find a bit more difficult. I can
>do it but it gets frustrating.
>
>As for Youtube, someone I think from Britain has an application that I've
>used quite successfully. Sorry if this is something you already know about
>but just trying to share what I've used. The link for accessible youtube
>is: http://tube.majestyc.net/
>
>-Diane Hubbard
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John E. Brandt" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>To: "'WebAIM Discussion List'" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:26 AM
>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Social media and 508
>
>
> > 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
> > = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> > www.jebswebs.com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> > [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Cramer, Brian
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:49 AM
> > To: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> > Subject: [WebAIM] Social media and 508
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> >
> >
> > We have a number of clients who want to create their own facebook,
> > flickr, and youtube areas. I am trying to raise the concern of 508 and
> > have put forth that in my opinion since the sites are being "used" by
> > the Federal government to convey their information that 508 inherently
> > applies. After receiving a response of "well such and such agency is
> > doing it" or "we'll make it compliant" I feel I'm in a debate I'd like
> > to have more background on. I haven't done any assessment of the various
> > sites as of yet. Before doing so, I wanted to see if others have had
> > similar project experiences or have done any assessment of the three
> > social media sites mentioned above.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Brian Cramer
> >
> >