Newsletter Archives - February 2008
Featured Article
Microsoft Word Accessibility
Our popular Microsoft Word article has been updated to include Word 2004 for Mac and Word 2007. We have also added more information on alternatives to Word and converting a Word document to HTML.
News
WebAIM Presentations at CSUN
The CSUN Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference is one of the biggest accessibility conferences of the year. This year WebAIM is giving three presentations at CSUN. We hope to see some of you there.
WCAG Samurai errata released
Final version of WCAG Samurai errata for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 released. For real.
Bobby is Gone
The Watchfire WebXact and Bobby Online products is no longer publicly available.
Tips and Resources
Test Me: 25 Freebie Website Accessibility Checkers
VirtualHosting.com recently compiled a list of several web accessibility checkers, including WAVE, to aid you in making your sites accessible.
Empty Links and Screen Readers
Mike Davies reports on his testing of a number of approaches to hiding links across a typical range of screen reader and browsers.
Using Standards Doesn't Make It Right
Joe Dolson reminds us that following standards doesn't necessarily ensure an easy-to-use, accessible site. See also Molly Holzschlag's recent blog, From Web Standards Diva to Web Standards Devo.
Screen Readers lack emphasis
Steve Faulkner provides a nice overview of screen reader support (or more accurately, the lack of support) for semantic markup of text emphasis.
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