Link Roundup including CSUN - March 2010

Another set of great links on web accessibility for March 2010. In addition, see below for post-CSUN links, roundups and presentations!

• Be Kind to the Color Blind - ColourLovers
  
• Why Captioning? - Stanford University
  
• Stop Using JAWS for Web Accessibility Testing? - Clear Helper
  
• Making the mobile internet accessible for all - ComputerWeekly
  
• NCAA college basketball tournament bracket - Terrill Thompson
  
• Problems with CAPTCHA and audio CAPTCHA alternative - groups.drupal
  
• What Is A Braille Display And How It Is Used - Even Grounds
  
• Call for speaker proposals for "13th Annual Accessing Higher Ground" conference. First round due April 2.
• Why websites shouldn't accommodate disabled users - by Pete Love (e.g. use universal design)
• Accessibility Review: Target.com - by Joe Dolson (post lawsuit)
• Screen Readers And WAI-ARIA Landmark Roles - Léonie Watson
  
• Variations on Ginader's [Awesome] Accessible Tabs - Accessible Culture
  
• Accessibility of Links by Steve Grobschmidt
• Web Accessibility Preferences Are For Sissies? - WebAIM
  
• Boston Accessibility Unconference is May 15
• Web Accessibility Fears and Ways to Conquer Them - Even Grounds
  

CSUN Summaries

• CSUN Conference 2010 - great summary by Nicholas Zakas
  
• Insights into the 25th Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference - The DAISY Planet
• CSUN 2010 recap - Marco of Mozilla
• More Audio Coverage of CSUN 2010 - Blind Bargains [no transcriptions]
• CSUN photos from Dennis - a dozen or show snapshots

CSUN Presentations

• Stanford Captioning System: A Workflow Model for Producing Captioned Media - includes link to PDF of presentation
  
• Download the Adaptech presentation on social media use & accessibility; view the entire survey, too.
• Importance of Accessibility for a Successful and Future-Proof Business - Artur Ortega of Yahoo
• Accessibility of Twitter - by and Joseph O'Connor and Dennis Lembree

Addendum

• Adobe Slides from CSUN 2010 Talks
• DAISY Consortium's Presentation at CSUN (captioned video)
• Point-and-Chat info and presentations (AAC application)
• Presentations from WebAIM - great stuff!

Podcast #79: CSUN 2010 Preview

Dennis and guest Jennison Asuncion discuss the upcoming CSUN conference, formally titled The 25th Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference. Discussion includes helpful hints about the conference, session previews, and special events. The event is March 22-27 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in downtown San Diego, California.

Download Web Axe Episode 79 (CSUN 2010 Preview)

[transcript of podcast 79]

Related Links:

• WebAIM's 2010 CSUN Session Lineup
• Adobe at CSUN 2010
• Twitter list: Speakers at CSUN 2010
• CSUN Tweetup

Twitter Roundup - February 2010

Here are highlights of the many great links relating to web accessibility going around Twitter this past month:

• Fun, and it's accessible Flash! (direct Flash link) Assistive Technology Boogie
• Study on Accessible Twitter on the Kindle from Sarah Bourne
• Open Government and Accessibility - How Open is Open? (see comments too!)
• Freedom of Choice - on browsers and assistive technology (see comments too!)
• Making Your Web Colors Visible For All – Five Color Accessibility Tools from SitePoint
  
• Screen Reader Support For Disabled & Read-Only Form Fields from Tink
• Section 508-WCAG mappings: http://bit.ly/cYBqIL, http://bit.ly/a6ulQz, http://bit.ly/9jHYL4
• Join the Yahoo! accessibility group
• Resources on cognitive web accessibility research
  
• Remaking the Persona of the Physically Challenged
  
• Accessible Twitter: Advancement through technology by @LeonieWatson
• What is Unclear About Captioning?
  
• How should Web browsers render alternative text?