Link Roundup - August 2010

• HTML5 Issue: Longdesc Retention (W3C wiki)
• Raakt - The Ruby Accessibility Analysis Kit
• Accessible ARIA Tabs by @jkiss
• UStream videos from Montreal accessibility conference (#a11yMTL)
• Developing an Accessible Star Ratings Widget (YUI blog)
• Report Finds Five U.S. State Benefits' Websites Inaccessible (COAT)
• Ten tools to help test website accessibility
• Accessibility in Online Teaching - a great starting point
• How the Blind See the Internet (Gizmodo)
• Using NVDA screen reader to Evaluate Web Accessibility (WebAIM)
• Creating Your Own Accessible HTML5 Media Player by @terrillthompson
• Accessing Nav Drop-Downs
• Preparing InDesign Files for Accessibility (Adobe TV)
• Access Key Replacement (W3C wiki)
• CSSquirrel demos longdesc attribute in non-visual comic Alone In The Pitch Black Dark
• Accessibility Camp DC registration is open; event is October 9 at MLK Library
• YUI Theater: Accessibility on the Yahoo Homepage
• College Web Pages Are 'Widely Inaccessible' to People With Disabilities
• Web accessibility for cognitive disabilities and learning difficulties (Opera)
• Silverlight Accessibility Overview (Microsoft)
• Twitter and Web Accessibility presentation from INDATA Conference by @dennisl
• Caption any 5-minute YouTube video for $5
• Great list of free screen readers
• Video about Yahoo's Accessibility Lab featuring Alan Brightman

Link Roundup - July 2010

• Department of Justice to assess US government sites for Section 508 compliance
• Ten common accessibility problems from Roger Hudson
• The ADA and the Web: Concerns and Misconceptions (WebAIM)
• Slides for "Web Accessibility for Writers" from Victoria Online seminar. Excellent!
• Presenting the new Even Grounds Web #Accessibility Channel on YouTube
• Blind bargains says 3 out of 4 of blind users cannot use google audio #CAPTCHA
• Web Accessibility London Unconference, Sept 21, 2010. On Twitter at @a11yldn
• The Yahoo accessibility blog has been launched.
• Consider signing & sharing the Facebook web accessibility petition.
• 10+ Special Browsers For Visually Impaired Users
• Slides for 5 layers of web accessibility presentation by @ginader from Open Web Camp II (Slideshare)
• Cross Culture Accessibility: Web Design That Crosses Cultures
• Designing accessible icons (Part 1) from Nomensa
• PDF Accessibility video tutorials from Adobe TV
• The Beauty of Semantic Markup, Introduction by @emilylewis
• Say No To Noscript by @gezlemon.
• Experiments with language & accessibility (& Twitter) by @terrillthompson
• Joomlashack: Usability, Accessibility, Web Standards and SEO
• Slides for "Thick, Rich, and Accessible" preso by @katelynch from DrupalCamp, Chicago, June
• Test PDF files with free PDF Accessibility Checker (PAC) (Windows)
• Why Accessibility Research by Jeffrey Bigham

Link Roundup - June 2010

• Simple Free Online Caption Creator for YouTube Videos
• Australian Government releases Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy
• Open Web Camp 2010 at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, July 17 (Free)
• Assistive Technology Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, July 29-30 (Free)
• Online version of book Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design
• 50+ Reasons to Use VoiceOver (from Apple)
• AJAX and the Problem of Web Accessibility by @JoeDolson
• HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives (W3C)
• How NOT to use the HTML title attribute by @ianpouncey (from January)
• Forthcoming Updates on Federal Section 508 Rules by @JoeDolson
• Chrome explains its partial screen reader support
• Princeton University and learning disabled student settle suit
• Blind students sue four California law schools over inaccessible online applications
• What AT devices announce when encountering ARIA roles
• AViewer beta - new accessibility checker tool from The Paciello Group
• Making JavaScript Accessible slides presented by @dennisl at Bayjax meetup
• How to get started on Twitter with JAWS - CNIB blog by @mcourcel
• Examples of Inaccessible Web Design
• Sign petition for Google to make Chrome screen reader accessible
• Features of a Cognitively Accessible Web Site
• How to Use HTML, CSS and JavaScript in an Accessible Manner
• Web Accessibility and WAI-ARIA Primer by @emilylewis
• Writing text alternatives for maps
• Future Web Accessibility: SVG from WebAIM
• List of Twitter clients for persons with disabilities
• U.S. Departments of Justice and Education tell college/university presidents that required electronic book readers must be accessible

Link Roundup - May 2010

• Do Your Flashing Ads Cause Seizures?
• FAQ on software development for the blind or visually impaired
• Why You Should Adopt An Accessible Content Strategy (business case for accessibility)
• 4 Easy Steps to Make Your Site More Usable (and accessible) to Older People
• Program to help locate screen cursor: PinPoint 3 "Never Lose Your Mouse Again"
• Use ARIA to Indicate When Form Fields Are Required
• Google Slaps People with Disabilities in the Face
• Kill Accessibility (great comments)
• Test cases with HTML5, ARIA Roles & Screen Readers
• What are your favorite accessibility & UX blogs?
• HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives
• Next accessibility unconference is A11yCamp, Guelph, Canada, June 8
• Text CAPTCHA service - alternative to image or audio CAPTCHAs
• The new GNU accessibility statement
• iPad Assistive Technology Roundup
• Slides from Access U presentation HTML5 & Accessibility
• NFB files complaints against 9 law schools for inaccessible web site
• Importance of HTML Headings for Accessibility
• Future Web Accessibility: HTML5 Semantic Elements (Part 2 in a series)
• A few problems with the concept of accessible PDFs
• Do we need a new game plan to make the Web accessible? (great comments)

Link Roundup - April 2010

• Accessible Documents in HTML, Word & PDF by @terrillthompson from the Digital Accessibility Expo.
• Open letter to to U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary by @johnfoliot with feedback & accessible testimonies from a government hearing on digital accessibility.
• Are sprites accessible?
• Accessibility BOF (birds of a feather) Notes from DrupalCon in San Francisco.
• Cognitive Web Accessibility Assessments: Lessons Learned So Far
• Designing Accessible & Usable App UI for Mobile Phones - slides from #CSUN10 presentation by @berryaccess
• W3C update to HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives by @stevefaulkner.
• An ode to 'Click here' and to other phrases forcing reading back for context.
• Juicy Studio Accessibility toolbar is updated by @gezlemon. Supports ARIA, color contrast, more. (Firefox)
• U.S. Access Board's proposed 508 & 255 standards & guidelines (Draft Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Standards and Guidelines)
• Expand and collapse content accessibly with progressive enhancement, jQuery, and ARIA
• Do I Have to Learn Programming to Make My Site Accessible? (Even Grounds)
• Slide presentations from W4A (7th International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility)
• Expand and collapse content accessibly with progressive enhancement, jQuery, and ARIA.
• White House promising more attention to 508
• Do we need a new game plan to make the Web accessible? (be sure to read comments)