About the 2010 Accessing Higher Ground Conference

So I'm starting to regret not attending the AHG conference this year (Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web and Technology Conference). I attended (and presented) at the previous two events. This year looks just as good, if not better.

AHG 2010 will be November 15-19 at the Westin Hotel in Westminster, Colorado, located about 13 miles from downtown Denver. It's a really nice venue with nice restaurants nearby.



Over 60 presentations and hands-on sessions and 35 hours of hands-on workshops are scheduled. You can read the session descriptions here. Maybe you'll see me on the list next year!

The fees are affordable, and an early registration discount is available until October 1. Groups of 5 who register together are eligible for a 10% discount. You may register for AHG here.

I think something new this year are special session tracks from which to choose. The tracks are:

• ADA Track
• ATACP FastTrax
• ATHEN Track
• Dolphin Track
• EASI Track
• WebAIM Track

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 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