Archive for the ‘Accessibility and assistive tech’ Category
Saturday, December 10th, 2005
A friend and fellow U. of MN grad student pointed me to an article in Wired called Podcast Chaos Be Gone which brought me to Podzinger, an online service that scans audio podcasts and uses speech recognition technology to create transcripts.
I submitted the Savvy Technologist Podcast recently and was ...
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2005
I got to facilitate a roundtable discussion on accessible Web design today. The lack of an Internet connection in the room prevented us from showing some live sites, but I promised to post some links here. I showed a bit of my presentation on the topic from last year's TIES ...
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Monday, September 12th, 2005
My guest for this edition of the Savvy Technologist Podcast is Earle Harrison. Earle is an assistive technology consultant and owner of Triumph Technology, a source for adaptive technology and adaptive media solutions. We talk about universal design, assistive technology, and accessible Web design. I learned a lot during my ...
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Wednesday, April 20th, 2005
As a certified typography geek I was very interested to discover the new Read Regular typeface that is designed specifically to address the letterforms that cause difficulty for persons with dyslexia. A quick look at a type sample reveals some significant changes. Two examples: the "b" and "d" letters are ...
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Saturday, January 29th, 2005
I usually recommend that Web designers use lynx to get an idea of how well their site will work for visitors who use screen readers. As a text-only browser, lynx quickly exposes overly complicated markup, images without alt tags, and other basic Web accessibility faux pas. Lynx is installed by ...
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Wednesday, December 8th, 2004
I'm happy to report that my presentations went well on Tueday. I was easily outnumbered by the audience which is never a sure thing at a conference, especially when the topics are fairly specialized. I gave Eric Meyer's S5 presentation tool a try and it worked great. It was an ...
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