Screen Reader User Survey
A December 2010 survey by WebAIM. Most notable is a significant decline in primary usage of JAWS, all other screen readers saw an increase in usage, with NVDA gaining the greatest. The vast majority of...
View ArticleMicrosoft Announces Free Accessibility Tools and Training for Developers
Microsoft Corp. today announced the immediate availability of Microsoft Accessibility Tools & Training, a package of free online accessibility training courses, tools and other resources to help...
View ArticleYahoo! Sports: How to create a great data table experience
Nice 2 minute video on using table attributes correctly for accessibility. Yahoo! Sports has very detailed statistics tables. The site has carefully used semantic markup to make the tables easy for...
View ArticleDive Into Accessibility - 30 days to a more accessible web site
This FREE online book answers two questions. The first question is "Why should I make my web site more accessible?" If you do not have a web site, this book is not for you. The second question is "How...
View ArticleHTML5 Accessibility Chops: ARIA landmark support
The ARIA landmark roles can be used in HTML5 to markup regions of a page. Landmark roles add a new means to navigate page content for users of supporting assistive technology. They can be used on...
View ArticleBrowsers, operating systems and screen reader support
When testing aspects of support for new HTML5, WAI-ARIA features and HTML features in general, I often test browsers that do not have practical support for screen readers on a particular operating...
View ArticleTesting web content for screen readers without a screen reader
Here is a quick tip on how to test how well your web content supports screen reader users. All you need is a browser, a plugin and 5 minutes. This helps you test the foundation of your web page:...
View ArticleEasy Fixes to Common Accessibility Problems
Making a site or application accessible can seem so overwhelming that it can completely stall efforts before they begin. But sometimes simple changes can provide the necessary momentum while resulting...
View ArticleColor Oracle - Design for the Color Impaired
A color blindness simulator for Windows, Mac and Linux. It takes the guesswork out of designing for color blindness by showing you in real time what people with common color vision impairments will...
View ArticleHTML5 Accessibility Chops: hidden and aria-hidden
What is the best method for hiding content for all users? For hiding content for some users? The standard technique for hiding content for all users has been the use CSS display:none. Now, both ARIA...
View ArticleThe Accessibility Project - Accessibility is hard
For many web developers, accessibility is complex and somewhat difficult. The Accessibility Project understands that and we want to help to make web accessibility easier for front end developers to...
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