Category Archives: Articles

Refreshable Braille and the Web

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Many people have not had the opportunity to see someone use a refreshable Braille device to access the web. I recently videoed Bruce Maguire describing how he uses the internet with a refreshable Braille display. He also demonstrates finding a book on the Amazon site. Transcript of the video is at the end of this […]

WCAG 2.0 Released: At last

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After a long and sometimes tortuous process, the W3C has finally released Version 2 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines on December 11 2008. PRESS RELEASE “Today W3C announces a new standard that will help Web designers and developers create sites that better meet the needs of users with disabilities and older users. Drawing on […]

Use of Web 2.0 Tools

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This checklist has been prepared to help website developers and testers record the level of website compliance with the Success Criteria and Sufficient Techniques of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Version 2.0 (WCAG 2.0).

Accessible forms using WCAG 2.0

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Accessible Forms using WCAG 2.0″ is the first of a series of documents to help web professionals use the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Version 2.0 to develop accessible websites.

Conversation with Molly Holzschlag

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Molly Holzschlag and Roger Hudson discuss web standards, interoperability, HTML5, IE8 and web professionalism at the Webstock Conference in New Zealand. Video and audio versions of Molly’s Webstock presentation, “Why Web Standards Aren’t” are available on from the Webstock site. Molly Holzchlag in conversation with Roger Hudson, Webstock 2008 Duration: 19:42 February 2008, Wellington, New […]

Interview with Shawn Henry (W3C)

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Shawn Henry, from the W3C, was a presenter at Webstock 2008. During a break in the conference, she talked with me about how she first got involved in website accessibility, the need to continue breaking down some of misconceptions associated with accessibility and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Versions 1 and 2. Video and […]

Wheeling in Second Life

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Judith, who has cerebral palsy, has been using computers and the web for many years. Recently she was telling me about how much she was enjoying Second Life and so I asked her if she would mind showing me it. In the video, Judith talks about using Second Life and a club called “Wheelies”, which […]

Data Table Accessibility Test Update

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It is two years since Russ Weakley and I prepared a series of complex data tables to test different ways of enhancing their accessibility, particularly for screen reader users.

Source Order, Skip links and Structural labels

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Is page source order important to screen reader users? Recently, the idea of placing the informational content of a web page before the navigation has gained some currency. This paper reports on our research into the relevance and importance of page source order, skip links and structural labels for screen reader users.

Disabilities and technologies (2005)

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How many people have disabilities? And, what sort of technologies do people with disabilities use to access the Web? Some answers to these questions.