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WWDC 2023: Access Sessions + Accessibility Updates

… They also offered labs where a developer could work with one of Apple’s accessibility experts. In this section, … most useful to people focusing on access for people who are blind or have low vision. A full list of sessions … can be customized to fit the accessibility needs of each person. Live Speech lets someone who is non-verbal type …
Janet Ingber
AccessWorld Summer 2023

W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative: Leading the Charge in Web Accessibility Across the Globe

… W3C launched the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) in 1997 with endorsement from the White House and W3C members. WAI … frequently overlap one another. As an example, individuals who are blind and rely on a screen reading program are … rely on "puff and sip" devices activated by airflow from a person's mouth, speech-to-text solutions such as Dragon …
John Rempel
AccessWorld December 2016

Letters to the Editor

… buries the option to turn on SAP in a sub-sub-sub-submenu with too many arrow movements and enters to memorize to get … marked up with lists and headings for structure, and if interacting with that page involves clicking on a link, then … a screen reader user in mastering the basics. If a sighted person can update a shared calendar with a few simple …
AccessWorld February 2015

Pokemon GO: Elevating the Conversation around Accessible Gaming

… to the game sparked a vigorous online discussion with gamers, game developers and programmers on the details … sharing some of the insights we have received from those who have participated in this discussion. For many apps, … would be more challenging to make accessible and provide a person with vision loss the same experience as their sighted …
AccessWorld September 2016

Executive Summary

… Digital Information Available to All: Continuing the Story With American Foundation for the Blind’s Diary Study People … are not accessible for people with disabilities. People who are blind or have low vision can have trouble buying … done. A week in the digital life of a blind or low vision person The average participant had 12 digital barriers …

Barriers to Digital Inclusion 2

… Digital Information Available to All: Continuing the Story With American Foundation for the Blind’s Diary Study People … are not accessible for people with disabilities. People who are blind or have low vision can have trouble buying … done. A week in the digital life of a blind or low vision person The average participant had 12 digital barriers …

AccessWorld News

… America's Special Education System for Students with Vision Loss Since its enactment more than 35 years ago, … for all students with vision loss, including students who may also have additional, potentially even more … needed, which are to be provided by properly trained personnel. Clarify that proper evaluation of students with …
AccessWorld August 2012

Selecting a Computer as a User with a Visual Impairment

… will best suit your needs. These days, most consumer personal computers are either desktops, which are designed … friends or family members who carry their computers with them. Notebook or laptop computers are engineered to be … also enables another set of gestures for reading and interacting with text and objects on the screen. Again, be …

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… 1998 as a result of product manufacturers' frustration with the way they were treated at other conferences, … on and find solutions for unemployment among Americans who are disabled. Able to Work is expected to include … equipment and services are accessible to and useable by persons with disabilities, if readily achievable. The rules …
AccessWorld January 2000

Employment Matters: Carl McCoy, Retired Director Of Rehabilitation

… Deborah Kendrick If there is an individual who personifies the message of the Employment Matters series, it … working. He can't imagine what life would be like, he says, without some meaningful work to do. It never occurred to him … to doing every day. Besides travel directly related to interacting and supervising staff, he loved his work in …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld July 2020

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