In May 2010 I gave some serious thought to moving this blog to WordPress, but doing so wasn’t easy and I stopped short. Now, over fifteen months later, I’ve finally made the move, inspired in part by my learning that some users were unable to post comments. In looking into this problem, I discovered a […]
Adding alternate text to images in electronic documents is simple. In most authoring software you simply right click on an image, select an option such as "Format Picture" or something equally intuitive, and locate a form field where you are prompted to enter alt text. Unfortunately it’s a bit more complicated than that in Microsoft […]
This week I’m at the AHEAD conference, and Sean Keegan, Jayme Johnson, Ken Petri and I have teamed up for four presentations on video accessibility, including an all-day pre-conference session. I also gave a national webinar on Tuesday, live from my hotel room, on this same topic. Several people at the conference (directors and staff […]
Update as of July 2013: YouTube’s embedded HTML5 player is much more accessible than the default Flash player. Users must opt in in order to use the HTML5 player. For additional details see my Updated YouTube Embedded Player test page. I was recently asked why some YouTube players are more accessible than others. Indeed there’s […]
I’m writing this blog post for at least three reasons: I’m often asked whether Doodle is accessible to screen reader users. I’m often a participant in meetings that (a) are scheduled via Doodle, and (b) include blind participants. I think Doodle’s approach to making their interface accessible raises some interesting questions.