MQAS Accessibility

I great re-print from 1972, where Alan Kay describes, even draws what is effectively a tablet or eBook, and argues for it's technological and pedagogical value in schools. Amazingly he priced this at $500, which was quite a sum back then, and almost exactly the price of netbooks and tablets today.

""What is an accessible website or blog? I want to do the right thing but where do I even start? Is there a framework or something to gain an overall understanding?""

Excellent collection of blogs and other resources from "social web" that are discussing, advising and reviewing accessible web design.

How to set up Firefox to collect information on the accessibilty features that are actually used by people using Firefox

GreaseMonkey add on scripts for Firefox. These scripts allow Firebox browser to have additional accessibility functions. Would be good if configured by Educational Developer to meet the learning needs/preferences of a student.

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"Accessibility is a general term used to describe the degree to which a product, device, service, or environment is available to as many people as possible. Accessibility can be viewed as the "ability to access" and benefit from some system or entity. Accessibility is often used to focus on people with disabilities or special needs and their right of access to entities, often through use of assistive technology. Accessibility is not to be confused with usability which is used to describe the extent to which a product (e.g., device, service, environment) can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction in a specified context of use."

"There are over 70,000 apps on the Android market, and many of these are quite accessible! This is just a tiny list of some of the accessible apps to save you time. Please send information about more apps! "

"Accessibility Solutions for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch"

VoiceOver "The same VoiceOver screen reader made popular on the Mac is now a standard feature on iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, and iPhone 3GS. It's the world's first gesture-based screen reader, enabling you to enjoy the fun and simplicity of iPhone even if you can't see the screen." Apple's official information

"Social Bookmarking is simply making bookmarks available to a social network. Rather than storing bookmarks on a local computer, the bookmarks are stored to a social bookmarking website. By default, the bookmarks are available for the network to view."

A brief overview of Diigo features with helpful list of pro's and con's.