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Erin Hunt

Google Apps Inaccessible to Blind Students, Group Argues | News & Opinion | PCMag.com - 2 views

www.pcmag.com/...0,2817,2382033,00.asp

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shared by Erin Hunt on 30 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • New York University and Northwestern University recently adopted Google Apps for Educa
  • tion, transitioning their e-mail systems and collaborative tools into the Google-based cloud.
  • The NFB contends that Google Apps "contains significant accessibility barriers for blind people utilizing screen ac
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  • cess technology, which converts what is on the computer screen into synthesized spee
  • ch or Braille."
  • This violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, NFB said.
  • Erin Hunt on 30 Jan 12
     
    This article from PCMag.com discusses the adoption of Google Apps for Education at New York University and Northwestern University. The adoption is being challenged by the National Federation for the Blind, because of its inaccessibility to visually impaired and blind individuals on these campuses. 
Megan Haddadi

Using Google products - Accessibility at Google - 7 views

www.google.com/...products

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shared by Megan Haddadi on 23 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Information for blind and low-vision users
  • Information for deaf and hard of hearing users
  • Megan Haddadi on 23 Jan 12
     
    Information for blind and low-vision users and deaf and hard of hearing users for Google products
Holly Rocha

Enabling an Accessible Web 2.0 - 6 views

www.w4a.info/...k1-gibson.pdf

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shared by Holly Rocha on 27 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • catiagilbert on 28 Jan 12
     
    Enabling an Accessible Web 2.0 is a paper written by Becky Gibson IBM Emerging Technologies . I was unable to highlight (not sure why). I found that this article is very similar to a lot of the assigned reading. The article discuss key points:" The original Web was not perfect but with some work by Web developers it could be used by all. Now we are entering the next generation of the Web - Web 2.0. It is all about interaction, collaboration, and social networking It is more dynamic and fluid and no longer just static pages of information. This presents yet another challenge for people with disabilities. These new interaction models are pushing the limits of the technologies of the Web and the ability of assistive technologies to interpret the changing face of the Web. This paper describes new technologies and tools being developed to help enable accessibility for Web 2.0." " Such as : Ajax interactions, data binding, graphic effects as well as rich, customizable user interface components [13]. Examples of such toolkits include: * Dojo http://www.dojotoolkit.org/ * Google Web Toolkit - http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/ * Open Rico- http://openrico.org/ * Prototype - http://www.prototypejs.org/ * TIBCO General Interface (available via an open source license) http://www.tibco.com/software/rich_internet_application/default.jsp * Yahoo User Interface Library - http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/ * Zimbra Kabuki AJAX Toolkit (http://www.zimbra.com/community/kabuki_ajax_tool kit_download.html)
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