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

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

sp12accessibility google apps blind vision_impaired students web2.0

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  • 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. 
Erin Hunt

Web2Access: Welcome to Web2Access - 5 views

www.web2access.org.uk

sp12accessibility web2.0 disabilities technology activities web2access visual auditory cognitive mobility

shared by Erin Hunt on 24 Jan 12 - Cached
  • Erin Hunt on 24 Jan 12
     
    This site is focused on making e-learning decisions on utilizing common Web 2.0 tools to fully meet the accessibilities needs of impaired individuals. You can search using the top tabs for specific "Activities" such as concept mapping, charting, assessments/surveys, etc., or by specific Disabilities" such as visual, mobility, auditory, or cognitive impairments. Each activity or disability will be accompanied by suggested Web 2.0 tools and their accessibility evaluations, based on the impairment, in percent form and broken-down by specific drawbacks to accessibility. The Web 2.0 tools referenced in the site were evaluated or tested to their accessibility for each impairment using various guidelines and services including: W3C, the Web Accessibility Group, JISC TechDis, WebAIM, CEUD, IBM, and VPAT.
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