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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Erin Hunt

carmin karasic

REQUIRED DISCUSSION: Increasing Awareness about Web Access Barriers - 60 views

web2.0 sp12accessibility
started by carmin karasic on 19 Jan 12 no follow-up yet
  • Erin Hunt
     
    I learned quite a bit from Mike's "Tweeters Take Responsibility for an Accessible Web 2.0" bookmark. Considering that I am recently new to Twitter, having joined for the first time in this course. I really had not contemplated the lack of accessibility the application provided for impaired individuals. Issues like not providing keyboard shortcuts for common commands, a lack of headings, static layouts, and features requiring JavaScript are all components that could hinder universal access for impaired individuals. I thought a statement made in the text, by Katie Ellis and Mike Kent (2010), was enlightening to this point-"While there are a number of people who use Twitter to tweet about accessibility issues, Twitter itself is inaccessible." I was happy and interested to read about the efforts made by Dennis Lembree and his development of the "Accessible Twitter" tool application that breaks down some of the accessibility barriers for blind and visually impaired individuals wanting to be apart of and follow the Twitter crowd. Thank you Mike for this bookmark, I am looking forward to researching and knowing more about Accessible Twitter!
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