Testing Flash for Accessibility
November 30, 2007
by Shilpi Kapoor @ 11:55 am No Comments
Filed under: Accessibility
When it comes to flash testing, due to the substantial changes happening in the movie there is some sort of uncertainty in the results. After testing the same application several times, you will come to know that the results are varying in certain parameters. Then starts the process of applying alternatives or patching those areas....
World Bank study: Persons with Disabilities (PWD) in India are left behind while the economy booms.
November 23, 2007
by Priti Rohra @ 2:58 pm No Comments
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The World Bank study released on 20th November 2007 reveals a very sad story about 40 to 80 million disabled in India. Indian economy is making rapid growth but the disabled are left behind and are not able to enjoy the same benefits as other citizens. In India, illiteracy, unemployment and poverty is high amongst....
Looking for an accessible website in India – Booking my trip Online using cleartrip.com
November 21, 2007
by Priti Rohra @ 4:36 pm No Comments
Filed under: Accessibility,Web
I was very excited, when I visited the website cleartrip.com to book my flight and hotel tickets online. I am a screen reader user and use JAWS to access the internet. By pressing “Insert + F5” JAWS read names for all the form fields for me. This is the first Indian site which has provided....
My disability perspective – mobility impairment
November 21, 2007
by Shilpi Kapoor @ 2:32 pm No Comments
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After visual impairment, let’s move to the next disability, let us discuss mobility impairment. Most people assume mobility impaired is someone on a wheelchair. On second thoughts most people associate disability with wheelchair users. Just imagine the disability symbol. Isn’t that a wheechair user? Let us look beyond....
Register now for Techshare India: First Accessibility Conference and Exhibition!!
November 13, 2007
by Priti Rohra @ 10:40 am No Comments
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Techshare India, 2008 – Breaking the Barriers is the first accessibility conference and exhibition in India that will highlight the needs of people with disabilities and create awareness about accessibility. It will showcase the role of technology in the lives of people with disabilities, looking not just at web accessibility but also software accessibility, and....
Accessibility in Captivate
November 12, 2007
by Shilpi Kapoor @ 6:48 pm No Comments
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I wanted to show you a demo of Accessible Captivate. I’ve created a small example and tried making it accessible for screen reader users. I’ve used JAWS 7.0 for testing. Captivate offers few accessibility options like adding an accessible description to the entire movie, to individual slides, providing captions for the movies etc… I haven’t....
My disability perspective – Visual impairment
November 5, 2007
by Shilpi Kapoor @ 2:58 pm No Comments
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Most people ask me, why I started a company working in the area of accessibility. The obvious answer is making website/products usable by people with disabilities. But the instant reaction of most organizations is that my target audience is not disabled. So who does BarrierBreak Technologies work for? I tell everyone the same thing. So....
“About WCAG 2.0” presentation is now available!
November 2, 2007
by Priti Rohra @ 2:01 pm No Comments
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“About WCAG 2.0” presentation is now available for all those who want to learn about Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 and for those who want to develop their own presentations. The presentation is available in two....
