books on tape: related topics / (Fwd) Re: Forms non-accessibility by screen-readers

From: Eric D. Pierce <PierceED_at_csus.edu>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 11:11:08 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.002DBDBB.20010329103027@fatcity.com>

selected web sites containing info on "computer access" technologies for disabled (visually impaired) users:

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(fwiw)
I think these are some of the larger national (usa) clearing house type operations for general info on computer accessibility for disabled persons:

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   http://www.rit.edu/~easi
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   http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itnews/index.htm    -

Links:

   http://www.rit.edu/~easi/other.htm

Web contest entries (example sites):

    http://www.rit.edu/~easi/entrants.htm

Norm Coombs, CEO EASI: nrcgsh_at_rit.edu

Dick Banks, CIO EASI: dickbanks_at_charter.net

Questions to EASI Postmaster: wmcqueen_at_OISE.UTORONTO.CA

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The Trace Research & Development Center
College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison:

  http://www.trace.wisc.edu/
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  http://www.news.wisc.edu/wisweek/view.msql?id=5641
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  http://www.trace.wisc.edu/about/faq.htm

Designing More Usable Web Sites (many additional links):

  http://www.trace.wisc.edu/world/web/

(eg, "Netsurfing Without a Monitor" by T. V. Raman:

 http://www.sciam.com/0397issue/0397raman.html , and
 http://www.webable.com/screenreaders.html , and
 http://aware.hwg.org/ , and
 http://www.webaim.org/ , and
 http://www.trace.wisc.edu/world/java/java.htm , and
 http://www.trace.wisc.edu/world/java/jscript.htm , and
 http://www.w3.org/WAI/

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Grant Funding: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/NIDRR

  "The United States Department of Education’s Office of Special   Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), through   its National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research   (NIDRR) ..." some Trace Center partner links on web accesssibility:

(from http://www.trace.wisc.edu/itrerc/ )

http://www.utoronto.ca/atrc/
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http://www.cast.org/
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http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/ncam/
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and

http://www.trace.wisc.edu/world/udda/
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regards,
ep

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> > Duncan or anyone,
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> > Our campus has a new accessibility policy where to meet guidelines
> > new web-based systems open to the public need to be read by screen
> > readers (e.g., JAWS) used by the sight-impaired.

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