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Section 508 and the Bottom Line

priscillasweblog wrote 4 days ago: Phi at Three months There are many reasons to consider web accessibility and Section 508, but let … more →

A look at cloud computing and Section 508 compliance

fedcloud wrote 2 weeks ago: Listen to the entire interview with Bruce Bailey. Bruce Bailey is an Accessibility Specialist with t … more →

Tags: Bruce Bailey, Section 508 Compliance, U.S. Access Board

DANGER - The White House Website is hazardous to your health1 comment

MArnoldNYC wrote 3 weeks ago: For those of you who think that You Tube is the cat’s meow, I’m sorry to let the dogs ou … more →

Tags: Abuse of People With Disabilities, cassandra butts, Constitutional law, David Axelrod, Democratic Constituency Issues, Department of Education, Department of Energy, department of justice, Disability Issues

Four Steps on the Path to Achieving Section 508 Compliant eLearning

Mike@CourseAvenue wrote 3 months ago: Is your eLearning Section 508 compliant?    Unfortunately, many eLearning authoring tools support so … more →

Tags: Accessibility, elearning development, eLearning Industry, Product company, Section 508 eLearning, eLearning, Section 508 Compliance

Adaptive Technology and eLearning

Sue Pearson wrote 3 months ago: The good news and bad news Adaptive technology allows people with disabilities to perform tasks they … more →

Tags: Accessibility, elearning development, Section 508 eLearning, Adaptive Technology, authoring tool, CourseAvenue, courseware design, eLearning

Section 508 Compliant eLearning: a Cost Effective Solution

Mike@CourseAvenue wrote 3 months ago: What is Section 508 compliant eLearning? We believe that Section 508 compliant eLearning is simply a … more →

Tags: Accessibility, Product company, Section 508 eLearning, Remediation, Section 508 Compliance

Why Technology Makes 508 eLearning so Challenging1 comment

Sue Pearson wrote 3 months ago: Consider the numerous interactions between the technologies involved in an eLearning course includin … more →

Tags: Accessibility, elearning development, eLearning Industry, Product company, CourseAvenue, Courseware, eLearning Technology

About Document Structure

lepetitpapier01 wrote 4 months ago: There are a few elements that appear in every document you create. Usually, a  document is a tree of … more →

Tags: Accessibility, document structure, tags

Checking for Compliant Files in Acrobat Using the Accessibility Checker Options (Section 508, WCAG, and Adobe PDF)

lepetitpapier01 wrote 4 months ago: In Adobe Acrobat, when you run an accessibility check you are given the option to select the criteri … more →

Tags: Accessibility, Acrobat, Adobe, checker, pdf, WCAG

CourseAvenue Webinar July 9: PowerPoint to Section 508 Compliant eLearning

Mike@CourseAvenue wrote 5 months ago: Did you know: often, Section 508 compliant eLearning involves failing Section 508 compliance tests, … more →

Tags: Product company, Accessibility, eLearning Webinar, PowerPoint Conversion, PPT Conversion, Remediation, Section 508 Compliance

Check It: An Open Source Accessibility Checker

naricspotlight wrote 5 months ago: AChecker is an open source web accessibility evaluation tool developed by the Adaptive Technology Re … more →

Tags: Website, Web Accessibility, evaluation tool, checker

I'm Looking For An Additional Client - Are You Looking For Me?1 comment

btchakir wrote 6 months ago: I’m looking for one more client to use up another 15 to 20 hours a week of my time, hopefully … more →

Tags: Job-Seeking, Job Search, Clients, Usability testing, Consultant

When are video captions mandatory?

Josh Miller wrote 6 months ago: As you may have noticed, just about every program you watch on television offers closed captioning f … more →

Tags: 3Play General, Captioning, Ada, FCC, Accessibility, Television, Online Video, Ed Markey

TEITAC: There is no "last word" in accessibility

naricspotlight wrote 7 months ago: If you thought Section 508 was all the Fed had to say about Web and electronic accessibility, think … more →

Tags: Organization, Website, Accessibility, Information Technology, Web Accessibility

TCC09: Podcasting with Section 5081 comment

Christy Tucker wrote 7 months ago: Podcast logo Liveblogged notes from the TCC online conference. My comments in italics. Presenters: D … more →

Tags: Accessibility, higher ed, web 2. 0, Podcast, TCC09, tcc2009

CourseSmart and Section 508 Compliance

digitaltext wrote 8 months ago: I was pleased to see that CourseSmart has acknowledged the issue of  the inaccessibility of their e- … more →

Tags: creating digital textbooks, Faculty Resources, electronic texts, Publisher digital request for, etextbooks, Accessibility, open access, open, CourseSmart

Meeting Section 508 Standards8 comments

John wrote 11 months ago: A lot of the work I do involves making electronic documents accessible for people with disabilities. … more →

Tags: blogs, Social News, 508 Compliance, Accessibility, 1998 disabilities act

OpenSolaris and Dismantling The Digital Divide For People With Disabilities

forgr wrote 11 months ago: A recent post from Sun Federal (creators of OpenOffice, Solaris and OpenSolaris) on the digital excl … more →

Tags: Research, Education, Programs, Accessibility, Software, technology, Computers, Access, OpenOffice

Dismantling The Digital Divide For People With Disabilities

bvass wrote 11 months ago: I recently met with Pierce Crowell who manages Section 508 compliance for Sun Federal. He arranged a … more →

Tags: General, Open-Source, Bill Vass, OpenOffice, Pierce Crowell


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