Archive for January, 2008

GSA to grade agencies on 508 compliance

January 30, 2008, filed under elsewhere; No Comments.

The US Government General Services Administration is to start grading agencies on how well they comply with Section 508 accessibility requirements.

Creating accessible PDFs from Word 2007

January 29, 2008, filed under Accessibility, Assistive Technology, PDF, Screen Readers, Standards, Web Accessibility, accessibility testing, elsewhere; No Comments.

Creating accessible PDFs from Word 2007 - this article from abilitynet explains how to use the free ‘Save as PDF’ plugin for Microsoft Office 2007 to create accessible PDFs from Word 2007 documents. But as Alastair Campbell explains there are some drawbacks.

Keyboard Assistance and Shortcuts

January 25, 2008, filed under elsewhere; No Comments.

keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft products that provide an essential tool for some people with functional difficulties and impairments—particularly dexterity and visual.

Empty Links and Screen Readers

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 Empty Links and Screen Readers - Research into the potential accessibility barriers of links that contain no link text.

WAVE 4.0 now available

January 24, 2008, filed under elsewhere; No Comments.

WAVE 4.0 - web accessibility checking tool from WebAIM is now available. This new, improved version has many new features. You can check pages using WAVE 4.0 from the Web Accessibility Toolbar 2.0,  under the “check” menu.