Thu, 24 January 2008
Gerry Gaffney spoke to Dr. Sofia Celic of Vision Australia (www.visionaustralia.org.au) about issues faced by the visually impaired and others. Sofia says that a knowledge of accessibility should be "in any serious developer's toolkit". Two screen readers were mentioned - Jaws (www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws.asp) and Window-Eyes (www.gwmicro.com). OzWAI (www.ozewai.org) is the Australian Web Adaptability Initiative. Sofia mentions the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) (www.hreoc.gov.au). Microsoft has case studies and videos online (www.microsoft.com/enable/casestudy/default.aspx). Sofia is also involved in the ongoing development of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT). Duration: 14:26 File size: 2.47MB |