The October WAWG meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 3rd from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. in room 806 S Hatcher.
Gonzalo Silverio, Lead Graphical User Interface Programmer with the Digital Media Commons will present on ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications).
Posted by pattyb on 26 Oct. | Comments (0)
The October WAWG meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 6th from 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. in room 806 S Hatcher. Please feel free to bring your lunch.
Our guest speaker will be Nick Wilcox, Assistive Technology Trainer at the Ann Arbor District Library. Nick is a user of adaptive technology, and will share with us the typical things that make it difficult for him to browse the web. He will also share the techniques and strategies he uses in finding information and navigating the web.
This special meeting time is to accommodate Nick. In November we will be back to our regular time of 1:00-2:30.
However, we will meet in room 806 S. Hatcher from now on due to recurring scheduling problems in 100 N Hatcher. Enter the building via the south side and take the elevator up to the 8th floor. Go through the double glass doors and it's straight ahead.
-Patty
Posted by pattyb on 18 Sep. | Comments (0)
We have moved to a different room in Hatcher Graduate Library due to recurring scheduling conflicts. We will meet in 806 South Hatcher from now on. Enter the building via the south side and take the elevator up to the 8th floor. Go through the double glass doors and it's straight ahead.
Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month from 1:00-2:30.
Posted by pattyb on 18 Sep. | Comments (0)
The Web Accessibility Working Group will not meet in September, 2009 due to busy beginning of the semester schedules. Please send your ideas for future meetings to me at pattyb@umich.edu.
Thanks, Patty
Posted by pattyb on 19 Aug. | Comments (0)
We will meet on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 from 1:00-2:30 PM in room 2617 SPH Crossroads, School of Public Health, 109 South Observatory.
Mike Elledge, Assistant Director of the Usability & Accessibility Center at Michigan State University (and former UM Accessibility Specialist) will talk to our group about WCAG 2.0. Please have your questions ready.
The talk will be video-recorded for those of you unable to attend, although I do hope to see a good crowd there to welcome Mike.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
-Patty
Posted by pattyb on 28 Jul. | Comments (0)
The July WAWG Meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 from 1:00 - 2:30 PM in room 100 North Hatcher Graduate Library. Patricia Anderson will speak on Accessible Design for Second Life (and other Virtual Worlds):
"People have become more aware of accessible design in real life architectural spaces, designing spaces to make them easy to use for persons with and without disabilities or special needs. There is also a trend over the past fifteen years to keep in mind designing web sites to be accessible. An area that is often still neglected are video games and 3d virtual worlds, which present some unique challenges to the designer committed to accessibility. This presentation will describe some of what is happening in Second Life with the engagement of the special needs communities with the programmers and developers from Linden Labs, with a focus on lessons learned and best practices."
Please contact Patty Bradley-Diehl (pattyb) with all questions. See you there.
Posted by pattyb on 2 Jul. | Comments (0)
The WAWG will meet on Tuesday, June 9th from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. in Hatcher Graduate Library, room 100 North. If you have not joined us before, see the directions to the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library page.
I am very pleased to announce that the University has finally hired a Web Accessibility and Adaptive Technology Coordinator: Scott Williams. Scott started his new position yesterday and an "official" announcement is forthcoming. He was a Web Production Manager for Michigan Marketing and Design prior to taking this new position.
During our June meeting Scott will speak about his plans and vision for the position. He will also be very interested in hearing your ideas.
Patty Bradley-Diehl
Posted by pattyb on 19 May. | Comments (0)
This is a reminder that we will not meet during May because of Enriching Scholarship. I have will make my slides for my two ES sessions (Best Practices for Making Accessible Web Sites / Forms and Tables) public after ES is over with. They both center on WCAG 2.0.
There has been a bit of news on Accessible Videos. Captionate is a relatively inexpensive flash video captioning solution. I hope to try it soon.
OSU has developed an accessible version of the JW Player called JW Player Controls for displaying moves on web pages. Their page gives good instructions on how to create captions using the timed-text XML format developed by the W3C, called DFXP.
I have an example (without captions) comparing the same video in JW Player and in JW Player Controls.
-Patty
Posted by pattyb on 28 Apr. | Comments (0)
From Marc Grossman, Accessible Technology Specialist, American Foundation for the Blind
"I want to share some exciting news with you from AFB Consulting. We recently announced the availability of our Accessibility Assurance™ Program (AAP). The AAP was launched to help our customers improve the accessibility of their web site(s) and to better serve the entire user community, including people with disabilities.
The AAP is a structured program through which participants gain access to our world-renowned network of Accessibility Consultants. However the AAP goes beyond traditional web site evaluation services. It also embraces and enables the concept of user empowerment, allowing AAP participants to directly engage users with disabilities to help solve and prevent web accessibility problems.
We are proud to announce that Marriott International has become the lead corporate participant in the AAP. You can read more about the Accessibility Assurance™ Program and our work with Marriott International at the following URLs:
Marriott press release: http://tinyurl.com/cbubgp
Marriott blog: http://tinyurl.com/dmko3n
Also, check out the latest discussion thread about our work with Facebook on TechCrunch:
TechCrunch Article: http://tinyurl.com/dabsfs
I invite you to read more about the AAP at our new web site, http://www.afbconsulting.org ."
Posted by pattyb on 14 Apr. | Comments (0)
For the April WAWG meeting on Tuesday, April 7 from 1:00-2:30 pm, Patty Bradley-Diehl will demonstrate Adobe Dreamweaver's CS4 Accessibility Features in room 2615 Crossroads, the School of Public Health. Please contact Patty @ pattyb@umich.edu if you need directions.
There will be no May WAWG meeting because of Enriching Scholarship.
Posted by pattyb on 25 Mar. | Comments (0)