Check out Jeff Bishop’s The Desert Skies web site and follow his Podcast as he and his family enjoy their Disneyland vacation. We wish we were there!

By the end of this year, Microsoft says it will begin public beta testing of a new consumer based anti spyware, antivirus and firewall product known as OneCare. Check out this PC World article for additional details. The question is, will Microsoft care about us by insuring the accessibility of OneCare?

There has been an absolute lack of media coverage of yesterday’s rally at the Department of Education in Washington D.C. to stop the downsizing of the Rehabilitation Services Administration. This begs the question, do we count? Of course, sadly, the answer seems to be a resounding “no”. Has anyone located any media coverage? If so,… Finish Reading Do we count? – Part 1

Screencasting is a way to quickly and easily distribute short video presentations. Jon Udell, a blogger and columnist at the IT publication InfoWorld, advocates the widespread use of screencasting as a means of providing effective training materials in the form of brief combined audio and video presentations. As the focus of screencasting appears to be… Finish Reading Screencasting: Does it represent yet another threat to the blind?

It appears that Microsoft is entering the field of RSS aggregator web sites with its Start.com incubation experiment. RSS aggregators allow Internet users to collect and quickly stay current with blogs, Podcasts and all other web sites that provide their information in the form of RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds. In this arena, Microsoft will… Finish Reading New Start.com RSS Aggregator: Microsoft’s Innovative Experimental Approach to Web Accessibility

I have just read another message on one of the blind community e-mail lists concerning the initiation of yet another open source screen reader for Windows. That makes two projects purporting to be working on the same goal: the creation of a free, user friendly open source screen reader for Windows. While I fully realize… Finish Reading Concern About Proliferation of Open Source Screen Reader Projects

This afternoon, I wrote the following letter to Speakeasy’s management team praising them for providing high quality Internet service and excellent customer support. I also asked them to address some minor potential accessibility issues. Please feel free to share your thoughts on this approach. May 11, 2005 Dear Mr. Apgar, Mr. Chatterley, Mr. Hoffman, Mr.… Finish Reading Speakeasy Praised for a Job Well Done and Asked to Keep Accessibility Needs in Mind