Karen and I visited the Bishop family in Tucson again this Halloween weekend. A great time was had by all! Stay tuned for a possible episode of the podcast with some of the highlights from the trip. As we live in an apartment complex, we will most likely not have any trick-or-treators. We haven’t had… Finish Reading Happy Halloween!
This is all we in the blind community ask of the technology industry: do your very best to consider our needs of equal participation through accessibility in the development and implementation of your hardware and software products and services. Read Grisoft Announces AVG Anti-virus 7.1: with Improved support for screen reader programs to understand how… Finish Reading AVG Anti-virus 7.1 released: Grisoft Considers Our Accessibility Needs!
Shownotes If you’re blind, you’ll want to stay far, far away from the Video iPod. It offers absolutely nothing but complete inaccessibility! Listen as I discuss my firsthand experience with the device at the office yesterday. I also chat about Larry and Rob’s recent podcast on the (in)accessibility of digital audio recorders and wrap up… Finish Reading Video iPod is Total Loss for the Blind
Let’s get some healthy discussion going about the pros and cons of relating the consequences of inaccessibility for the blind to those that caused harm to African-Americans through blatant practices of racial segregation in the 1960’s and earlier here in the United States. Should we evoke references to segregation in our advocacy for the accessibility… Finish Reading Proposed Logo May Equate Inaccessibility With Racial Segregation
Listen as I chat about the upcoming Portable Media Expo and Podcasting Conference, Phoenix Arizona weather, Natalie Brown’s music, the Podsafe Music Network and a few other subjects while I get a haircut and have lunch at McDonald’s. Download and Listen
Think Google’s inaccessible word verification is bad? Check out some of these new online banking security measures! They hold the promise of insuring our inability to participate in the world of online banking, which has provided us so much more access to our financial lives over the past ten years. There is a real, clear… Finish Reading Danger! New Security Measures May Lock the Blind Out of Participation in Online Banking!
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In the beginning of any accessibility advocacy process, inaccessibility is usually a result of ignorance of our needs. Once the blind community has taken a concerted and reasonable effort to educate, and the inaccessibility continues without positive action, then the issue becomes something entirely different. In exactly the same way the Civil Rights Movement led… Finish Reading Tearing Down the "No Blind People Allowed" Signs
Google representatives have told us in the past that they did not prioritize the accessibility of their products and services due to an apparent lack of user feedback. Unfortunately, Google is receiving feedback, but has thus far decided to completely ignore our concerns, bullishly sticking to their ongoing policy of barring the blind and visually… Finish Reading Responses to Google Visual Verification Coverage
Shownotes Blogger Buzz Articles on Blocking Spam Through Word Verification Spam Barriers On Spam Ideas for effectively tackling Google’s intractible inaccessible word verification: Writing and mailing a certified letter to Eric Schmidt. Concerted effort to get the word to the blindness and mainstream media. Small delegation sent directly to Google HQ to speak with the… Finish Reading Is Google Censoring Blind Blogger Users Through Inaccessible Word Verification?