I wrote and sent the following letter to NATO after visiting the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) web site and finding it to be less than fully accessible. I will keep everyone updated on any results that may be achieved. March 31, 2007 Dear NATO IT Staff, I am writing as a blind technology accessibility… Finish Reading Accessibility Concerns on NATO.INT Web Site
For those of you who have to take lots of eye drops, how do they taste? That’s right. You’re not crazy. I asked how they taste. After my first surgery, I was taking one eye drop every two hours and two others four times a day. That has only relaxed slightly; I am now down… Finish Reading The Taste of Eye Drops
Well, it is another Friday night. Karen and I are listening to another Desert Skies show on ACB Radio Interactive. And, well, guess what? We have a pizza in the oven! We either cook a frozen pizza, pizza bites or order pizza on most Friday nights. Jeff usually does the same, as well, so, if… Finish Reading Is Friday Becoming Pizza Night?
I am working with Kurt, one of the software engineers over at Digg.com, on the implementation of their audio CAPTCHA. Unfortunately, there appear to be some scenarios where the audio is never played when the link is clicked. Please visit Digg’s registration page, click the link to listen to the CAPTCHA and send me an… Finish Reading Help Digg Fully Implement Audio CAPTCHA
Dear Speakeasy Members,Today is an historic and exciting day for Speakeasy.I am pleased to announce that Speakeasy has been acquired by Best Buy, an innovative and growing Fortune 100 company and the top consumer electronics retailer in North America. This is a significant milestone for our company as our new relationship will help us realize… Finish Reading Best Buy Acquires Speakeasy
This week, we present two hours of Main Menu Live. Join Jeff Bishop, Darrell Shandrow, Randy Knapp, Don Barrett and possibly additional guests as we talk about the announcements, exhibits, presentations and other happenings at the just-concluded CSUN conference all from a blindness perspective. So, do join us on ACB Radio Mainstream at http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=8&MMN_position=14:14 between… Finish Reading Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the week of March 28
Hello Everyone, For quite some time, at least since running JAWS 8.0, I have been experiencing a very strange situation. If I walk away and leave my system idle for a few minutes, there is no speech output when I return to continue working. The following problems are observed: There is absolutely no JAWS… Finish Reading Unexplained loss of JAWS functionality and strange keyboard locked scenarios.
Those of you who are hoping that the blank virtual PC cursor issues will be resolved in the upcoming release of JAWS 8.00.1171 are in for a big disappointment. I’ve been running this new build for a couple of days now, and have experienced the issues in both Internet Explorer 7.0 and Outlook Express thus… Finish Reading Blank Virtual Buffer Issues Persist in JAWS 8.0 Build 1171
In this article entitled Windows Vista Vulnerable to StickyKeys Backdoor on the McAfee Avert Labs Blog, researcher Vinoo Thomas indicates that a good solution to a potential, though very unlikely, Windows Vista vulnerability is to remove a file critical to the operation of the sticky keys accessibility feature. Unfortunately, Mr. Thomas completely fails to mention… Finish Reading McAfee Researcher Recommends Removal of Important Windows Accessibility Component to Resolve Potential Vulnerability
Freedom Scientific has addressed specific issues with tabbing, forms mode and Adobe Flash in Internet Explorer running under Windows 2000 in an upcoming JAWS 8.0 build to be released in the very near future. Customers experiencing these concerns may contact Freedom Scientific’s technical support department to receive a patch that addresses these issues now. The… Finish Reading Windows 2000 Internet Explorer Issues Addressed, JAWS 8.0 Build 1166 Auto Update Explained