I learned over on the FreedomBox forum that the writer of Imagine is Carl Jarvis, a blind man from Washington State. The article was apparently published in The Braille Forum, the American Council of the Blind’s monthly magazine, but I have not yet been able to locate the issue containing this work. I just want… Finish Reading Writer of the Imagine Article Identified
My name is Darrell Shandrow. I am Karen’s husband. I help her maintain the Karen’s Corner blog. I and a small group of others have been enjoying Karen’s Daily Doses (KDD) she has been sending us via e-mail for more than 14 months now. I am so glad she decided to post some of them for the entire world… Finish Reading DDD: Screaming Bag of Cats
May 4, 2007 Dear U.S. Senate Webmaster, I am a blind resident of Arizona and working taxpaying citizen of theUnited States of America. I am writing to bring to your attention anaccessibility concern on the senate.gov web site. Essentially, it isnot currently possible for a blind person relying on a screen reader tofind their Senators.… Finish Reading Accessibility Issue on Senate.gov Web site
An important patch has just been released to fix a security issue in Winamp 5.34. One place where you can download the patch from is at http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Winamp_5_Security_Patch/1066336873/4.The patch is 56kb in size. Here is some information about the patch: Winamp 5.34a Security Patch includes a patched version of in_mp4.dll (v1.22) that fixes the MP4 file… Finish Reading Important Winamp Security Patch Now Available
This is an absolutely amazing article by an anonymous writer! It is a must-read for everyone, blind and sighted alike. Imagine: You’ve just entered your office on what may well be the most hectic, stressful day of your life. Suddenly you realize all of your reference books, piles of paper-work and notes are covered with… Finish Reading Imagine!
There are a number of blind and visually impaired people who have written to me privately and to various e-mail discussion groups concerning the current accessibility challenges with the popular MySpace blogging and social networking web site. The most critical and immediate issue is a CAPTCHA (visual verification) appearing as part of the signup process.… Finish Reading MySpace Ignores and Locks Out the Blind, Puts Up "No Blind People Allowed" Sign
I will be taking action on this notice today, and urge all of you who fit the profile below and care about web accessibility to do likewise as soon as possible. This is one important case where NFB is on the correct side of the accessibility issue. Let's do everything we can to help out… Finish Reading Consumer Help Needed In NFB vs. Target Lawsuit – Your Experiences Could Make A Difference
I'm just taking this opportunity to remind all of you about the availability of this excellent text editor, which I utilize on a daily basis to perform the duties of my technical writing job. TextPal, by Jamal Mazrui, is available at the following link: http://www.EmpowermentZone.com/palsetup.exe See the announcement from Jamal below for details on the… Finish Reading TextPal 3.6 with more JAWS scripting & other support