We at Blind Access Journal wish all of you a very happy Thanksgiving Day. Let’s all give thanks for our families, friends and all good things we enjoy, while moving forward toward even brighter days ahead!
I have just one critical question, my friends. Why haven't the "leading" screen reader makers incorporated any of this technology into their products? Wired.com NewsThursday, November 15, 2007 AxsJAX Brings Accessibility Features to Web 2.0 By Scott Gilbertson Google Reader's recent makeover wasn't just skin deep. Most people probably didn't notice it, but the revamped… Finish Reading AxsJAX Brings Accessibility Features to Web 2.0
Hello Everyone, We have a brand new Main Menu and Main Menu Live for you all this week! During the first hour on Main Menu, Dean Martineau of Top Dot Enterprises demonstrates Jamal Mazrui’s FileDir accessible file management utility. After that, listen to Matthew Horsepool’s Newsbriefs to catch up on technology news from a blindness… Finish Reading Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the week of October 24
All Blind Access Journal readers are cordially invited and encouraged to join our brand new mailing list! We will, of course, discuss issues related to all things accessibility, including the following topic areas: Approaches to accessibility advocacy and their effectiveness. Coordination of Blind Access Journal and other advocacy initiatives. Collect and report accessibility issues in… Finish Reading Invitation to Join the Blind Access Journal Mailing List
http://www.EmpowermentZone.com/edsetup.exe Version 2.2Released September 8, 2007 This version adds advanced features related to snippets, regular expressions, and user-defined tokens. It also strengthens the ability to select and download files from a web page. Fixes and enhancements are documented below. Jamal Fixed the Replace with Regular Expression command (Control+Shift+R) not interpreting standard tokens like \n in… Finish Reading EdSharp 2.2 released
http://www.EmpowermentZone.com/edsetup.exe Version 2.1Released September 1, 2007 This version primarily seeks to implement some ideas I gathered about writing HTML. The new pasting capability is tailored for either HTML or text — the latter snippet type being applicapable to templates and prose generally. HTML support already included checking syntax with the Tidy utility, as well as… Finish Reading EdSharp 2.1 released
http://www.EmpowermentZone.com/edsetup.exe Version 2.0Released August 25, 2007 Major programming and word processing enhancements have raised the version from 1.2 to 2.0. EdSharp is now a text editor, file converter, coding environment, and mini word processor! Fixes and improvements are documented below. Jamal Fixed the Jump command not recognizing a column as well as line number.Fixed regular… Finish Reading EdSharp 2.0 released
http://www.EmpowermentZone.com/edsetup.exe Version 1.2Released August 18, 2007 Fixed the default EdSharp.ini overwriting the Import and Export sections of the user's EdSharp.ini configuration file. Fixed commands such as Quote (Control+Q) producing an error if no text was at the cursor position (because the document was empty or the cursor was at the end). Added support for enhanced… Finish Reading EdSharp 1.2 released
Now available athttp://www.EmpowermentZone.com/chm2txt.zip I hope this utility increases access to information stored in CHM archives. It is explained below. Jamal ———- CHM2TXTVersion 1.0August 16, 2007Copyright 2007 by Jamal MazruiModified GPL License ContentsDescriptionOperationDevelopment Notes———- DescriptionRunning on Windows 98 and above, CHM2TXT (chm2txt.exe) is a command line utility that converts a file from Compiled HTML format (.chm)… Finish Reading Announcing CHM2TXT
Wow! We have been busy beavers! Over the past week, we have switched web hosting providers, added many new features and changed the “look and feel” of Blind Access Journal! Here’s exactly what we have done: Switched to DreamHost for web hosting. I recommend this provider for accessibility, reliability and solid technical support. Full disclosure:… Finish Reading New Features, New Host, New Look!