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Transport for London Accessible Apps Competition

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research) — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:00:00 +0100

Transport for London is partnering with OneVoice to promote a competition to improve the variety of accessible apps providing real time travel information in London. Competitions are an excellent way... [Read More...]

Eye Tracking on smart phones and tablets

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research) — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 07:00:00 +0100

Based in Israel, uMoove has been working on a technology for smartphones and tablets to track eye and head movements using a device's front-facing camera. It will shortly make the SDK available to... [Read More...]

Technology4Good Awards 2013 Nominations now open

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:00:00 +0100

The Technology4Good Awards celebrate the hard work of people of all ages who use the power of computers and the internet to make the world a better place. They were created by AbilityNet, working... [Read More...]

New iMac for 2012 - accessibility features

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research) — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:00:00 +0100

So what is so great or new about the 2012 iMac? Well the first thing I noticed is the thinness of the sides; the edge is just 5mm which means it is thinner than the iPhone. This makes it very... [Read More...]

Mind the Gap report available

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research) — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:00:00 +0100

In September 2012 AbilityNet commissioned Kevin Carey, a leading contributor to thinking about digital accessibility, to produce a policy paper to review citizen/consumer access to digital... [Read More...]

Training for Web Accessibility

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research) — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:00:00 +0100

As my readers will know, I believe passionately that access to information, products and services, available via the Internet, is essential to everyone who wants/needs to be a fully functioning... [Read More...]

What did the Paralympics teach us?

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research) — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Now the Olympics and the Paralympics are over what have we learnt that is relevant to ICT accessibility? The paralympics proved to anyone who doubted it that although the elite paralympic athletes... [Read More...]

Universally Accessible PDF standard, PDF/UA, is now available

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 06:00:00 +0100

ISO 14289-1:2012 (PDF/UA) was published on 7 August. Over the years I have written about the accessibility of PDF files, or the lack of it. My analysis included a Market Update on 'Accessible... [Read More...]

Subtitles should be promoted to all users

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research) — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 06:00:00 +0100

ICT Assistive technology is a term used to describe a technology developed to help people with a disability access ICT. The problem with assistive technologies is that they are often expensive to... [Read More...]

Android: Ice Cream Sandwich Accessibliity

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Last Novemeber I wrote a blog about the inaccessibility of mobile apps. In it I used Apple iOS as an example of a accessible platform and then bemoaned the fact that many apps running under iOS were... [Read More...]

The accessibility bugs project - good start, more to do

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:00:00 +0100

A group of a11y (the accessible way to write accessibility) specialist have decided to try and get the browser manufacturers to fix browser inconsistencies that impact on a11y. There are a variety of... [Read More...]

Inaccessibility of mobile apps and ebooks

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:00:00 +0100

I recently wrote an article about the new iPhone 4S accessibility. Having continued to use it I am still impressed by its accessibility features. However - how often is there a however! - the... [Read More...]

Animated gifs are a turn off

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:00:00 +0100

Amongst the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) is guideline 2.3 that says 'Do not design content in a way that is known to cause seizures'. This relates to fast flashing images that... [Read More...]

OneVoice announced a major web accessibility initiative at e-access 11

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 06:00:00 +0100

The OneVoice for Accessible ICT Coalition announced a new web accessibility initiative at the recent e-access 11 conference. Too many websites are not accessible and one of the reasons for this is... [Read More...]

OneVoice Initiative to be Announced at e-access 11

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research) — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 06:00:00 +0100

There are a very large number of websites, both in the public and private sector, that are not fully accessible. The reasons for this sad state of affairs include: Ignorance: the web site owners are... [Read More...]

250 Good News Stories at T4G Award Ceremony

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research) — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:00:00 +0100

The first Technology4Good Awards attracted 250 nominations; each one a good news story showing how technology, altruism, hard work and skill combined to make life better for people who are digitally... [Read More...]

e-Access 11, 28 June, is only a month away

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research) — Tue, 24 May 2011 06:00:00 +0100

e-Access is only a month away and will be the best e-Access conference to date.The committee arranging it have brought together a stellar group of speakers. In one day you will hear from: Ed Vaizey,... [Read More...]

National Digital 11 conference - digital by default, accessible by default

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research) — Tue, 17 May 2011 07:00:00 +0100

The UK National Digital conference ND11 took place last week on 11–12 May 2011. It was run by RaceOnline and it concentrated on how to get the 9 million people in the UK, who are still not... [Read More...]

The FT Bowen Craggs Web Effectiveness Index includes accessibility checks

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research) — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:00:00 +0100

The 5th annual Financial Times Bowen Craggs Index was published 20 April 2011 ( http://www.bowencraggs.com/ftindex/). It is an in-depth analysis of the web effectiveness of 75 of the world's top... [Read More...]

Accessible PDF draft standard out for Public Comment

rss@it-analysis.com (Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research) — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:00:00 +0100

The BSI are asking for public comment on the forthcoming standard on accessible PDF, commonly known as PDF/UA. Comments must be submitted by 30 April 2011. The standard is officially known as ISO... [Read More...]