A blog with podcasts about the blind and the writers’ quest for the greatest possible access to all the information available in the world around them.The authors chronicle their experiences dealing with a variety of issues as a blind couple and show how they have dealt with various blindness situations and seek comments on ways to constructively address the concrete concerns of accessibility and transportation faced on a daily basis.
Blind Access Journal
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From accessible train stations, elevators, cellphones to beer cans, read this interview with a blind programmer- Masafumi “Max” Nakane, who talks about online and offline accessibility and how it connects with his life in Japan.
Accessibility for blind people
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In December 2008 through January 2009, WebAIM conducted a survey of preferences of screen reader users. They received 1121 valid responses to the screen reader survey.
Perhaps the most significant conclusion they could make from the survey results was that there is no typical screen reader user. As developers, we sometimes view screen reader accessibility as JAWS or Window Eyes or VoiceOver (or whatever) compatibility. This survey emphasizes that screen reader accessibility is about real people - and people that have diverse abilities and preferences. As developers, we must do our best to accommodate the needs of this diverse group.
Survey of Preferences of Screen Readers Users.
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The W3C WAI IG Mail Archives acts is a great resource anyone working with web accessibility.
The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative Interest Group
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Your firm’s name, physical address, phone number, email address and website are the details that are required, without which it won’t get added.
Participant Recruitment Firms in India
Participant Recruitment Firms in Delhi
- iSERVE Market Research Services- innovative research services (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Address: # 101, D-211, Laxman Singh Complex- I, Opp. Community Centre, Munirka, New Delhi- 110067
Ph: 41359431
Mobile: 9810522661
Website: www.irsindia.com
Participant Recruitment Firms in USA
- Matrix research- http://www.matrix-r.com/
- Schlesinger Associates.com- www.schlesingerassociates.com
- Usability Works- (for recruiting as well as design research)
453A Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA 94133
Ph: 415.392.0776
Email: dana at usabilityworks dot net
Website: www.usabilityworks.net
Participant Recruitment Firms that cover multiple countries
- IMRB International- Across 26 offices in 12 countries – Algeria, Amsterdam, Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, South Korea, UAE-Dubai and UK.
- Ethnio- Ethnio is web based user research recruitment tool by Bolt Peters– a company that specialized in remote user research (and wrote a book about it).
This page at the WAI website is the first in a series of five pages covering the business case for Web accessibility. The five pages, called a “resource suite”, are designed to help develop a customized business case for Web accessibility for a specific organization. The resource suite presents many different aspects of Web accessibility and includes guidance on incorporating these aspects into a specific organization’s business case.
Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization
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