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Major new report Accessible ICT -- Benefits to Business and Society

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Bloor Research is a member of the OneVoice for Accessible ICT coalition and is delighted to announce the availability of an accessible PDF version of the coalition's report Accessible Information and... [Read More...]

Inspiring Launch of Apps for Good

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

On Wednesday 3 March 2010 I attended the inspiring launch of Apps for Good in Tulse Hill, Lambeth, South London. Apps for Good is a project that will provide an environment for young people in the... [Read More...]

Lotus Symphony 3 beta 2 available for testing

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0100

IBM Lotus recently announced the availability of the latest beta for Lotus Symphony and I have been trying it out for the last week. I have been very impressed by the new functions available. For... [Read More...]

Technology Bill of Rights for the Blind Act of 2010

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0100

In January 2010, a new act was submitted to Congress in the United States of America, which, if it becomes law, may have a profound affect on accessibility of technology devices. The brief... [Read More...]

The pen is mightier than the digit

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0100

For hundreds of years we have been recording, collecting, distributing and storing information using pen and paper; this extends to thousands of years if we include making marks on... [Read More...]

Accessibility 2010 start this week

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:00:00 +0100

2010 is going to be another big year for accessibility. Firstly because, in 2006, European ministers agreed that all public websites in Europe should be accessible by 2010: not all of them are yet so... [Read More...]

Apple listens and talks about accessibility

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Apple products have included accessibility functions for many years; the difference in the latest releases is that Apple is making accessibility a significant part of the marketing of the... [Read More...]

Does technology make it easier or harder for disabled entrepreneurs?

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:00:00 +0100

This house believes that technology makes it harder for disabled entrepreneurs. The motion was narrowly defeated when debated at the event organised by WCIT on the 7th October.� During the debate... [Read More...]

Accessibility Conferences

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:00:00 +0100

There is a constant stream of accessibility and disability related conferences it seems to me to be useful to have a blog listing these. [Read More...]

Nominations open for Doing IT Differently Award 2009

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:00:00 +0100

RADAR's People of the Year Awards includes the category 'Doing IT Differently' for people who have Innovated IT for people with disabilities. [Read More...]

Testing websites with the WebAnywhere screen-reader

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Understanding the problems faced by screen-reader users is difficult for web designers. WebAnywhere is a free screen-reader that will help in the design and testing of websites. [Read More...]

View from the Plinth

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:00:00 +0100

The fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square shows how dictation software can be used as a creative tool. A fun hour with as serious message. [Read More...]

Citizen Productivity at Building Perfect Council Websites Conference

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Citizen Productivity was a catch phrase I picked up from a key note speech at the Building Perfect Council Website Conference it is a great way to judge any website. [Read More...]

A hole in section 508

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Section 508 does not ask a vital question, are the outputs from the product accessible. For tools that are used to create output such as web content or documents this is more important than the accessibility of the tool. [Read More...]

Accessibility on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalguar Square London

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0100

The view from the fourth plinth will be described using speech technology. Showing the benefits for any computer users includes those with disabilities. [Read More...]

Creation of Accessible Documents - A Market Update from Bloor Research

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Market update investigating the available products for creating accessible PDF documents. [Read More...]

Apple push accessibility to the front

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Apple's latest announcement of Mac OS and iPhone 3Gs promote the new accessibility features. It is good to see Apple take accessibility really seriously. [Read More...]

Implementing WCAG 2.0 Guidelines through Automated Testing

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Websites are continually being modified. They also need to be kept compliant with regulation and guidelines such as WCAG 2.0. HiSoftware Compliance Sheriff provides a solution for keeping dynamic websites compliant. [Read More...]

Major step forward in Accessible PDF Standards

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:00:00 +0100

PDF/UA (Universal Accessibility) project is now an ISO Approved Work Item, the first step to becoming a full standard. [Read More...]

e-Access 09 and what the accessiblity community needs

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Poll shows that lack of awareness of accessiblity may still be the biggest barrier to good ICT suport for people with disabilities. What can and should be done? [Read More...]

Accessibility has its rewards

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Graeme Whippy, a leading member of the accessibility community, gets public recognition. [Read More...]

Accessibility - important, not important - please tell us

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Bloor is conducting a survey on attitudes and plans for accessiblity. The results will be presented at e-Access '09. The results will enable organsiations, vendors and Bloor Research to make more informed decisions about accessibility. [Read More...]

Access-checker for Microsoft Office

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:00:00 +0100

NetCentric's PAW (PDF Accessibility Wizard) for Microsfot Word checks and prompts for accessibility issues during document authoring so improving the conversion to accessible PDF. [Read More...]

Wheelchairs and accessible ICT

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Wheelchairs are not an ICT accessibility barrier but maybe we can learn indirectly from wheelchair accessibility and the physical world. [Read More...]

Latest iPod Shuffle smallest and accessible

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:00:00 +0100

The latest Shuffle is too small for a screen so it uses voice output. As a by-product it is accessible to people with vision impairments. [Read More...]

Accessible print for all

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:00:00 +0100

As transactional reports to consumers get more detailed and more voluminous they become a major problem to people with print disabilities. Crawford Technologies provides a cost-effective way to deliver alternate output formats. [Read More...]

WCAG 2.0 Rap and Easy YouTube

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0100

Need a short accessibility video before a coffee break? Here is an answer for you. [Read More...]

Learning Access Suite - for all schools

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Microlink, Claro and Nuance provide affordable, accessible, assistive technologies to schools with Learning Access Suite. The initial schools are delighted. [Read More...]

TalkByText: a telephone call for people with hearing or speech impairments

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0100

The RNID has developed a family of solutions for synchronous text conversation. How can they be used by enterprises and the wider community? [Read More...]

How to tag documents with multiple languages and scripts.

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0100

This article contains English, Hebrew and Arabic. It needs to be tagged with precision. [Read More...]