NYS Forum IT Accessibility Work Group

March 2010 Newsletter

### Edited by Joel Obuchowski

Articles and ideas for future newsletters? Please e-mail them to Joel Obuchowski jobuchow@ins.state.ny.us and Estelle Council ecouncil@parole.state.ny.us

 

NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING

Thursday, March 11, 2010, from 2:30pm to 4pm.
Forum Offices, 24 Aviation Road, Colonie
 
If you are unable to attend in person, and wish to participate via teleconference, here's the call-in information:
Phone #: 888-387-8686
Conference ID: 4435001#

 

AGENDA

Introduction
Consultations
"Writing for the Web"
"Accessible PDFs"
Upcoming/In the works presentations
Newsletter - Feature Article
508 Update
White Paper
Resources Web site
Miscellaneous
Closing Remarks

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

"Creating Accessible PDFs"

This session, which was originally scheduled for Febuary 25, 2010 and cancelled due to weather, is being re-scheduled.

When we have more definite information, announcements will be made on the listserv.

"Writing for the Web" - March 8, 2010.,

Initial feedback was positive about this event. It was a good repeat session of the November event, and we hope everyone who attended felt it was worthwhile, too.

Evaluation forms will be available from the NYS Forum Web site soon.

Presentation materials will be available later this week on the Accessibility Resources Web site.

http://www.nysforum.org/accessibility/resources/

FREE Accessibility Unconference in Boston - May 15, 2010

Per the LinkedIn entry: "The purpose here is to bring together members of the developer community, along with other IT folks, usability professionals, end-users with disabilities, accessibility pros, and others to share and learn about accessibility in a nonthreatening, informal environment. What's more, these events are free, and there's typically a lunch involved."

The entry also provided a reference link on what an "Unconference" is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference

For more information and further updates on this event, you will need to join LinkedIn. http://www.linkedin.com

Search for "IBM Accessibility Group" after you join and are logged into LinkedIn.

http://events.linkedin.com/Boston-Accessibility-Unconference/pub/212461

 

RECENT NEWS

Findings: Inaccessible content at Vancouver2010.com and CTVOlympics.ca
http://joeclark.org/access/webaccess/vancouver2010/findings/

Target.com Accessibility
http://webaim.org/blog/target-com-accessibility/

National Federation of the Blind Nonvisual Accessibility Web Certification Granted to Target.com
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=551

Second Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers Released

23 February 2010 | Archive
http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8725

The Mobile Web Test Suites Working Group has just released a brand new Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers. Based on the same idea of evaluating support of a number of Web technologies at a glance as in the first Web Compatibility Test published in July 2008, this second version features a number of more recent technologies that promise to make Web browsers more powerful, in particular on mobile devices. Learn more about the Mobile Web Initiative.

http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/Tests/ http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/Tests/blog/2010/02/09/wctmbv2 http://www.w3.org/2010/01/wctmb2/ http://www.w3.org/2008/06/mobile-test/ http://www.w3.org/Mobile/

 

FEATURE ARTICLE

We are on the hunt for Feature Articles!

If there's an Accessibility news item, story, issue, or organization you feel warrants an article for our newsletter, please contact Joel Obuchowski jobuchow@ins.state.ny.us and Estelle Council ecouncil@parole.state.ny.us