Barbara Taylor's List: Web Accessibility

Very readable article from WebAIM at Utah State that gives an overview of opportunities the Web offers for the disabled, barriers they face, and how institutions can implement web accessibility. Check out the links to two excellent videos: "Keeping Web Accessibility in Mind" and "Experiences of Students with Disabilities."

webaim.org/intro - Preview

accessibility webaim on 2009-06-04 and saved by 5 people

Great videos from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Links at bottom of page to videos from other sources.

www.doit.wisc.edu/...video - Preview

accessibility webdesign on 2009-06-04 and saved by 18 people

Good set of "rules" about how to write good text for links and how to format them so they are easily recognizable.

www.webcredible.co.uk/...effective-link-text.shtml - Preview

on 2009-09-15 and saved by 3 people

Great selection of accessibility videos from University of Washington

www.washington.edu/Video - Preview

webdesign accessibility on 2009-06-04 and saved by 2 people

Trace Center Mission Statement: "To prevent the barriers and capitalize on the opportunities presented by current and emerging information and telecommunication technologies, in order to create a world that is as accessible and usable as possible for as many people as possible."

trace.wisc.edu - Preview

accessibility webdesign assistive on 2009-06-04 and saved by 14 people

Good article from WebAIM on how to make images accessible.

www.webaim.org/images - Preview

webaim accessibility webdesign on 2009-06-04 and saved by 6 people

Includes good list of links to text-to-speech tools that can convert the text of your blog to speech.

mashable.com/...o-a-podcast-on-itunes-for-free - Preview

text-to-speech texttospeech on 2009-06-27 and saved by 58 people

webaim.org/...link_text.php - Preview

on 2009-09-25

webaim.org/hypertext - Preview

on 2009-09-25

ncsu.edu/access - Preview

accessibility on 2009-11-20 and saved by 2 people