Web Sites Agree to Be Accessible to Blind
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In one of the first enforcement actions of the Americans with Disabilities Act on the Internet, two major travel services have agreed to make sites more accessible to the blind and visually impaired.
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Many Web sites around the world  are beyond the reach of disabled persons but could easily be  improved to meet international accessibility standards, a  survey commissioned by the United Nations found on Tuesday.
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While more search marketers are becoming aware of usability and accessibility concerns, the numbers are still very small. A new lawsuit filed in California has the potential to change that.
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BBC Click examines how sites are allowing like-minded users to find and interact with one another.
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Mozilla Firefox is a safe, free, fast, simple and compatible Web browser that may be the answer to letting go of Internet Explorer once and for all.
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97% of websites fall short WCAG guidelines Ninety-seven per cent of websites fail to achieve a minimum level of accessibility, according to the first ever global web accessibility survey. A new UN convention aims to change that.â¦
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Disaboom.com, a new Web site for the 50 million Americans that have a disability, combines social-networking with medical news, career advice, dating resources and travel tips.
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Priceline.com and Ramada.com have agreed to make their Web pages easier to navigate for the blind and visually impaired as part of a settlement with New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.
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With all the new technologies being developed for the Web, forms are still the best method for collecting information from visitors. HTML is the most widely used method but it can cause accessibilty issues. Fortunately, there's another option, Accessible Forms Creator. By Lee Underwood. 0307
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US researchers have given a washing machine a voice so that it can be used by visually impaired people
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By Miguel Helft  Millions of people enjoy free Web-based software programs, but they have a drawback in that they are available to users only when they are online.
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Acrobat 8 line, due in November, will allow people to view a common PDF file via a Web browser.
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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates signed an agreement Friday with a Spanish association for the blind to develop better software for people with visual impairments.
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Websites face axe in search for 'sufficient public value'
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By TOM DOWLING  VISITORS to Liverpool's Shopmobility service are switching on powered scooters - and logging on to the internet.   A range of aids make the computers fully accessible for people with a disability and staff can provide assistance for those new to computers.
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The upcoming version of the open-source Web browser will fit right in with Windows XP, Vista and Mac OS X. Linux is another matter entirely.
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Ninety seven percent of websites are failing to provide even basic access for disabled people, a survey finds.