assistive technologies

April 2, 2009
Optimizing Your Web Site for the Blind

Online assistive technologies for the blind continue to evolve. Where people with low vision use screen magnification software to aid them in using web sites, the blind use screen readers. One of the most common-and free-screen readers is called JAWS. This software introduces each page to the listener and reads every word on the screen as well as information running behind the scenes. Here are some tips for optimizing your corporate web site for blind users and screen reader technology. (Read more…)
February 12, 2009
Making Your Web Site Accessible for the Disabled

Organizations spend billions of dollars each year to create accessible homes, buildings, and public areas for the disabled. Yet many of these organizations fail to provide the same accessibility on their Web sites. (Read more…)

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