Alt-erations
The section on the alt attribute in the current HTML5 working draft that begins with “What an img element represents depends on the src attribute and the alt attribute” really seems to miss the point....
View ArticleArtifact: pwWebSpeak
In the brief history of the World Wide Web, we have seen a number of technologies and ideas come and go. The non-visual, or self-voicing, Web browser is one technology that emerged in 1995-1996 and...
View ArticleSpring Flowers Bloom Early: DAISY and Buttercup
No, I am not changing the blog theme to Horticulture. Instead, I wanted to write about some digital talking book developments announced two days before today’s official, and snowy (here in New Jersey)...
View ArticleComments Welcome on W3C User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Draft
The W3C WAI User Agent Accessibility Working Group, in which I participate, is looking for your comments on the current draft of UAAG 2.0. Within the document, you will find specific areas that we are...
View ArticleNew Artifact Entry on Structured Audio Navigation
I have added another installment to the Artifacts section, this time some history on Structured Audio Navigation and DAISY. Includes information on how SMIL wound up as part of the DAISY standard.
View ArticleIs that Linux calling? Experiencing the N900 Smart Phone
My research involves emergency notifications on mobile devices, which, as you might guess, gives our team here the opportunity to try out the latest in mobile technology. Yes, the iPhone is great, and...
View ArticleWill the N900 see Meego?
In my initial post regarding the Nokia N900, I expressed some hope that the product would see improvement through software updates to the Maemo operating system. Unfortunately, today’s announcement by...
View ArticleIDRC 2010 @ Davos
The Global Risk Forum’s International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC2010) is on this week in Davos, Switzerland. I’m joined by colleagues from Finland and the US in both a workshop and special...
View ArticleImproving the quality of spoken text on the web
The W3C Accessible Platform Architecture’s Spoken Presentation Task Force is working to develop a standard mechanism to allow authors to control how web content should be presented via text to speech...
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W3C Pronunciation Task Force Demonstration Video
For the W3C TPAC 2020 virtual meeting, the Pronunciation Task Force developed a video that provides an example of pronunciation problems found on the Web when using read aloud tools, as well as...
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