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US Law School Council Settles Web Access Legal Action.

Posted on June 7, 2011 by jeb

From Dan Jellinek’s E-Access Newsletter: The Law School Admissions Council (LASC) in the US has agreed to make its website fully accessible to blind and visually impaired users following legal action by the country’s National Federation of the Blind (NFB). … Continue reading →

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Office for Mac 2011 Update – SP1

Posted on April 15, 2011 by jeb

I have updated my January blog about Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 which speaks to my disappointment that the product is not accessible. This week Microsoft, to their credit, released Service Pack 1 (SP1) which solves some of the accessibility … Continue reading →

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NFB Questions Google Apps Accessibility

Posted on March 21, 2011 by jeb

I have known for some time that there were some accessibility issues with the wildly popular free services available through Google. I thought it was just a matter of time before Google got around to fixing it. Perhaps they should … Continue reading →

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MS Office for the Mac and Accessibility

Posted on January 31, 2011 by jeb

UPDATE: April 15, 2011 – Microsoft has released Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Office for Mac – version 2011. I am happy to report that the new version now has the capacity for users to add alternative text to images. … Continue reading →

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Writing ALT Descriptions

Posted on December 30, 2010 by jeb

Several months ago I was searching for resources on how to write a decent – “good” – Alternative Description, also known as an “ALT description.” The use of the ALT description has been around for a number of years and … Continue reading →

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