I’ve run across a few issues and concerns lately that talk about JAWS reading the <Title> attributes in IE but not in Firefox.  I had to spend a little time researching this one but here is the gist of it…
The fact that IE works is actually an old IE bug and some dumb [...]

Of course, today is the 20th Anniversary of the ADA! Congratulations, everyone! What’s the perfect way to celebrate the Anniversary? How about a new advanced notice of proposed rulemaking clarifying the ADA’s coverage of the Internet! My old office at the DOJ issued four ANPRM’s on Friday.
This is super exciting! It’s no surprise that Justice [...]

The Web Accessibility Iniative (WAI) does a lot of great work for accessibility. Their new article How to Make Presentations Accessible to All is essential reading.

It sure is nice to see advancements like this being made in these products. The hope is that the industry as a whole will follow Adobe’s example!

We’ve expanded our agenda for our user group meeting during CSUN.  Here’s the official announcement…
HiSoftware would like to invite you and key members of your staff to attend our third User Group Meeting for Education during CSUN, on Thursday, March 25, 2010 featuring an all new agenda.
Join HiSoftware hosts Ken Nakata, Director Accessibility Consulting Practice [...]

The Access Board’s long-awaited Section 508 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is out!  Be sure to take a look— I’m sure it will be all the talk at CSUN next week.

While we try to keep AccessibilityWatch focused on content, I think an opportunity to sync up in person is a worthy exception.  Fellow AccessibilityWatch blogger Jeff Singleton and I will be at CSUN.  You can also meet Dan Revellese, our enterprise sales manager, who is one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet and Richard Gere’s twin-brother-separated-at-birth.  [...]

I was fortunate to get the opportunity to present a session at the BarrierBreak conference Techshare 2010 in New Delhi.
I learned about the Guidelines for Indian Government Websites finalized in January 2009 which encompass a broad area of web compliance rules. Specifically sections 6 and 7 are based off a lot of requirements [...]

For those who keep track of policy regarding web accessibility: On 26 January 2010, the Federal IT Council (FITC) in Switzerland (Informatikrat des Bundes – IRB) accepted the changes to P028 Version 2.0 with unanimous consent. As a result of these changes, existing federal websites must meet WCAG 2.0 [...]

I was at a web conference here in Seattle a few nights ago and the question came up about why new sites and new products are so rarely accessible.  Then my boss asked me the same question this morning when he asked me for my thoughts on the new Technology Bill of Rights of 2010.  [...]