[gui-talk] Fwd: E-Access Bulletin: Issue 91, July 2007

[Steve Pattison]

>From: Dan Jellinek dan at headstar.com
>To: eaccess at headstar.com
>
>++E-ACCESS BULLETIN
>- ISSUE 91, JULY 2007.
>
>A Headstar publication.
>
>Technology news for people with vision impairment
>( http://www.headstar.com/eab/ ).
>Sponsored by:
>Ford Motor Company
>( http://www.ford.co.uk ).
>
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>
>
>
>++Special notice: Techshare Expo 2007
>- 4-5 October 2007, Novotel, London
>
>Techshare Expo 2007 is set to be the biggest ever European exhibition
>on access to the information society by people with disabilities.
>
>Supported by RNIB, RNID, Dyslexia Action and E-Access Bulletin,
>Techshare Expo 2007 is a fabulous new showcase for products,
>services and organisations working to ensure that people with
>disabilities can participate fully in the information age. It is the place
>where decision makers from across the private and public sectors, and
>people with disabilities and their carers will attend to source new
>products and services, meet with suppliers and be inspired by the
>innovations and ideas on show from exhibitors.
>
>For details and to register see:
>http://www.techshare-expo.com/ .
>
>The exhibition is expected to attract more than 1,000 visitors. To find
>out more please contact Claire Clinton at Headstar at:
>claire at headstar.com .
>
>[Special notice ends].
>
>
>++Issue 91 Contents.
>
>++Section One: News.
>
>01: Training Portal For Personal Computing Launches
>- ground-breaking e-learning resource from AbilityNet.
>
>02: Guide Aims To Push Accessibility Up The IT Agenda
>- free advice and information for IT Directors in all sectors.
>
>03: New Accessibility Guidelines Will Be More "Testable"
>- W3C member offers insights into WCAG 2.0.
>
>News in Brief: 04: Innovators Sought - disabled entrepreneur of the
>year award launched; 05: Face Up - popular social networking site
>creates accessible user verification; 06: Easy Read - Google book
>search enhances accessibility.
>
>Section Two: 'The Inbox' - Readers' Forum.
>07: Underground Scene - tube train navigation update; 08: Course
>Response - web design course suggestions; 09: CMS Enquiry - Help
>the Hospices charity request; 10: Inaccessible PARIS - legal and
>technical questions.
>
>Section Three: Conference Report - Web Accessibility.
>11: Power To The New Generation: The launch of the second version
>of WCAG, the global benchmark for web accessibility, has been mired
>in delays. Experts updated delegates on progress and gave some
>insights into the changes it will bring at the annual conference
>'Building the perfect council website,' in London. Mel Poluck listened
>in.
>
>Section Four: Multimedia Devices - Q and A.
>12: Moving On Up: E-Access Bulletin interviews Isaac Porat, the
>creator of exciting new free software providing access to selected news
>and entertainment audio content from the web, among others, aimed at
>users with lower IT skills, developed as a labour of love.
>
>[Contents ends].
>
>
>Section One: News.
>
>
>+01: Training Portal For Personal Computing Launches.
>
>What is thought to be the biggest online training portal created to date
>for learning about assistive technology, featuring e-learning and live
>online tutoring, has been launched by the charity AbilityNet.
>
>The AT training portal
>( http://www.abilitynettraining.org )
>is based on the open source learning platform Moodle
>(http://moodle.org ).
>Courses available range from a general introduction to assistive
>technology; through courses on healthy computing; how technology
>can help people with dyslexia; access to mobile phones; and courses on
>specific technologies such as the Jaws and Thunder screen readers.
>
>One year's access to all courses currently costs 100 pounds per user,
>and single courses can be purchased for 25 pounds, with online
>payment possible using PayPal. One or two courses, such as one on
>making your computer talk in Windows, are free to access.
>
>David Banes, acting Chief Executive of AbilityNet, said that since the
>service went live at the beginning of June, just over 100 users had
>signed up "from all sorts of backgrounds."
>
>"There is interest from individuals with a disability in receiving
>personal online support from a tutor since the cost of having someone
>come in to train you is high," Banes told E-Access Bulletin.
>
>As well as individuals, organisations such as schools and learning
>centres have shown a strong interest in the site, he said. "They may
>have a lot of assistive technology, but staff only use it infrequently. So
>they may use us for Thunder refresher training, for example. They may
>have had a half-day training in the past but need an update."
>
>Future developments could include courses in languages other than
>English, particularly if partners came forward to assist with translation,
>Banes said.
>
>
>+02: Guide Aims To Push Accessibility Up The IT Agenda.
>
>A free, comprehensive guide published this month outlines steps IT
>managers should take to ensure staff and service users with a disability
>can access all internal and public facing technologies.
>
>'The IT directors' guide to accessible IT,' aimed at the public and
>private sectors, explains the needs of people with temporary and
>permanent disabilities; and the steps that IT managers can take to move
>accessibility higher up the corporate agenda. The guide also explains
>how staff and the public can be assisted by technology and what
>software, information and devices are available.
>
>"This is the law," said report author and Publisher of Ability Magazine
>John Lamb. "You can't recruit a disabled person if they cannot work in
>your organisation."
>
>On the other hand, some 50 per cent of disabled people in employment
>whose work life could be improved by simple enhancements to
>desktop systems struggle on unaided, says the guide. The need for IT
>Managers to take action is strengthened by the fact some disabled staff
>prefer not to describe themselves as such and consequently will not ask
>their managers for "special treatment."
>
>"It's not expensive - most adjustments that need to be made to make
>IT systems accessible can be found in Windows," Lamb said.
>
>The guide also highlights any major adjustments to IT systems to
>enhance accessibility should be made at the earliest possible stage.
>"The most important thing is to make systems accessible when
>planning and designing systems," said Lamb. "And to convince people
>to include accessibility in their checklist when they're [buying] a new
>system. Then people can't say 'this is not a reasonable adjustment'
>because it's too expensive.
>
>"There is a lack of easily digestible information on accessibility.
>Something was needed that isn't only for the tecchies," Lamb said.
>Organisations that advised on the guide and are helping distribute it
>are: the Government's Chief Information Officer (CIO) Council, the
>Society of IT Management; National Computing Centre; British
>Computer Society Elite Group and CIO Connect.
>
>The guide was sponsored by Royal Mail in association with the
>Information Technologists' Company. The guide can be downloaded
>for free from:
>http://fastlink.headstar.com/lamb1 .
>
>
>+03: New Accessibility Guidelines Will Be More "Testable".
>
>The long-awaited second version of Web Content Accessibility
>Guidelines (WCAG), the global benchmarks of web accessibility, will
>include far more detailed practical help for designers, a conference for
>public sector web teams heard this month.
>
>WCAG 1.0, the most recent set of guidelines from the World Wide
>Web Consortium (W3C), was released in 1999. WCAG 1.0 suggests
>websites achieve one of three levels of accessibility from a minimum
>of level A, to levels AA and AAA, by meeting several of its 14
>"checkpoints."
>
>But the forthcoming second version, WCAG 2.0, has been updated to
>make checkpoints for accessibility more "testable," said W3C Web
>Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Steering Council and WCAG working
>group
>( http://fastlink.headstar.com/waiabout )
>member Alex Li, at this month's conference "Building the perfect
>council website,"
>( http://www.headstar-events.com/council07 )
>hosted annually by E-Government Bulletin and the Society of IT
>Management (Socitm).
>
>"How do you know you've passed [colour contrast checkpoints]?" said
>Li of WCAG 1.0. "Ask everyone with a colour deficit?" he said. To
>address the issue, checkpoint 1.4.3 of the updated guidelines, for
>example, will say text and images must have a contrast ratio of five to
>one, said Li.
>
>Senior web accessibility consultant at the RNIB, Donna Smillie,
>agreed. "One of the nice things about WCAG 2.0 is criteria are much
>more testable than was the case for many checkpoints with WCAG
>1.0," said Smillie. "It'll be easier to standardise testing of many aspects
>of the guidelines," she told delegates.
>
>Other changes include two less checkpoints in WCAG 2.0 - there will
>be 12 rather than 14 - but the three levels of attainable accessibility, A,
>AA an AAA will remain in the second version.
>Also, web 2.0 features such as interactive mapping, blogs and social
>networking sites will be taken into consideration said Li. "The way we
>use web content is very different [now]. As a result a lot of these things
>need to be updated in WCAG 2.0," he told delegates.
>
>"WCAG 1.0 is still sound. We're not changing its principles but we're
>recognising changes in the web and updating them accordingly," said
>Li. Details of all documents relating to the WCAG 2.0 working draft
>are found at:
>http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag20 .
>The guidelines will be finally released by early 2008.
>
>NOTE: Building the perfect council website is an annual UK event
>hosted by E-Access Bulletin sister publication
>E-Government Bulletin and the Society of IT Management (Socitm).
>For more on this session on WCAG 2.0, see section three, this issue.
>
>
>
>++News in Brief:
>
>
>+04: Innovators Sought: Entrants are invited to enter a contest to find
>the UK's best disabled entrepreneurs. The British Chamber of
>Commerce, disability charity Leonard Cheshire and businessman Sir
>Stelios Haji-Ioannou have launched the competition to find the person
>who can show barriers placed in their way have not stopped them in
>their quest for success. The winner will be rewarded with a cheque for
>50,000 pounds:
>http://www.leonard-cheshire.org/?lid=5087 .
>
>+05: Face Up: One of the world's largest social networking websites is
>to launch an alternative to security test captchas, inaccessible to vision
>impaired users because they use images of text and numbers. Facebook
>now allows vision impaired users to register their mobile phone
>number to verify their identity when registering a user account to
>receive a text message with a verification code. When the code is
>entered, the user's identity is confirmed and such security tests
>avoided:
>http://www.facebook.com/ .
>
>+06: Easy Read: A "View plain text" option link, enabling access to
>the text layer of electronic books has been made available on
>Accessible Google Book this month. The facility, on the Google
>Accessible Search project, was launched by search engine company
>Google allowing users of assistive technologies such as screen readers,
>speech output and Braille display to read the available online books:
>http://fastlink.headstar.com/googlebook1 .
>
>[Section One ends].
>
>
>++Section Two: 'The Inbox'
>- Readers' Forum.
>
>Please email all contributions or responses to:
>inbox at headstar.com .
>
>
>+07: Underground Scene: Terry Robinson, of Describe Online writes
>in response to Lynn Holdsworth's comments on the London
>Underground guide in the Directory Enquiries site last issue: "I
>understand this is based on the accessibility booklet which was
>developed some time ago and, whilst it clearly states how many steps
>there are and what's involved in moving through each station, it stops
>short of telling you how to do it.
>
>"The Describe Online service, on the other hand, tells you what the
>station is like and how to use it. Sadly, at the time of writing, we don't
>have guides to all stations, but hope we can provide this essential
>service in due course.
>
>"While explaining how to use the station, we also explain the
>accessibility, or otherwise, of that station and recommend easiest
>routes to, around and through it. Please visit:
>http://www.describe-online.com
>and follow the links to the National Rail and London Underground
>pages. You'll note that we have a text map and station finder for each
>network, plus a growing number of guides to stations. I hope this
>helps."
>[responses to inbox at headstar.com].
>
>
>+08: Course Response: Phia Damsma from Sonokids, an international
>organisation aimed at developing web based educational materials for
>vision impaired people, writes in response to the following request
>from the June issue: "Norman Waddington writes on behalf of an
>acquaintance looking for a web design course suitable for a blind
>person with additional disabilities."
>
>Phia writes: "The information does not say if the acquaintance really
>wants to do a course, or if he is just interested in creating his own
>website. If the latter is the case, a free 'sonoplanet' website would be
>ideal. It comes with a fully accessible web content management
>system, which assists in the creation of a fully accessible website. Each
>web account includes a guestbook, blog, photo album and poll. We
>will gladly provide Norman's acquaintance with such a free website
>account. The web address starts with
>http://www.sonoplanet.com
>and he should choose a name or word. Please let me know and I will
>prepare an account.
>
>And Jacob Kruger, AKA "Blind Biker" also responds. He writes:
>"Although I'm not sure how accessible it would be to someone who has
>no previous experience related to web design or layout, there is a very
>good website with various tutorials related to web development and
>design at:
>http://www.w3schools.com .
>The tutorials are freely available, and while somewhat technical, they
>are pretty accessible using, for example, something like Jaws. I was a
>web developer before becoming blind, and I have used this place to
>remind myself about quite a lot of the details involved in web
>development, design and layout.
>[responses to inbox at headstar.com].
>
>
>+09: CMS Enquiry: Simon Brasch, Database and Website Manager at
>charity Help the Hospices writes: "Can you tell me anything you may
>have heard of a Content Management System (CMS) called EasySite
>by EIBS? They claim it has basic back-end and front-end accessibility
>built in, and a company can choose to make these features mandatory.
>Just wondering if you have come across them in your travels?"
>[responses to inbox at headstar.com].
>
>
>+10: Inaccessible PARIS: David Rosser from the Sensory Team
>Torbay Care Trust writes: "I am visually impaired and use a piece of
>software called PARIS at work on a daily basis but find it inaccessible
>due to my limited vision even though I use Supernova (screen reader or
>magnification).
>
>"Is there anything I can do or is there any legislation around that could
>assist me? Furthermore the company's website has recently been
>redesigned but could be made more accessible as well.
>
>"Do websites or software bought by local authorities have to be tested
>before they are bought or undergo any test?"
>[responses to inbox at headstar.com].
>
>
>[Inbox ends].
>
>
>++Section Two - Focus
>- Accessibility Guidelines.
>
>+11: Power To The New Generation
>by Mel Poluck.
>
>In terms of popular culture, the world has changed since 1999: pop
>group the Spice Girls were at the peak of their fame; Bill Clinton was
>President of the US Government; and we downloaded our music from
>Napster for free. The internet has changed too, but at least it is still
>relevant.
>
>Alex Li, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Steering Council and Web
>Content Working Group (WCAG) Working Group member, invited
>delegates of this month's conference "Building the perfect council
>website,"
>( http://www.headstar-events.com/council07/ ),
>in London, to look back to what was "hot" in 1999, the year that also
>saw the release of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
>version 1.0.
>
>The WCAG guidelines are now used across the globe to shape
>inclusive website design and development to ensure accessibility to all
>users with a disability and users of assistive technologies.  The
>guidelines recommend that website developers comply with three
>levels of accessibility ranging from level 'A' for minimum
>accessibility; level 'AA' or the rarely achieved level 'AAA.' These
>will remain in WCAG 2.0.
>
>This second version, subject to several delays since its inception, is the
>result of five years collaborative work between the WCAG working
>group and individuals; researchers; disability organisations; people
>with a disability; educational institutions; industry; web developers;
>and government. The working draft can be seen at:
>http://fastlink.headstar.com/wcag2complete
>and has many supporting documents to accompany it at:
>http://fastlink.headstar.com/wcag2intro .
>
>Since WCAG was first conceived, the web has become a more
>colourful place, with blossoming virtual worlds; countless blogs; social
>networking sites and interactive digital maps. The second version, due
>by the beginning of next year, has had to adapt accordingly. "The way
>we use content is very different. Collaborative content such as
>MySpace, YouTube and Google Maps are very rich in content," said
>Li. "As a result a lot of these things needed to be updated in WCAG
>2.0."
>
>"One thing to ask yourself is what [web-based] interaction are we
>doing?" Li asked the public sector delegates. " - Live traffic
>information? Online education? Online tax payment? Blogging?
>Podcasting? - these are all web 2.0 activities. If you are, you have to
>look at WCAG 2.0. WCAG 1.0 would slow you down significantly,"
>said Li. "WCAG 1.0 is still sound. We're not changing its principles
>but we're recognising changes in the web and updating them
>accordingly."
>
>Not only has the web expanded greatly, but so has the choice of
>assistive technologies people use to access it. "WCAG 2.0 is much
>more flexible in terms of technology," said Li. "In Version 2.0,
>everything is written in such a way that is technology neutral," he said.
>He said in WCAG 2.0, for example, there is less emphasis on the use
>of HTML and Cascading Style Sheets, used by web authors to define
>document presentation and allow the same page to be rendered on-
>screen, in print, by voice when read by a speech-based browser or
>screen reader and on Braille-based, tactile devices.
>Perhaps the most important change from WCAG 1.0 is that under each
>guideline, there will be so-called "success criteria" describing what
>must be achieved to conform to each guideline, similar to the
>"checkpoints" of WCAG 1.0. Each success criterion is written as a
>statement that will be either true or false when specific web content is
>tested against it. As ever, while some can be tested by computer
>programs, others must be tested by qualified human testers and
>occasionally, a combination of those two may be used.
>Donna Smillie, Senior Web Accessibility Consultant at the RNIB, said
>changes to the guidelines would impact on the accessibility testing that
>takes place at the charity, which tests and accredits websites as part of
>one of its services. "From the point of view of the RNIB one of the
>nice things about WCAG 2.0 is criteria are much more testable than
>was the case for many checkpoints with WCAG 1.0," said Smillie.
>"It'll be easier to standardise testing of many aspects of the
>guidelines," she told delegates.
>
>
>NOTE: 'Building the perfect council website' is an annual UK
>event hosted by E-Access Bulletin sister publication
>E-Government Bulletin and the Society of IT Management.
>
>[Section Three ends].
>
>
>++Section Four: Multimedia Devices
>- Q and A.
>
>+12: Moving On Up
>by Isaac Porat.
>
>In February last year, E-Access Bulletin reported on development
>plans for 'SpeakOn', a hardware device aimed at providing access to
>selected news and entertainment audio web content without the need
>for high IT skills. The project is being headed by assistive technology
>charity a-technic
>( http://www.a-technic.net ).
>Planned content included DAISY-formatted books, MP3 music files,
>internet radio stations, podcasts and other web site content including
>online newspapers.
>
>Since that time, the project has split into two elements: SpeakOn which
>is a free software product, now available, that anyone can download
>and run on their PC; and the original concept of a hardware box, now
>codenamed 'Pipistrelle' and still in development. This month, E-Access
>Bulletin interviews the creator and developer of SpeakOn, Isaac Porat,
>and finds out exactly what is planned for this new technology.
>
>
>Q: What is SpeakOn and what can it do?
>
>A: SpeakOn is free, self-voicing software for finding, retrieving and
>listening to media.
>
>The E-Access Bulletin news item about SpeakOn in February 2006
>talked mainly about a self-contained box, but we subsequently decided
>to launch SpeakOn first as software for the PC. This software caters for
>people who are comfortable with computers but are looking for an easy
>and relaxing way to enjoy media.
>
>SpeakOn was launched in June 2006 (almost exactly a year ago) and
>has had a number of major upgrades since. It now covers pretty well all
>specialized media services for blind people in the UK, as well as
>general types of media such as internet radio and podcasts. Much work
>has been done to improve the user interface for ease of use and more
>features in handling general formats and media types have been added.
>
>In its most recent feature release last month, support is provided to
>browse and listen directly to the latest audio narrated streaming service
>provided by the talking newspaper organisation
>( TNAUK - http://www.tnauk.org.uk/ ).
>It also closes some gaps in SpeakOn's media cover by handling CDs of
>MP3 books such as those supplied by Calibre and support for audio
>CDs. The album and track names are spoken to the user if available on
>the internet repository. Although SpeakOn is free for use, it is not open
>source. This is because we want to maintain control over its
>development path.
>
>
>Q: What first triggered the development of SpeakOn?
>
>A: SpeakOn was born out of my own frustrations as a blind person in
>finding, retrieving and playing media such as music, books,
>newspapers and magazines using conventional PC access technology. I
>was tired of memorising endless shortcut keys for different
>applications and wanted a more relaxing way of listening to media
>rather than having to sit upright in front of my computer. I started to
>develop SpeakOn essentially for myself to address these issues.
>
>
>Q: What unique features does SpeakOn offer that differentiate it from
>other products and tools already on the market?
>
>A: Currently, SpeakOn contains two applications; the first one, the
>'Media Centre' covers a range of general purpose and special media
>services for the blind. All these media can be accessed by conventional
>means, but SpeakOn offers a uniform approach and therefore ease of
>use and speed for finding, retrieving and playing the media it supports.
>
>The second application includes a player for the popular 'Last.FM'
>internet music service. The players available already for this service
>are to my knowledge essentially not accessible for blind users.
>
>
>Q: What has been most challenging about developing the SpeakOn
>software?
>
>A: SpeakOn is all about using the same interface, regardless of the
>media used. In the real world, the various media are available in
>different locations remotely and on the user's computer. These media
>come in different text and audio formats, and a great challenge has
>always been for the software to do as much work as possible 'under the
>hood' so that to the user it all appears the same.
>
>
>Q: How have you overcome these challenges?
>
>A: I started with the basic interface model and a range of supported
>media. Feedback from users started to arrive after the launch of
>SpeakOn in late June 2006. There are a number of enthusiastic fans
>who are prepared to stay in touch on a regular basis and test new
>features of the program, giving advice and suggestions; this proved
>invaluable and I am grateful to them.
>
>Over the past year, the user interface has been gradually improved and
>more features based on user feedback added. I realise that as SpeakOn
>grows, more help will be needed from the community in providing
>links to media resources, documentation and just spreading the word.
>
>
>Q: How many people use SpeakOn?
>
>A: There have been over 1,000 public downloads so far. Now that the
>features and support for specialised media are generally complete, I
>feel that SpeakOn is ready for a bigger audience.
>
>
>Q: Is SpeakOn a type of screen reader?
>
>A: Most blind people know about screen readers or magnifiers and
>their use in a Windows-type system. Screen readers try to enable
>access to conventional programs designed for sighted users with a
>varying degree of success, depending on how the mainstream software
>is written.
>
>SpeakOn is different in its interface and approach in that it has no
>visual interface.  It is designed from the ground up for input by a
>limited number of keys and speech is built in for communicating with
>the user. The interface is optimised for easy media access.
>
>SpeakOn is not competing against screen readers as screen readers are
>an essential tool for everyday use in accessing mainstream software.
>SpeakOn just addresses a specific problem in providing a quick and
>relaxing way to access media from the comfort of your armchair.
>Because of its unconventional approach, it may not suit everybody.
>
>
>Q: Can SpeakOn be used by organisations as well as by individuals?
>
>A: The SpeakOn licence does not distinguish between use by
>individuals or organisations, and any organisation is welcome to train
>users to access media using SpeakOn if they wish.
>
>We are currently collaborating with screenreader.net, the distributor of
>the Thunder screen reader, to provide free computer access for the
>broadest user-base possible. We recognise that we both are providing
>products that complement each other.
>
>We are also collaborating with organisations that provide specialized
>online content, notably TNAUK and the Seeing Ear Library. Other
>online content such as the Soundings magazine and ACB radio for
>example can be accessed using SpeakOn with its standard interfaces.
>DAISY and MP3 books distributed by various organisations can also
>be easily played, and we are in discussion with various other
>organisations in the UK and the US about possible further
>developments and provision of content.
>
>
>Q: What is planned for the future of SpeakOn?
>
>A: SpeakOn so far has been aimed at people who are reasonably
>comfortable using computers. This version of SpeakOn will always be
>there and will be developed further to include more media and possibly
>applications beyond media as well.
>
>However, I am currently developing a version of SpeakOn specifically
>for people who have limited knowledge of computers. This version
>will be offered to the public in the next few months for the Windows
>operating system.
>
>It is recognised that some people will never use computers and to that
>end we at a-technic would like to offer the 'easy' version of SpeakOn or
>similar, operating in its own box. Together with my a-technic
>colleagues, Chris Mairs and John Batty, I have started to work on this
>project, codenamed Pipistrelle.  SpeakOn already runs under the Linux
>operating system but more work needs to be done to make this a
>practical proposition. Linux is free and can be tailored to do
>specifically what SpeakOn requires for its functionality running on a
>dedicated hardware.
>
>In its own box, Pipistrelle like the existing SpeakOn software running
>on a standard laptop, will communicate through WiFi and broadband,
>using a simple numerical keypad or a similar device for input and will
>connect to standard speakers and HiFi.
>
>For this stage in the development, specific hardware will be required
>and we will need to form partnerships with companies and
>organisations that will help us by manufacturing, distributing and
>supporting the product.
>
>
>NOTE: For more information about SpeakOn and to download the
>software and view the manual, see:
>http://www.a-technic.net/speakon.htm .
>
>Isaac Porat is a professor of materials science at the University of
>Manchester. He is also a trustee of TNAUK and a-technic. SpeakOn
>was developed as a labour of love in his spare time. Isaac can be
>contacted at: speakon at a-technic.net .
>
>[Section Four ends].
>
>
>++Special Notice: Web Accessibility Forum.
>
>Accessify Forum is a discussion forum devoted to all topics relating to
>web accessibility. Topics cover everything from 'Beginners' and 'Site
>building and testing' through to projects such as the new accessibility
>testing tool WaiZilla and the accessibility of the open source forum
>software itself.
>
>All you need to register is a working email address, so come along and
>join in the fun at:
>http://www.accessifyforum.com .
>
>[Special notice ends].
>
>
>++Special Notice: Braille Translations.
>
>Braille Translations provides a fast, cost-effective, high quality service
>of translating any document into Braille. We are able to provide Braille
>menus, public leaflets and business cards in Braille and help make you
>compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act. We can translate
>from large print, audio tape or audio CD.
>
>We can also help with premises accessibility including Braille Tactile
>Signs for toilets and other doors.
>
>All work is proof-read before dispatch and we are able to provide an
>express 24-hour service. Please call our offices for an immediate
>quotation or for further information on Freephone number 08000 190
>946; Mobile: 07903 996533; email ghow at brailletranslations.co.uk or
>see:
>http://www.brailletranslations.co.uk .
>
>
>++End Notes.
>
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>[Issue ends.]


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