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Lighthouse International, a leader in advocating accessibility for people with low vision, recently unveiled an innovative add-on software tool that will enable millions of people worldwide with low vision to access previously inaccessible web pages. Continue reading Free Web Browser Software Developed for People Who Are Visually Impaired
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BRUSSELS, July 2 (Xinhua) — The European Commission on Wednesday launched a public consultation on measures to make websites accessible to the disabled. Continue reading EU launches consultation on web accessibility for disabled
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By: Peter Abrahams, Practice Leader - Accessibility and Usability, Bloor Research
Published: 21st July 2008
Copyright Bloor Research © 2008
Textic Limited, the text to speech solutions specialist, recently announced the commercial launch of Talklets, the Web 2.0 service that ‘voice-enables’ text-based Web content.
So why should you want to voice-enable your web site? The simple answer is that it adds an extra level of accessibility to the site and further ensures compliance with existing and proposed legislation around the world; but that is only part of the answer. Continue reading Talking websites improve accessibility and sales
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By MARTYN WILLIAMS, IDG News Service\Tokyo Bureau, IDG
IBM launched on Tuesday an application that seeks to harness the power and time of Internet users around the globe to make the Web more accessible to the visually impaired. Continue reading I.B.M. Software Enhances Web Accessibility for the Blind
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A new text-to-speech (TTS) conversion service could help to significantly improve website accessibility and help businesses make the most of their text-based assets.
This is according to UK firm Textic, whose Talklets Web 2.0 offering is unlike similar solutions in that it is the first TTS application to make use of a commercial software as a service platform. Continue reading New TTS service aims to boost accessibility
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