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David Mascarina
BT Blogger 
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
Rite Aid on Thursday announced an extensive set of E-Commerce and POS changes to accommodate visually-impaired consumers, admittedly under an implied litigation threat from advocacy groups.
Since the blog article was published, we got some feedback and reactions from the web community as well as the Barack Obama camp. They fixed the video caption page. Well… issues of accessibility remain:
According to the following NY Times Article:
“A Blind Governor Adjusts, and So Does Albany”
“Although Mr. Paterson often says he does not want people to go out of their way for him, he says society should recognize that he and other blind people cannot do everything on their own.
As one of his first acts as governor, he added instructions to his official state Web site on how to enlarge the type on the screen:
“It’s just being more sensitive to people who feel that government and institutions ignore them,” he said.”
Well… I didn’t waste any time, I went to his Web site! Continue reading David A. Paterson, New York Governor, Accessibilista?