Accessibility in Google Apps

Shadowed adults, children, and person in wheelchair holding hands, in the background a rising sun.

At the Accessibility in Google Apps webinar, Google staff discussed the importance of accessibility at Google as well as the challenges. Naomi Black of the Google Accessibility team shared the accessibility features and functionality in Google Docs, Spreadsheets, Sites and Calendar. Google is focusing on two areas to advance accessibility for the web: ChromeVox (screen… Continue reading Accessibility in Google Apps

Deborah’s Weekly Links: August 29, 2011

Like many people before me, I’m starting a weekly list of links I share online. Several friends who aren’t on Twitter asked for one place where they can find the resources I share. Hopefully others will find it a useful resource for web design, content strategy, user experience, as well as interesting articles. Responsive Web… Continue reading Deborah’s Weekly Links: August 29, 2011

How People Who Are Blind See the Internet

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Your eyes are absorbing this webpage. They’re passing over this, this, then this word, right now. That’s how reading works, online: you take this for granted. But what if you couldn’t? We grant our gaze to electronic screens for most of the day, and in return, they give us anything we want. We stare; they… Continue reading How People Who Are Blind See the Internet