IBM have announced a Browser plug-in that will make embedded streamed media more accessible including facilitating stop/start/play, forward/rewind, variable speed, independant volume control, and optional described narrative (where appropriate meta data is available) where all this functionality is not accessible through the default interface used by the site and even where it is not available via the primary interface.
So just what is a decorative image? It seems to me that one person’s eye candy is another person’s emotional link to a website.
For some, decorative images are those horizontal rules, bullets and other forms of minor clipart we find sprinkled around the web. For others, the term is wider ranging. It includes more content rich images such as photos and artwork.
So, you might ask, what’s the problem with this varied point of view? The answer is simple. Alt texts.
2006 was an interesting year for web accessibility, not least because the initial findings from the first global look at web accessibility were published last month.
Working on the United Nations (UN) commissioned report was a wonderful experience for the team at Nomensa. Launching the research on the International Day of Disabled Persons was a poignant moment, and being present at UN headquarters whilst the last meeting of the Ad Hoc committee responsible for drawing up the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, was a wonderful opportunity.
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I’ve begun to hear rumblings in the press, on blogs and through word-of-mouth of a so-called ‘accessibility backlash’.
“…Owners of some small businesses feel that ‘the DDA has gone too far’!”
“…Some web developers believe that too much emphasis has been placed on blindness and partial sight at the expense of people with other impairments!”
I am so happy to hear this.
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