In my last post, Accessibility and Client Expectations, a major point was on the practice of implementing accessibility as a site “add-on,” rather than developing a web site from the ground up with accessibility in mind. Some of the features which are implemented in this manner fall into a gross category I’m inclined to describe as “pseudo-accessibility.” In general, pseudo-accessible features are those which: Solve the symptom, not the problem. Create additional accessibility problems in their implementation Reinvent the wheel […]
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Video Accessibility Problems
Article Updates Updated August 11, 2011 Updated links Added tools section Extended information about caption support Miscellaneous text edits Updated January 12, 2026 Updated links and resources Updated comments about caption availability Updated comments about Audio Description and ASL. In our Web 2.0 times it seems like video sharing has become a social media giant. I can certainly see why – it’s exciting and novel to be able to transmit these magical moving images across time and space! Well, OK…if […]
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See also the more recent update on the lawsuit. One of the original reasons I started this blog was to track information about the ongoing accessibility lawsuit against Target Corporation. Recently, ComputerWorld published an extensive article discussing the lawsuit and surrounding issues. The article contains a number of interesting points, including a great quote on Ajax and Accessibility from Jeff Bishop, a blind application systems analyst at the University of Arizona in Tucson. "It’s very, very, very scary. Before, so […]
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