During the summer of 2011, I spent a three-week exchange trip living with a host family in Sweden. Aside from my experiences with Swedish culture, I encountered first-hand the challenges of living with a disability, as my host mother was blind. I learned very quickly how independent and strong peopl...
After having been pretending to be blind and trying to browse the Web for about 24 hours, I can't even begin to explain how important web accessibility is. It is a whole new world relying on screen readers to extract the information present on a web page. It is also a realization of how much most of...
It sure was exciting when Google’s new reCaptcha was announced early December. Dubbed “No Captcha”, the goal of course is to provide a service that determines a human from a bot in order to prevent spam and abuse of online forms. Derek Feathersone (@feather) from Simply Accessible ...
A blind person uses a screen reader software to use the computer. Most individuals who are blind use standard keyboards. However, Braille input devices are available and Braille key labels can assist with keyboard use. Here is one the most informative videos on the subject. We highly recommend vi...
A screen reader is a software application that attempts to identify and interpret what is being displayed on the screen (or, more accurately, sent to standard output, whether a video monitor is present or not). This interpretation is then re-presented to the user with text-to-speech, sound icons, or...
