The site is a resource for everyone who is interested in E-accessibility and Internet Society. Here you can find freshly updated informations about Italian, European and Worldwide conferences, laws, researches, books and statistics about accessibility situation and new media.
Patrizia, Bertini and Bazz. Accessibile.net (2003). (Italian) Resources>Accessibility>Journalism>Italy
A directory of almost 100 online resources in accessibility and accessible design.
Accessibility Components Resource List
In trying to build accessible products, it is sometimes difficult to find key components. This is particularly true when building prototypes or coordinating small volume productions. This resource listing is provided to assist people in finding sources for key accessibility components such as accessible telephone handsets (for use on kiosks, etc.), voice technology products and other accessible components. It is maintained on an 'as we find it basis.' In other words, when we locate particular components or they are brought to our attention, we wll include them here.
University of Wisconsin. Resources>Usability>Accessibility>Universal Usability
Accessibility Links and Resources
An annotated collection of dozens of online resources in web accessibilty.
A collection of tutorials to help web designers understand accessibility issues.
This page shows the user a view of how people with various visual disabilities would experience a website. Includes colour blindness, Diabetic Retinothopy, Cataracts, Macular degeneration and Glaucoma.
Aylward, Rhona. Alpha Squared (2004). Resources>Web Design>Accessibility
A website devoted to exploring accessibility at the intersection of technology and rhetoric. The cornerstone of the site is, at least for now, a study of accessible podcasting.
Zdenek, Sean. Accessible Rhetoric. Resources>Accessibility>Rhetoric>Blogs
AccessiBlog was a weblog of articles and sites dealing with the topic of Web accessibility (though it is no longer updated).
Clark, Joe. AccessiBlog (2003). Resources>Web Design>Accessibility>Blogs
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre: Technical Glossary
Comprehensive list of adaptive technology devices with detailed descriptions and examples of how they are used. Covers Alternative Keyboards, Alternative Mouse Systems, Braille Embosser and Text to Braille Conversion, Refreshable Braille Displays, Screen Magnifiers, Screen Readers and Talking Browsers, Text-to-Speech Systems, Animated Signing Characters (Signing Avatars) to name but a few.
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (2004). Resources>Accessibility>Technology>Glossary
Creating Captions Using MAGpie 2.0
MAGpie allows the captioning of Web audio and video content for use in QuickTime, RealPlayer, and Windows Media Player.
WebAIM (2004). Resources>Software>Accessibility>Video
Designing More Usable Documents
This section of Designing a More Usable World is dedicated to cooperative efforts linked toward creating more usable documents for all. A number of interrelated efforts and projects are listed below.
Designing More Usable Web Sites
This section of Designing a More Usable World is dedicated to cooperative efforts linked toward building a more usable Web for all. At the present time, there are a number of interlocking and interrelated efforts.
University of Wisconsin (2001). Resources>Usability>Accessibility>Web Design
Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards (Section 508)
The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) is issuing final accessibility standards for electronic and information technology covered by section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998. Section 508 requires the Access Board to publish standards setting forth a definition of electronic and information technology and the technical and functional performance criteria necessary for such technology to comply with section 508. Section 508 requires that when Federal agencies develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology, they shall ensure that the electronic and information technology allows Federal employees with disabilities to have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to the access to and use of information and data by Federal employees who are not individuals with disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed on the agency. Section 508 also requires that individuals with disabilities, who are members of the public seeking information or services from a Federal agency, have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to that provided to the public who are not individuals with disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed on the agency.
Access Board, The (2000). Resources>Web Design>Accessibility>Section 508
FucinaWeb è un sito indipendente di risorse e articoli per sviluppatori e designer web che volge un occhio di riguardo alle problematiche di usabilità e accessibilità.
FucinaWeb. (Italian) Resources>Directories>Accessibility>Usability
Provides usability guidelines and quick fix checklists for designing usable Web sites.
An application that, using an inexpensive camera, lets users control a mouse pointer by aiming their face around the screen.
IBM (2006). Resources>Software>Accessibility>Microsoft Windows
HERA: Accessibility Testing with Style
HERA is a tool to check the accessibility of Web pages accoridng to the specification Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 1.0). HERA performs a preliminary set of tests on the page and identifies any automatically detectable errors or checkpoints met, and which checkpoints need further manual verification.
A free online tool to analyze the accessibility of websites. With Hermish, make your pages comply to accessibility guidelines. Accessibility relates to section 508 and priority levels.
Slinn, Gareth. Hermish (2004). Resources>Web Design>Accessibility>Section 508
Improving Ajax Applications for JAWS users
Popular screen readers use a virtual buffer to allow users to interact with web content, whereby the virtual buffer provides a mechanism for screen reader users to interact with web content. This article uncovers undocumented behaviour in JAWS 7.1 and later, which allows web developers to build Ajax applications that update the virtual buffer without any interaction from the user.
Lemon, Gez and Steve Faulkner. Juicy Studio (2007). Resources>Accessibility>Ajax
This page contains information about making the Internet accessible.
Internetministeriet fokuserer på webdesign og SEO ud fra et tilgængeligheds og anvendeligheds -princip.
Bredgaard, Thomas. Internetministeriet (2003). (Danish) Resources>Web Design>Accessibility
Laws, Regulations and Other Governmental Efforts for Universal Usability
A directory of laws and regulations to support accessibility in new media.
University of Wisconsin. Resources>Usability>Accessibility>Universal Usability
Print and Online Resources about Web Accessibility: An Annotated Bibliography

This annotated bibliography discusses over 120 print and online resources related to Web accessibility. It lists and describes resources that offer practical advice on how to implement accessibility, particularly in relation to the WCAG 1.0 and Section 508 standards. It also summarizes the findings of empirical studies that have examined Web site accessibility via automated tests, such as Bobby, and studies that have gauged user performance with assistive technologies, such as screen readers. The bibliography lists forums for discussing accessibility with other practitioners and researchers, and it cites sources for news and events related to accessibility. The bibliography concludes with a short discussion of trends in accessibility research.
Mackiewicz, Jo M. Technical Communication Online (2006). Resources>Bibliographies>Accessibility>Web Design
The Stomper Scrutinizer: Web Browser w/Visual Simulation 
The Stomper Scrutinizer is a webkit based browser that includes a simulation of human foveal and peripheral vision. By providing a realistic distortion of non-focused page content, the Scrutinizer reveals the perceptability of design features. It is also useful for conducting usability tests, design reviews, and has a number of features (including screenshots) for talking about design.
Andy Edmonds. StomperNet (2007). Resources>Software>Accessibility>Web Design
Although we all know that the colors viewed on your computer's monitor are not accurate for print reproduction, your screen color is probably good enough to yield reasonably accurate colorblindness test results. We invite you now to test yourself for colorblindness on-line.
Copresco (2005). Resources>Accessibility>Visual>Color
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