Latest Web accessibility Stories
ERIE, Pa., Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Anyone who has difficulty typing, moving a mouse or reading can now navigate www.erieinsurance.com, the website for Erie Insurance (NASDAQ: ERIE), a little easier. Thanks to a partnership between ERIE and eSSENTIAL Accessibility(TM), site visitors with physical disabilities can download a free app to help navigate the site and find products like home insurance and car insurance. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20041112/ERIELOGO )...
Partnership is NIB's first commercial Section 508 Assurance Service contract ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Industries for the Blind (NIB) secured its first commercial Section 508 Assurance Service contract with Buildium, a cloud-based property management software company based in Boston. Under the contract, NIB will provide accessibility and usability testing and validation of Buildium's online property and association management applications....
Deque's Amaze platform provides the fastest way for making web resources accessible to all users HERNDON, Va., July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/-- Deque Systems announced today a completely new and revolutionary software platform called Amaze that expands the ways that web sites and mobile applications can be made accessible to all users. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120712/DC38036LOGO ) "The launch of Amaze provides companies with a faster and easier process...
NEW YORK, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fans with visual impairments will gain expanded accessibility to baseball through the continuation of a joint collaboration between MLB Advanced Media, L.P. (MLBAM), the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, the American Council of the Blind, Bay State Council of the Blind and California Council of the Blind. MLBAM has maintained its leadership position among sports and entertainment companies through its continued...
This South Florida boom truck rentals and crane service operator taps Semantic Web development for a high rise in online marketing visibility and accessibility. (PRWEB) April 28, 2012 On The Spot Crane & Rigging Services knows the road from recession to recovery can require refocusing your mission, redeploying your resources and reintroducing yourself to the marketplace, and the recent launch of their new website OnTheSpotCraneServices.com shows they are well on their way. Founded in...
CHICAGO, March 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CourseAvenue announced the winners of the 2(nd) Annual Accessible eLearning Leadership Awards. These awards recognize those organizations that are producing true accessible e-Learning courses - courses that serve both learners who use assistive technologies and those who do not, without the need to create multiple versions of each course. Awards were given in Government, Commercial and Not-for-Profit categories. These industry leaders have...
Worldspace Sync software release greatly expanded accessibility toolset for organizations SAN DIEGO, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today at the International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, Deque Systems has announced a major upgrade to its Worldspace enterprise software platform. Worldspace Sync dramatically enhances the toolset that organizations have to make their websites accessible to users with disabilities, resulting in lower costs, more...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In its continuing effort to promote diversity, CSX has entered into an alliance with eSSENTIAL Accessibility to provide online tools that will allow people with disabilities or language barriers easier access to the company web site. Anyone with a conventional personal computer who accesses the CSX web site - customers, investors, job seekers, public officials, employees and members of the general public - can click on the eSSENTIAL...
Funnelback has launched its new Website Accessibility Audit service; WCAG Compliance Auditor. The service will enable entire websites and even groups of websites to be checked against machine checkable WCAG 2.0 Level AA accessibility criteria to help achieve accessibility compliance. (PRWEB) October 02, 2011 Funnelback has launched its new Website Accessibility Audit service called - WCAG Compliance Auditor. Mr. Stuart Beil, Executive Director of Funnelback said, “The WCAG...
Dana Simberkoff to Address Regulatory and Business Demands for Web Accessibility in SharePoint Nashua, NH (PRWEB) July 21, 2011 Collaboration increasingly takes center stage for SharePoint deployments, forcing organizations to take a closer look at governance and accessibility. HiSoftware Vice President for Public Sector, Dana Simberkoff will address the regulatory and business demands that drive these needs at SharePoint Fest Chicago on July 27. HiSoftware Inc., a leading provider of...
