Latest Web accessibility Stories
HUNT VALLEY, Md., June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Systems Alliance, a software development firm and systems integrator providing high-value IT and business consulting services, today announced it will host a webinar entitled Web Accessibility Compliance: Understand, Assess and Make Your Site Accessible, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm ET on Thursday, June 23, 2011. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110303/PH58350LOGO ) Though both industry (W3C) and government (Section 508) guidelines for Web...
SAN DIEGO, March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced the immediate availability of Microsoft Accessibility Tools & Training, a package of free online accessibility training courses, tools and other resources to help developers worldwide create technology products, services and websites that are accessible to people with disabilities, and to enable business leaders to make more strategic technology decisions. (Logo:...
Multiple Sessions Address Changing Regulations and Best Practices Nashua, NH (PRWEB) March 10, 2011 HiSoftware Inc., a leading provider of Web content and social computing compliance software, has been selected to present two sessions at CSUN 2011: The 26th Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference, March 14 "“ 19, 2011 in San Diego, California. HiSoftware was chosen to present on multiple topics at the conference. The first session, entitled,...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, National Industries for the Blind (NIB) called for websites and information services to become more accessible to people who are blind, noting this will broaden employment opportunities for a community that experiences 70 percent unemployment nationwide. Thomas Panek, Vice President of Relationship Management at NIB and a person who is blind, offered expert testimony at a public hearing convened by the Department of Justice in...
LONDON, Nov. 30, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Growing dependence on the internet for business and personal use has introduced a very real challenge to website owners. The internet should help improve our lives, and yet, how does it benefit those who are unable to access websites with ease? The need to make the web more universally accessible has become increasingly urgent. As a result, BSI has developed the first British Standard to fully address the challenge of digital inclusion. Building on...
Breakthrough Solution: Suite of Web Accessibility Tools for Microsoft SharePoint Reston, VA (PRWEB) November 3, 2010 Deque Systems announced a breakthrough in web accessibility solutions by releasing a first-of-its-kind suite of add-ins, ribbon extensions, and Web Parts for Microsoft SharePoint 2007 and 2010 tools that ensure Section 508 compliance. This makes Deque the first company to produce a suite of tools that enable SharePoint users to avoid producing the host of compliance...
LONDON, October 12, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Why are accessibility standards important? How do standards help designers? How can we make the World Wide Web wider? With a new documentary on accessibility, BSI Group provides some answers to the many questions on buildings accessibility and web accessibility. This is how the world's first national standards body has chosen to celebrate World Standards Day on 14 October. This year's global message is 'Standards make the world accessible for...
System Certified as Equally Accessible to Blind and Sighted Users BALTIMORE, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the nation's leading advocate for Internet access by blind Americans, has awarded the Gold Level NFB-NVA Certification to Instructure for its learning management system, "Canvas." The NFB applauds Instructure's commitment to ensuring equal access to its Web-based learning management system for blind students and commends the company...
NextGen Web Accessibility Tool Ensures Compliance with ADA Regulations RESTON, Va., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Deque Systems announced the global launch of Worldspace(TM) FireEyes(TM), an unprecedented, next generation Web accessibility tool that ensures both static and dynamic content within a web portfolio are compliant with accessibility standards such as Section 508, WCAG 1.0 and WCAG 2.0. Developers face real problems trying to make dynamic websites and applications, like...
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. and MARKHAM, Ontario, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Robocom Systems International, a provider of Supply Chain Execution Software announced today that Goodwill Industries of North Georgia has chosen to implement RIMS warehouse management solution from Robocom in its Chamblee, Georgia warehouse. Goodwill Industries of North Georgia (GING) was recently awarded a new contract to operate a distribution facility for a federal agency under the AbilityOne Program. AbilityOne provides...
