Category Archives: open source

Is NVDA Strictly a Web Accessibility Screen Reader?

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Mike Paciello

Last week, Jamie and Mick of NVDA announced that their open source, free screen reader organization is in need of funding: Blind Ambition Plea for Funds to Keep Free Software Project Alive NVDA is perhaps the cream of the crop … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, accessibility testing, Assistive Technology, Firefox, General, Google, Google Chrome, HTML, HTML 5, IAccessible2, Internet Explorer, JAWS, microsoft, mobile, Mozilla, MSAA, NVDA, open source, Opera, Safari, Screen Readers, WAI-ARIA, WCAG 2.0, Web Accessibility, Window Eyes | Tagged , , , , | 18 Comments

Brief history of browser accessibility support

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Steve Faulkner

The development of a ‘Brief history of browser accessibility support‘ was prompted by Google’s Evolution of the Web interactive infographic. I was dazzled by its coolness, but noticed that amongst all the web technologies ARIA 1.0 was not to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Apple, Assistive Technology, Firefox, Google, Google Chrome, HTML, HTML5, IAccessible2, IBM, Internet Explorer, microsoft, Mozilla, MSAA, open source, Opera, Safari, Screen Readers, Section 508, Standards, UAAG, UI Automation, VoiceOver, W3C, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility | 8 Comments

Accessibility testing tools

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Steve Faulkner

Here at The Paciello Group (TPG) we have a technical accessibility testing process which does not involve the use of automated tools. The technical audit results we provide to our clients are based solely on manual testing of a web … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, accessibility testing, Apple, Assistive Technology, contrast analyser, Firefox, Internet Explorer, JAWS, MSAA, NVDA, open source, VoiceOver, WCAG 2.0, Web Accessibility, Zoomtext | 16 Comments

AOL Selects The Paciello Group to Enhance Accessibility of Dynamic Web Applications

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Mike Paciello

The Paciello Group (TPG) has been selected by AOL to enhance the accessibility of jQuery, a popular open source toolkit used to build dynamic web applications. This work will foster greater compatibility between consumer-facing web applications and assistive technology used by people with disabilities to access the Internet. Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, accessibility testing, AOL, General, JavaScript, javascript UI Libraries, Jquery, open source, W3C, WAI-ARIA, WCAG 1.0, WCAG 2.0, Web Accessibility | 5 Comments

Apple Webkit Gets Serious About WAI-ARIA (on Mac)

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Steve Faulkner

A check of the support for WAI-ARIA roles in the latest Webkit Nightly builds, reveals a major improvement for WAI-ARIA role support on the Mac version of Webkit (an open source web browser engine), but the Windows version shows little … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Apple, Assistive Technology, General, HTML 5, landmark roles, MSAA, open source, Safari, VoiceOver, W3C, WAI-ARIA, Web Accessibility | Tagged | 5 Comments