Adventures in Assistive Technology

After a bit of a hiatus, AAT is finally back on track!

First up is SeroTalk, an interactive blog that features twice-monthly podcasts, and links to awesome software and
online resources. Topics range from the accessibility features of the new SnowLeopard OS for the MAC to a builder who builds homes from the ground up without eyesight.

SeroTalk is an entity of the Serotek Corporation, a company that develops blind and low vision computer accessibility products.

Check it out by clicking on the link below, and let me know what you think!

http://serotalk.com/

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So what does Twitter have to do with AT? Like many other social media services, it has issues with accessibility. The main problem with Twitter is that it lacks an accessible interface making Tweeting quite difficult for those who use screen readers like JAWS.

Enter Dennis Lembrée, the owner of web development company Check Engine USA. Dennis's interest in social media accessibility issues led him to create Accessible Twitter works just like Twitter with an accessible interface. The screen layout has been simplified and made consistent, and also has keyboard-accessible links, making it work seamlessly with screen readers. Check out Accessible Twitter through the link below.

http://www.accessibletwitter.com/

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Whether you use it or not, understand it or not, like it or not, Twitter is the hottest thing in social networking right now. Tweets and Twitter are brought up in almost every conversation I have lately, and it is not small wonder; the service is said to have over 25 million active users sending millions of tweets a day. This may seem like a small number compared to Facebook's 200 million active users, but it is enough to make Twitter the third most used social networking tool after Myspace and Facebook. If you can't quite figure Twitter out, here are the basics from Wikipedia::

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length which are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have subscribed to them, known as followers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter

You may be asking yourself What does Twitter have to do with assistive technology? Stay tuned to find out, and in the meantime, you can register for a Twitter account at the website listed below.

http://twitter.com/

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