Monthly Archives: August 2010

Alt Tag HTML Tip: If you swap out your image, does the text still work?

Posted on 20 August 2010 by Alasdair King

If you’re a good web designer (or just one who cares about his Google ranking) then you’re populating your IMG elements with the alt attribute (tag). Sometimes this is easy, like when you’re describing a picture in a new story. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft UI Accessibility Checker 2.0

Posted on 12 August 2010 by Alasdair King

I’ve been doing some application building in the last few days, and I’ve found Microsoft’s (newish) free AccChecker program enormously helpful. In some ways it’s much like the old MSAA tools AccExplorer32.exe and inspect32.exe. You can navigate around the MSAA … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 UI structure and shortcut keys for screenreader and switch users

Posted on 6 August 2010 by Alasdair King

Many people using assistive technology have to learn ways of doing things quite different from the “see, move mouse, click” paradigm most users can employ. For (blind) screenreader users it’s vital to know shortcut keys, and for both screenreader and … Continue reading →

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