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Revo Pixis RS internet/DAB/FM radio review
I just received a shiny new Rivo Pixis RS digital radio direct from Revo and after using it for a short while I felt it definitely deserved a review. What follows is my initial impressions after setting it up and using … Continue reading
Posted in a11y, age, Audio, Uncategorized
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Apple again raise the accessibility bar with OS X switch control
One of the least promoted features in the Mavericks release of OS X, but in my view one of the most important, is the built-in switch access. Why? Well, one of the least supported group of people are those who … Continue reading
Posted in a11y, OS X
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What programming experience should a good programmer have?
I was recently asked Which languages [and tools] do you consider a competent/experienced and useful programmer would have ability to programme in these days. Especially for personal computers, tablets and/or smart phones. That’s an interesting question and I gave it … Continue reading
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SS12 EU Student assistive technology competition a success at AAATE conference
[Updated 23/09/2013 – added posters, code and photograph] The second SS12 EU assistive technology (AT) competition held as part of the AAATE 2013 conference culminated in the announcement of the winning student team as part of the closing session. As with the previous SS12 EU during ICCHP, … Continue reading
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Google’s new web accessibility course
[Also posted on http://blogs.collaborativeportal.atis4all.eu/RDBlog/post/342.aspx] Google’s Accessibility team have launched a free accessibility course targeted at devs and others who work using Chrome and users of the ChromVox screen reader. While the course is called Introduction to Web Accessibility, the specific focus … Continue reading
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SVG and accessibility
Blog post on the ATIS4All portal on SVG and accessibility SVG, the W3C scalable vector image standard, has been around for a very long time. Despite it’s many strenghts it has not been used much on the web or other HTML … Continue reading
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HTML apps and the 50 year software engineering legecy
I no longer call myself a ‘software engineer‘ but I do consider it to be a vital part of my career background. To my mind, engineering provides the rigour and discipline aspects of being a developer, the other parts being … Continue reading
Posted in development, HTML, opensource, web
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ATIS4ALL – discovering and discussing Assistive Technology
Assistive Technology (AT, see video at end of post) is a peculiar subject for most of us. Often, by using AT to make adaptations to our physical environment or the technology we already use we can dramatically improve the quality of … Continue reading
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BBC publish draft mobile accessibility guidelines to address developer ‘assumptions’
Whilst guidelines for web accessibility have been in existence for several years and are slowly evolving, until now there has been a lack of best practices targeted specifically at the additional complications of mobile accessibility (web or native). This is … Continue reading
Welcome to the new home for this blog
I’ve moved this blog to here, , from its previous home at http://fullmeasure.co.uk/blog. This was done as fullmeasure is my old site and the hosting limitations were becoming a problem. A link to this URL has been left there.
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