Websites, social networking, content management systems

The W3C WAI Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) has updated the Before and After Demonstration (BAD) . BAD is useful for presentations, for learning about specific web accessibility barriers and their implications, and as an example of ...

Google has announced improved screen reader compatibility and other accessibility improvements in its popular applications for word processing, website development, and time management. (Blind, Low Vision, Information management, ...

Google+ , Google's recently-released social network, has a group video chat feature called Hangouts . Hangout has 'voice activation' (not speech recognition Any technology that converts spoken words into text or ...

YouTube has a new channel called DeafTechNews that features short videos on how deaf people can use mainstream technology, news about captioning Text version of the spoken content of a movie, TV show, or video, displayed on the screen ...

Parlerai is a customized social network for special education, linking school, therapy, and home environments to foster better communication. Parents are the customers -- they select who gets what information, and can manage all the interactions. ...

By downloading a free app , Netflix - with expanded closed captioned availability - is now available on the iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. Here's how to find out which Netflix streaming movies have captioning. (Deaf, Hard of ...

Stwutter is an app Short for "application"; usually a program that runs on a portable device or wireless phone such as an iPhone. that will automatically read items from the user's Twitter feed aloud as they are received. ...

The National Federation of the Blind, as part of its lawsuit about the accessibility of Google applications, has produced some excellent short videos that demonstrate the various inaccessible features of Gmail, Google Docs, etc . These videos would ...

Readable is a bookmarklet you can add to any browser Any application used to access the World Wide Web; the most popular are Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Opera. to re-format pages for easier reading -- alter the ...

" Fix the Web " lets you fill out a simple form to report web accessibility problems.  Their volunteers contact the erring website; all you have to do is report the problem. (Most or all disabilities , Information management, ...

Inclusive Planet has a great list of 10 online text-to-speech services -- you enter text, and it is spoken right then and there. (Blind, Developmental disability, Learning disability, Low Vision, Speech / language impaired, Websites, ...

TidyRead is a free Firefox add-on that removes graphics, enlarges text, and allows the reader to customize background, text, and link colors. (Low Vision, Information management, Child/Primary School, Adolescent/Transition, Adult, Senior, ...

The latest version of Twitter has  keyboard shortcuts , including commands for "reply", "retweet," and navigating a Twitter page. (Blind, Physical disability, Information management, Websites, social networking, content ...

Google has a new free tool called Scribe that help you fill out web forms by predicting the words you may want to enter.  Unlike other personalized word prediction Software that helps users with cognitive or dexterity disabilities type ...

Reader is a feature in version 5 of the Safari browser Any application used to access the World Wide Web; the most popular are Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Opera. that makes some Web pages less cluttered. Reader ...