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Apple’s 2015 Accessibility Rebound

November 12, 2015 by Chris Hofstader 6 Comments

Introduction No, I have not given up blogging, I’ve just been very busy on a number of professional projects that are taking most of my time. I have about a half dozen different blog articles in various states of incomplete but it’s been weeks since I last published a new one so forced myself upon… Read more about Apple’s 2015 Accessibility Rebound

Filed Under: Personal Essay, Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Apple, AppleWatch, Google, Microsoft, VoiceOver

Screen Reader Market Figures: My Analysis Of WebAIM Survey #6

September 15, 2015 by chris.admin 4 Comments

Introduction Since 2009, WebAIM, a consulting company with a focus on Internet accessibility, has published an approximately annual report detailing the results of a survey they conduct regarding screen reader marketshare and the preferences of screen reader users. Recently, WebAIM published its “Screen Reader Survey #6 Results and I found the information compelling. As a… Read more about Screen Reader Market Figures: My Analysis Of WebAIM Survey #6

Filed Under: Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Analysis, JAWS, Marketshare, NVDA, Screen Reader, VoiceOver, WebAIM, Window-Eyes

The Greatest Living Blind Hacker

July 21, 2015 by Chris Hofstader 4 Comments

Introduction I’ve known Tyler Spivey for just over two years. In that time, we’ve hung out on a TeamTalk VOIP channel on a near daily basis. I’ve had the opportunity to watch Tyler work, we’ve talked about nearly any other topic that came into our minds, I’ve grown tremendously fond of Tyler and he is… Read more about The Greatest Living Blind Hacker

Filed Under: Personal Essay, Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Hacker, Hacking, NVDA Remote Access, Pokemon Crystal, QRead, Tyler Spivey, YASR

Deque Opens Up

July 14, 2015 by Chris Hofstader 2 Comments

Introduction When it comes to accessibility, I live in a world of cognitive dissonance. On one hand, based both in objective measures and in my own use cases, I am compelled to admit that, as of this writing, Apple, especially on iOS, is the “best” provider of out-of-the-box accessibility. At the same time, as I… Read more about Deque Opens Up

Filed Under: Announcements, Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, automated web accessibility test tools, Deque Systems, FLOSS, Open Source

Who Are The Champions?

July 7, 2015 by Chris Hofstader 22 Comments

Introduction As I sit here typing this story in San Francisco, I hear two voices playing in my head. The first, as the title might imply, is the voice of the late great Freddy Mercury singing his anthemic , “We Are The Champions.” While, by the late seventies, I had sold my soul to punk… Read more about Who Are The Champions?

Filed Under: Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Apple, Google, Money, NFB, NFB15, Target, Uber

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