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Hopes for Lisbon?

Without straying into the political debate, I can’t help but wonder in dismay, what hope is there for Lisbon when the civil service can’t even create a usable Polling Information Card? If you get one of these in the post do … Continue reading

Bootcamp sneak peek: Usable Language

It’s our newest installment of iQ Boot Camp ’09 exclusive previews!  Elizabeth McGuane and I talk about our new course, Usable Language.  We’ll tell what it is, how we came up with the idea and why you should join us. … Continue reading

Three strategies of screen reader users

The key to designing a good user experience is empathy. Without empathy, design becomes an exercise in interpreting abstract requirements. This problem is particularly prevalent in web accessibility projects, where many members of the team have never seen assistive technologies in use. I want to go some way towards rectifying this situation in this post by discussing what it is like to use a screen reader and three key strategies screen reader users employ when on the web.

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