almostcool

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in UAD7: Internet Evolution through the Eyes of a Deaf User and Web Professional

17 responses to this plurk

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 01:30PM

  saltybeagle

  sounds interesting

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 01:38PM

  almostcool

  says

  the web is the great equalizer

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 01:40PM

  almostcool

  says

  97% of websites are still inaccessible (not sure of standards)

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 01:41PM

  almostcool

  says

  accessibility myths: complicated and expensive to make accessible sites, accessible sites can't be attractive

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 01:42PM

  almostcool

  says

  over 650 million in the world with disabilities

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 01:43PM

  almostcool

  says

  25% of adult computer users in US are visually impaired

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 01:43PM

  almostcool

  says

  20% of adult computer users have some sort of hearing loss

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 01:44PM

  almostcool

  says

  75% of people over 80 have some sort of disability, and more and more older people are using the internet

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 01:45PM

  almostcool

  says

  total college students with DA in the US is over 2 million

• 
  Oct 07, 2008 - 01:53PM

  almostcool

  says

  Google is both blind and deaf and the largest "accessibility needs" user on the internet (paging Mark Hiatt

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 01:54PM

  saltybeagle

  says

  wee!

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 02:00PM

  smeranda

  says

  any demos?

• 
  Oct 07, 2008 - 02:03PM

  saltybeagle

  says

  any tools they recommend?

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 02:04PM

  almostcool

  says

  you're not able to script videos you upload to youtube and they will automatically include those as captions (sweet!)

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 02:04PM

  almostcool

  says

  NOW able, sorry...

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 02:12PM

  almostcool

  says

  online forms: instead of phone, ask for preferred method of contact

• 
  Oct 07, 2008 - 02:15PM

  smeranda

  says

  good idea