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 - 13:30

  saltybeagle

  sounds interesting

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 13:38

  almostcool

  says

  the web is the great equalizer

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 13:40

  almostcool

  says

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

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 13:41

  almostcool

  says

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

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 13:42

  almostcool

  says

  over 650 million in the world with disabilities

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 13:43

  almostcool

  says

  25% of adult computer users in US are visually impaired

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 13:43

  almostcool

  says

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

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 13:44

  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 - 13:45

  almostcool

  says

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

• 
  Oct 07, 2008 - 13:53

  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 - 13:54

  saltybeagle

  says

  wee!

• 
  Oct 07, 2008 - 14:00

  smeranda

  says

  any demos?

• 
  Oct 07, 2008 - 14:03

  saltybeagle

  says

  any tools they recommend?

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 14:04

  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 - 14:04

  almostcool

  says

  NOW able, sorry...

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  Oct 07, 2008 - 14:12

  almostcool

  says

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

• 
  Oct 07, 2008 - 14:15

  smeranda

  says

  good idea