All About Access

I follow a number of blogs on a variety of different topics, one of which is Dave Winer’s Scripting News. Dave is one of the founding fathers of blogging and, as I learned fairly recently, RSS. Tomorrow is his 50th birthday, and he has one request:

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In 2 Thumbs Up for iPodder 2.0, I mentioned that I was checking out iPodder and that it seemed pretty accessible. I was thinking about writing up more about how to use it, but Byron Lee has done one better and created an audio Tutorial of using iPodder 2.0 with JAWS.

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In today’s virtual mail bag:

Sunday’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition Includes Freedom Scientific Products

(St. Petersburg, Florida, April 26, 2005) – Be sure to tune in for a special two-hour broadcast of Extreme Makeover Home Edition this Sunday, May 1, from 7 PM to 9 PM EDT, featuring an accessible home for a blind Florida resident.

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Today I have been playing with iPodder 2.0 (using JAWS 6.1). There have been some minor access quirks such as focus occasionally going into Never Never Land. But given that I’m running it without the benefit of any customized JAWS scripts, I must say that things are lookin’ good. You can download iPodder at [iPodder.org](http://www.ipodder.org/ “iPodder.org”).

So what’s your favorite Podcast?
—jd

At my alma mater, THE University of Texas (aka UT Austin):

Four groups of game designers pitched new electronic game concepts…. Audio Adventure, the winner in the most innovative game category, targeted the untapped market of the visually impaired.

[Read the article](http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2005/04/21/TopStories/Game-For.Visually.Impaired.Wins.University.Competition-932764.shtml “Game for visually impaired wins University contest”) at the Daily Texan.

(via [ACB Radio AT News](http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=phpwsrssfeeds&RSS_MAN_op=sView&RSS_id=9 “ACB Radio AT News”))
—jd

An article about some of the challenges faced by individuals who are blind—and it’s in the mainstream media no less! I saw it the other day on the website of a local paper, and now it’s on Yahoo News. [Read the article](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=562&ncid=738&e=7&u=/ap/20050424/ap_on_hi_te/vision_tech “The Blind Struggle as Gadgets Proliferate”).
—jd

I found an article today at useless-knowledge.com which caused me to do a double-take. This person certainly means well…. But unless I’m totally misreading her article…. I’m at a loss. Read ”[Computers for the Blind]( http://www.useless-knowledge.com/1234/apr/article232.html “Computers for the Blind”)” and let me know what you think. Better yet, let her know what you think as well. Her email address is at the bottom of her article.
—jd