Tag Archives: NVDA

Review: Dell Latitude 10 inch tablet with Windows 8

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Marco

At the 2013 CSUN conference, I was invited by Accessibility Partners to participate in an interview pertaining to tablet computer accessibility. Having used iPads for my personal use for years, and also having ventured into Android tablets such as the … Continue reading →

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Quick tip: Handling the sub menus in the WordPress 3.3 admin area with a screen reader

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Marco

This is a quick tip to show how to use the new sub menus in the admin area of WordPress 3.3 with a screen reader. For this, I’m using NVDA 2011.3RC, and Firefox 9. The new sub menus are a … Continue reading →

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What’s new in Accessibility in Firefox 8.0

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Marco

The newest update to Firefox has just been released to the public, and it’s that time again where we look at the user-facing and facing assistive technologies changes in this Firefox release. If not otherwise noted, these changes apply to … Continue reading →

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NV Access receives a Mozilla grant to further push accessibility on the web

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Marco

The Mozilla project is very committed to making the web available to all people. To further that goal, members of the Mozilla community actively work with Non-Visual Desktop Access and other accessibility initiatives to make sure everyone benefits from the … Continue reading →

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Last weeks in the “Accessible” module, May 11, 2009

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Marco

Sorry for being a slacker in updating you guys regularly on what’s been happening! But we’ve been quite busy at getting some stuff finished and hopefully ready for inclusion in 3.5. I already posted about the return of the descriptions … Continue reading →

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Article on how to use NVDA and Firefox to test web sites for accessibility

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Marco

I just published an article on how to use NVDA and Firefox to do website testing. This article can be found on the front page of my blog under the “Pages” section, in the “Articles” sublist. The article is meant … Continue reading →

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NVDA 0.6p3 released, quite some news for Mozilla users!

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Marco

As you may or may not have read, the NVDA team released NVDA 0.6p3 last night. Below, I’d like to highlight those of the changes that are of special interest to those using Mozilla products such as Firefox or Thunderbird … Continue reading →

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NV Access published their progress on the Mozilla Foundation grant

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Marco

The new year starts out with a bang! NV Access, the makers of theNVDA, a free, open-source screen reader for Windows, have published their progress report on the current Mozilla Foundation grant. The grant goals were laid out for a … Continue reading →

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WordPress 2.6 brings a lot of accessibility improvements!

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Marco

I just upgraded this blog to WordPress 2.6. This version brings with it a number of accessibility enhancements. One thing you might have noticed already is that there is now a default language set. Default English blogs should now always … Continue reading →

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