Boston-IA Viewpoint

The Boston-IA Viewpoint is an on-line newsletter for Boston-IA members and visitors providing information about Boston-IA, and internet accessibility, usability, and information accessibility.

Articles & Event Summaries

2010

Issue: Article:

April 2010:

Jim Denham of Perkins School for the Blind: "Web Browsing Through Listening: Perspectives of a Blind Web Surfer"

January 2010:

Boston Interactions Holiday Party 2010

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2009

Issue: Article:

November 2009:

Jess Mitchell on The Fluid Project: "A Pervasive Approach to Building Accessible Web Solutions"

November 2009:

Participation in World Usability Day 2009

September 2009:

Peter Wallack of Oracle, "The Accidental Accessibility Program Director"

April 2009:

A Panel of Speakers on "Ten-Minute Accessibility Talks"

April 2009:

Lorraine Norwich, Disability Services, Boston University, on "Invisible Disabilities"

March 2009:

Andrew Kirkpatrick of Adobe Systems on "Accessible PDF Documents and Forms"

January 2009:

Boston Interactions Holiday Party 2009

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2008

Issue: Article:

November 2008:

Participation in World Usability Day 2008

October 2008:

Mike Paciello on the New Section 508

July 2008:

Boston Interactions Summer Pot Luck Picnic 2008

June 2008:

Boston-IA Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary and Changes Its Tagline

June 2008:

Marguerite Bergel and Ann Chadwick-Dias of Fidelity Investments on Universal Usability of Dynamic Content

April 2008:

HiSoftware on Setting Up a Web Accessibility Program

March 2008:

Surfing the Web by Voice at Nuance Communications

Febuary 2008:

WGBH on Making Multimedia Accessible

January 2008:

First Annual Boston Usability Groups Networking Party

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2007

Issue: Article:

November 2007:

Accessibility Evaluations at World Usability Day III

September 2007:

Valerie Fletcher: Joint Meeting with HFES at Adaptive Environments

July 2007:

Boston-IA Summer Picnic at Community Boating, Inc.

June 2007:

Barrier-Free Web Surfing, with Amy Ruell and P.J. Gardner

February 2007:

Andrew Kirkpatrick of Adobe Systems on Rich Internet Applications

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2006

Issue: Article:

November 2006:

Participation in World Usability Day II

November 2006:

Dana Louise Simberkoff, HiSoftware: "Incorporating Automated Testing into Your Web Accessibility Strategy"

May 2006:

Marguerite Bergel, Ann Chadwick-Dias, and Alison Savery, Fidelity Investments: "Usability Testing for Accessible Web Sites"

April 2006:

The Carroll Center for the Blind: "Surfing the Web: No Problem for the Vision-Impaired"

February 2006:

P.J. Gardner: "Highlights of Content Accessibility Issues for Editors"

January 2006:

Steve Krug: "Real-Life Accessibility"

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2005

Issue: Article:

December 2005:

Tom Tullis, Fidelity Investments: "Usability and the Evolution of Technology, or, You Shouldn't Have to Read a User Manual to Ride an Elevator!"

November 2005:

Maria Rueters: "Testing Software with JAWS and ZoomText"

November 2005:

Participation in World Usability Day I

September 2005:

"Boston Newspaper Web Sites Not Fully Accessible to the Disabled" (reprint from Spare Change News, September 2005)

June 2005:

Bill Gribbons: "Designing for an Aging Population"

April 2005:

Part 1: Creating Accessible Online Information

Part 2: Barbara Casaly: Learning About Accessibility

Part 3: P.J. Gardner: "Accessibility and the Web"

Part 4: Judy Kessler: "Accessibility in Documentation"

January 2005:

Neil Perlin: "Preparing Content for Device Independence"

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2004

Issue: Article:

October 2004:

Steve Mulder: "Using Personas in the Web Design Process"

September 2004:

P.J. Gardner: "A Tribute to Neil Duane (1940 to 2004)"

June 2004:

Part 1: Boston-IA Celebrates Its First Anniversary

Part 2: Mike Paciello: "Making Software Accessible"

Part 3: Larry Goldberg: "Making Multimedia Accessible"

April 2004:

Valerie Clare Haven: "Surfing the Internet with the JAWS Screen Reader"

January 2004:

Lori Gillen: "The Web Accessibility Initiative"

January 2005:

Chris Hass: "Usability Test Methods for Accessible Interface Design"

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2003

Issue: Article:

September 2003:

Joel Sklar: "Using Style Sheets for Web Accessibility"

August 2003:

Birth of Boston-IA

July 2003:

Accessible Web Design Breakfast at Northeastern University

June 2003:

Special MIT ATIC Lab Visit for Boston-IA Members

March 2003:

Accessible Web Design Program Makes Debut at Northeastern University

February 2003:

Adaptive Technologies on Display at MIT Open House

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