Web Accessibility Research Blog

A new non-profit has taken on the task of making web access available to everyone.  Specifically, it is providing the web version of System Access to Go (SA to Go) free!  This is an incredible thing.  It solves many of the problems that we're trying to solve with our own WebAnywhere project.  With access to both systems, blind web users will be able to access the web from almost any computer out there without having to install an expensive screen reader or carry around a USB drive.  Also, while not the target, it seems that web developers could also take advantage of this free and convenient access to a screen reader to check the accessibility of their own web sites.  What an amazing thing!

Visit:
http://www.accessibilityisaright.org/

Also, here's the short press release about it:

Orlando, Florida - January 31, 2008 - The AIR Foundation, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn. was announced today at a press conference held during the Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) 2008 National Conference at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. The mission of the foundation is to promote universal accessibility so that every blind and low-vision person in the world has access to digital information over the Internet and Worldwide Web.