Ask The Expert
Web accessibility has become a hot button issue, which is understandable considering this generation’s technological prowess. David Berman is a web accessibility expert presenting at T-Base’s ‘Web Accessibility Matters’ course this fall in Ottawa, Ontario. He is offering his insights into the world of web standards, how to make them work for you, and how to make the web a better place for everyone. I thought I would take this opportunity to ask a few questions that I am sure are on everybody’s...
Posted on: 23 Aug 2011
Connecting the dots about braille
Braille is the most widely-adopted tactile alphabet in the world. It is one of the top output formats here at T-Base, and helps our customers communicate more effectively with their end users. We are fortunate to have Aquinas Pather, a braille and tactile expert, on staff. He will be very helpful with the impending changes to Braille standards, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to introduce Aquinas as our first “Ask the Expert” post for 2011. He will...
Posted on: 21 Jan 2011
Make a Statement about Accessibility
About this time last year, T-Base partnered with Dalbar to launch a new Accessibility Criteria as part of their standard statement evaluations that measure the effectiveness design in respect to serving blind and partially sighted investors. Since a year has now passed, I thought I would follow-up with Dalbar to find out how financial firms are meeting the communication needs and accessibility compliance on this front. Anita Lo,...
Posted on: 22 Nov 2010
Good Reasons To Pick DAISY
With school being in full swing, T-Base is currently producing a wide variety of alternate format materials for educational institutions. One of the most popular and fastest-growing accessible media is DAISY – navigable audio ideal for both literature and textbooks. I sat down with Andrew Tweedy, our audio recording engineer and in-house DAISY expert, to learn more about DAISY and the benefits it has for our end-users.
Q: What is DAISY?
A:...
Posted on: 28 Oct 2010
Everything you wanted to know about our accessible PDFs.
As we approach the official launch of AccessOne, we wanted to talk about accessible PDFs. Although the PDF is well established, many people are unfamiliar with the accessibility features. As well, we are proud that T-Base’s AccessOne is at the highest level of accessibility for PDFs, and for several important reasons.
There are many misconceptions about PDFs, but the most common is that all PDFs are accessible....
Posted on: 05 Oct 2010
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