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Archive for the ‘Accessibility’ Category

02 Sep, 2008

Save the Accessibility Institute

Posted by: pat In: Accessibility

Help Knowbility and others fight the University of Texas’s decision to close the Accessibility Institute by signing the petition.

10 Mar, 2008

Cooking up accessible video for the Web

Posted by: pat In: Accessibility

Cheers to those who attended my Core Conversation on captioning web video. Some quick links related to the topic:

MAGpie (Media Access Generator). This is the software I spoke of that makes it pretty easy to create caption files you can use with online video.
The MAGpie mailing list. A mailing list is only as useful as [...]

I’m happy and honored to say I’ll be presenting at South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive this year. I’m leading one of the Core Conversation sessions and the topic is captioning web video. The conversation title is “Cooking up Accessible Video for the Web” and it’s going to be on Sunday, March 9, at 3:30.
The [...]

The 2008 SXSW Interactive Panel Picker is online which means you can go there and (after a quick, free registration) rate the proposed panels. I have a panel listed there, titled “Cooking up Accessible Video for the Web.” C’mon, give me some five-star loving.
The subject of my presentation will be captioning online video, specifically [...]

29 Aug, 2007

The Accessible Web

Posted by: pat In: Accessibility| Design / CSS| Geekery


I’ve looked at six of the 2008 Presidential candidates’ website, examining them to see how accessible the sites are. Mind you, I just did a cursory overview and I’ve summarized my findings in the table below. The original reviews are still available here on my site in the “Accessibility” category. Since some time has passed [...]


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About RAMsey

Welcome to the web site for Pat Ramsey, an accessibility consultant and web designer based in Austin, Texas. A device-independent Web is my dream and I believe we can achieve that with style - an accessible Web doesn't have to be a poorly designed Web.