Sessions at CSUN 2011 about Accessibility

Wednesday 16th March 2011

• Video Accessibility in User Agents

  by John Foliot, Jim Allen and Jeanne Spellman

  Location: Randle A

  Video and player accessibility is changing rapidly. Standards are in flux and hotly debated. Learn the latest issues in accessible video and user agents.

  Jim Allan
  Texas School for the Blind

  John Foliot
  Stanford University

  Jeanne Spellman
  World Wide Web Consortium/Web Accessibility Initiative

  • Accessibility
  • HTML5 Video

  At 1:50am to 3:50am, Wednesday 16th March

Thursday 17th March 2011

• Advice from the field: processes that work to ensure PDF accessibility

  by Vincent François

  PDF supports accessibility, but why aren’t more files accessible? The answer lies in an optimized conversion process. Learn how to ensure the best results.

  • Accessibility
  • PDF

  At 9:20am to 10:20am, Thursday 17th March

  Coverage slide deck

• HTML 5 Accessibility

  by John Foliot, Steve Faulkner, Richard Schwerdtfeger and Cynthia Shelly

  Location: America's Cup D

  HTML 5 is becoming an application convergence platform. A panel of accessibility experts, working on HTML 5, will discuss the state of HTML 5 accessibility.

  Richard Schwerdtfeger
  IBM

  Steve Faulkner
  TPG

  John Foliot
  Stanford University

  Cynthia Shelly
  Microsoft

  • Accessibility
  • HTML5

  At 10:40am to 11:40am, Thursday 17th March

Friday 18th March 2011

• How to control your finances with accessible tools on Yahoo! Finance

  by ted_drake and Dirk Ginader

  Yahoo! Finance, the largest financial site, features accessible tools to control your finances. Learn how to use these tools and what makes them accessible.

  • Accessibility
  • Finance
  • Yahoo!

  At 10:40am to 11:40am, Friday 18th March

  Coverage slide deck