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<td>[emacspeak The Complete Audio Desktop] Tutorial: Enhancing
Web 2.0 Usability ...</td>
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<td>Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:07:27 -0400 (EDT)</td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:emacspeak@cs.vassar.edu">emacspeak@cs.vassar.edu</a></td>
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<td>Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:07:37 -0700 (PDT)</td>
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<td>T. V. Raman <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:tv.raman.tv@gmail.com"><tv.raman.tv@gmail.com></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:emacspeak@cs.vassar.edu">emacspeak@cs.vassar.edu</a></td>
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<p>You can <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdRP76jhpAc">watch a
video</a> of the tutorial Charles and I gave as part of the
Google Open Source series on July 14.
Emacspeak users can play the video by pressing <code>e e</code>
on the above link and specifying
<code>emacspeak-m-player-youtube-player</code> when prompted.</p>
<h3>Abstract</h3>
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Google is the Web's premier creator of user-friendly Web 2.0
applications, and I have long viewed it as part of our mission to
do for users in the long tail (AKA users with special needs) what
we've achieved for the mainstream user. <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/accessibility2/">Accessibility 2.0</a>
is now a hot topic on the Web
--- and we would like to move from a world where AJAX
applications were a straight No-No with respect to blind users to
a world where these same technologies are used to enhance their
usability for everyone.
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://code.google.com/p/axsjax">Google-AxsJAX</a>
is an Open Source framework for injecting
accessibility for users with special needs --- and more
generally, usability enhancements --- into Web 2.0 applications.
In this TechTalk, Charles Chen and I give a hands-on tutorial on using
AxsJAX to enhance the usability
of Web 2.0 applications. The tutorial covers the following:
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A brief introduction to the additional <i>opcodes</i> introduced
by W3C ARIA to the assembly language of the Web (AKA HTML+JavaScript).
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AxsJAX library abstractions built on the above that help Web
developers generate relevant feedback via the user's adaptive
technology of choice.
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Steps in creating fluent eyes-free interaction to Web
applications, including enabling rapid access to parts of a
complex Web page.
</li>
</ul>
<p>This tutorial focuses on solutions we've already built and
deployed both within shipping products and as early end-user
experiments. Google products that we will cover include:
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Google WebSearch
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Google Reader
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Google Books
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GMail and Google Talk
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Google Scholar
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Google Sky
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<p>And time permitting, we might even demonstrate how I now make up
for all the time I save thanks to an efficient
eyes-free auditory user interface by playing JawBreaker and
reading XKCD via their AxsJAXed versions. </p>
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Note that writing AxsJAX enhancements to Web applications can
help you win <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="/home/build/google3/javascript/axsjax/THANKS.html">bragging
rights and cool swag</a>! The goal of this
hands-on tutorial is to help you get there faster!
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Posted By T. V. Raman to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://emacspeak.blogspot.com/2008/08/tutorial-enhancing-web-20-usability.html">emacspeak
The Complete Audio Desktop</a> at 8/01/2008 08:07:00 AM
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