Category Archives: Accessibility

A Few Quick Things About the OLPC

Posted on December 30, 2007 by John F Croston III

Yesterday I met Justin Thorp, Rodney DeGracia, Stewart, and Partica over at Murky Coffee in Arlington, VA with our One Laptop per Child machines (OLPCs). We had a good time talking about our new laptops. Stewart even mentioned that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Activities, FORMs, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, Mesh Network, OLPC, One Laptop per Child, Web Standards | 2 Comments

More General Information about the OLPC

Posted on December 23, 2007 by John F Croston III

There are a few things that I have noticed over the course of the day using the OLPC, the XO Laptop, or the $100 Laptop. One of the big ones is that if you take it to a coffee shop … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Activities, Development, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, Murky Coffee, OLPC, One Laptop per Child, Reading | 4 Comments

Need Help with Skills List

Posted on December 17, 2007 by John F Croston III

In preparation for my talk on Accessibility for the January, 2008, Refresh DC meeting I am looking to build a small simple accessible web application that might be useful in the end to the DC Technology Community. It will allow … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Helpful Tips, Refresh DC, Web Standards | 7 Comments

CLiCk Speak Firefox Extension

Posted on December 10, 2007 by John F Croston III

Last year while at SXSW 2007 in Austin, Texas, I spent some time at the Knowbility trade show booth and talked with a young man by the name of Charles L. Chen about his Firefox extension CLiCk Speak. I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Adpative Technology, Charles L. Chen, CLiCk Speak, DC Adpative Technology, Firefox, Helpful Tips, JAWS, Window-Eyes | Leave a comment

DC Adaptive Technology Meetup

Posted on December 5, 2007 by John F Croston III

I found another great meetup by using Ross Karchner‘s DC Tech Events website. This one was the DC Adaptvie Technology meetup that was held at the DC Public Library in Washington, DC. The event was on Saturday December 1st, 2007, … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Adpative Technology, Braille, Braille Reader, Crosswalk, DC Adpative Technology, DC Tech Events, FORMs, Helpful Tips, ICON PDA, Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. Library, Washington, DC, Web Standards | 1 Comment