Web Standards, Accessibility & More

I’m proud to announce that my project Accessible Twitter has been honored with the the 2009 Access IT @web2.0 Award! The award is in recognition of a project, product or service that advances accessibility on web 2.0. It is endorsed by the International Webmasters Association (IWA). The selection process assesses the relevance for the award, its impact, its affordability and openness, and its validation level. The awards event was held in central London.

My Twitter friend Meera Tank was kind enough to represent me and Accessible Twitter at the award event. A nice, heavy, glass trophy was given, which currently resides with Meera in London. She  accepted the award and gave the presentation that I wrote a couple days prior. You can view the presentation on SlideShare (or view the fully accessible HTML version). The day after it was posted, SlideShare chose this to be a Featured Presentation on their home page!

The other categories and winners are:

• ACCESS-IT@Web2.0: project, product or service that advances accessibility on web 2.0.
  • Winner: Accessible Twitter
• ACCESS-IT@Home: project, product or service that advances independent living for people with disabilities or elderly.
  • Winner: BBC iPlayer
• ACCESS-IT @Work: project, product or service that facilitates persons with disability to work independently.
  • Winner: ECDL Hallas
• ACCESS-IT@Learning: project, product or service that facilitates persons with disability or elderly to get educated in an affordable, accessible, usable and efficient manner.
  • Winner: RoboBraille

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You may also read about this subject on Web Axe, my podcast/blog on web accessibility: Accessible Twitter Wins Award, Slidedeck