In response to numerous requests from member organizations, the Accessibility Forum Community Bulletin Board is a new service to Forum members. The Bulletin Board can be used by members to post a URL on the Accessibility Forum web site that provides a link to their web sites informing Forum members about products, services, opportunities, meetings and events, and any other announcements relevant to Section 508 and the work of the Forum.  For more details please visit www.accessibilityforum.org/announce_bulletin.html

Past Bulletins:

http://www.voicewebsolutions.net
Voice Web Solutions combines all the benefits of a portable document format
with the ubiquitous nature of voice. Break down the barriers to distributing
your information. VANGUARD Producer™ empowers you to listen to and navigate
any type of document just by saying a few simple voice commands using any
telephone or personal computer.
Brian Ty Graham
Chief Architect, Co-Founder
Voice Web Solutions, Inc.

www.aagi.com 
The associated text should read: ALVA Access Group, Inc. American branch of ALVA-BV manufacturers of Braille displays, enlarging software and screen readers. Specialist in assistive technology.
Contact: Larry Lake 888-318-2582 ext. 105; 

http://www.usablenet.com/products_services/lfp/lfp.html
Launch of UsablNet’s latest Accessibility software: LIFT for Microsoft FrontPage
Zoey Chanin
212-965-5388

November 15-16th in San Diego, California The Oxford Research Institute will present it advanced ergonomic workshop covering topics on accessibility, injury abatement and reducing the probability of human error through the use of a variance reduction model to see the complete man-machine system. Registration Form.
William W. Banks, CIE, CHFEP
President & CEO
Oxford Research Institute Inc.

A comparison of commercial web accessibility evaluation tools, rated on
several criteria including accuracy, web crawling, and accessibility of the
user interface.
http://jimthatcher.com/erx.htm
Jim Thatcher
Accessibility Consulting

da Vinci Technology Conference & Exhibits -- Addressing Innovations and Needs in Accessibility September 19-20, 2002 Dearborn, Michigan (HTML)

To develop a comprehensive, up-to-date, multimedia website to assist educators, families and communities in the identification and use of assistive technologies in a classroom setting.
http://www.makingthegrade.org/assistive/
Andrew Noyes
Communications & Marketing

In furthering our commitment toward achieving a more accessible government, ITI has developed 'best practices' recommendations to assist businesses in filling out Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates. To view the new document, please visit ITI's web site at http://www.itic.org/policy/508/Sec508.html.
Ken J. Salaets
Director, Government Relations

The Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) has recently announced that it is undertaking an Industry Sizing Project (ISP), to determine the size, and economic and other contributions, of the "disability industry" in North America and Europe. The project will be sponsored by Information Technology companies. Forum members who are interested in learning more about the ISP are invited to contact ATIA's Executive Director, Larry Israel, at ATIA@LIAA.com.

Reporting on the events at the CSUN 2002 trip - UNIX Accessibility series & Java at CSUN, and events relating to Java Accessibility.  http://www.sun.com/access/sun-at-csun02.html.
Peter Korn
Sun Accessibility Team

Microsoft continues to actively pursue enhancing interoperability between its operating system and Assistive Technology. See a statement about their efforts. (HTML) (WORD - 79KB)

DIBOC is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide accessibility to information in all media for all people. Our site has FAQs that are based on real life problems and solutions along with a set Section 508 based Web Accessibility Guidelines.
www.diboc.com
Grady McGhee
703.819.2631

http://www.e-gov.com/events/2002/sec508adv/OR http://www.buanconsulting.com/section508adv.html
Section 508 Seminar is designed for those who already have an understanding of the legal and compliance issues associated with the Section 508 regulations. Attendees of this continuing education event will develop a more thorough comprehension of the technical aspects and implications of these compliance programs.
Jeff Curtain
Senior Consultant, Buan Consulting

http://www.accelio.com/products/products_capture_accessibility.cfm
Accelio Corporation (formerly JetForm Corporation) is a leader in electronic forms that offer accessibility compatibility with many assistive technologies. Visit our web site for specific solutions for meeting your electronic form and data capture needs.
Bill Sahlberg
Senior Consultant, Accelio Corporation

www.section508.gov
Free Offer! GSA offers new training courses for Accessible Conferences, Buying Accessible E&IT (Requiring Officials and Contracting Officers), and Section 508 Coordinators. Also. GSA announces a revised Section508.gov web site. Visit the site to find out what's new

SAP's Accessibility Competence Center will be attending the upcoming CSUN conference, in Los Angeles, from March 19 through 23. We will be hosting a demo suite in room 1746 of the LAX Marriott, where we will be showcasing some of our accessible solutions with screen reading and voice recognition technologies. In addition to the suite, we will be conducting a general conference session from 9:20 - 10:20 AM, in the Atlanta/Boston room of the LAX Marriott. If you would like more information, or wish to schedule time in our suite, please contact:
dena.shumila@sap.com
650-320-3228

www.accessibilityforum.org
The next Accessibility Forum is in Denver, Colorado - February 27 -March 1, 2002.

www.ssbtechnologies.com
SSB Technologies offers products and services that make Web sites, Intranets, and Web-enabled applications compliant with Section 508 requirements and accessible to people with disabilities.
Chris Jones

www.jimthatcher.com/webcourse1.htm
Tutorial on Section 508 Web Accessibility written for the Information Technology Technical Assistance Center (ITTATC).

www.jimthatcher.com/sidebyside.htm
A side-by-side comparison of the Section 508 provisions for web accessibility and the Priority 1 checkpoints of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines from the Web Accessibility initiative.

www.jimthatcher.com/evaluation.htm
How much of the Section 508 Web Accessibility provisions can, in principal, be checked by a computer program; what requires human judgment.
Jim Thatcher

www.retroaccess.com
Evaluation and repair solutions for achieving web accessibility.
Stephen Markel

www.ncddr.org/du/researchexchange/v06n03/
This issue presents information on the Internet and Web accessibility, with a list of resources on Section 508. A special insert for Web designers compares the accessibility requirements of Section 508 and those of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines of the Web Accessibility Initiative, World Wide Web Consortium. Several NIDRR grantees describe their work in the area of accessibility and identify resources that may be useful for other grantees.
John D. Westbrook

www.hisoftware.com/access/Index.html
HiSoftware Web site accessibility verification, repair and monitoring software solutions assist organizations in achieving and maintaining accessible Web sites in compliance with Section 508 and W3C Priority 1 accessibility guidelines. These solutions, available as client and automated server-based applications, help organizations develop long-term strategies to achieve Web content accessibility.
Dana Louise Simberkoff