December 2006
- U.N. adopts convention making accessibility and rights of people with disabilities a global concern. IBM continues to play a leadership role.
- IBM helps disabled users get more from assistive technology, on more computer platforms. (press release)
- UN to focus on improving web access, technology standards for persons with disabilities on 4 December.E-Accessibility is theme of International Day of Disabled Persons. (United Nations press release)
November 2006
- Third China Forum spotlights accessibility standards
- Tools for thinking: Harnessing the power of the human mind
- Focus on diversity: Assistive technology helps propel career success (Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information Technology)
- Students with disabilities are making headway (Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information Technology)
October 2006
September 2006
- W3C aims to boost web accessibility (wnunet.com)
- Software opens up workforce to people with disabilities (New Zealand Herald)
- IBM, NIC Ally On Indian National Portal (CXO Today)
August 2006
- IBM equips computer science students with skills to make software more accessible to disabled users
- IBM honored by NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Office for People with Disabilities (NYC.gov)
- Travis County launches enhanced Web site with greater accessibility for citizens with blindness or vision impairments
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
- Prof Finds Program To Adapt Web For all (gazettes.com)
- Demo of IBM Easy Web Browsing with Bill Curtis-Davidson (AT508.com)
- IBM accessibility technology opens Web to students and faculty at California State University, Long Beach
- Innovation that matters: Transforming education. Professor Wayne Dick uses WebAdapt2Me to read with ease
January 2006
- IBM Urges U.S. Senate to Support Worldwide Accessibility Standards
- Top 10 Intranets: Creative, Mobile, Multinational (InformationWeek)
- IBM recruits assistive technology vendors for business opportunities
December 2005
- IBM Toronto Innovation Centre welcomed bankers to open house
- IBM researcher named to board of Alexander Graham Bell Institute
- IBM Japan holds Accessibility Forum
November 2005
- IBM launches new Accessibility Center in Brazil
- Assistive tech could aid aging fed workers (Federal Computer Week)
October 2005
- Wall Street Journal Honors IBM's New Mouse Adapter
- Frances West/Ask The Expert (CIO.com)
- Tool may help deaf with webcasts. Speech-recognition system could make captioning quick, less expensive (ArgusLeader.com)
- IBM Pools Accessibility Tools (internetnews.com)
- IBM Applies Technology for Disabled at Aging Baby Boomers (TechWeb)
September 2005
- Accessibility in China: accelerating the pace of progress
- Frances West Addresses Australian Accessibility Conference
- IBM Introduces New Consulting Services to Help Employers Prepare for Baby-Boomer Transition
August 2005
- Business Value of Accessibility To Be Highlighted at IDEAS Conference
- IBM contributes open source code to make Firefox browser more accessible
June 2005
March 2005
- Mouse adapter gives computer access to millions of hand
tremor sufferers - New Mouse Steadies Hand Tremors (CIO Today)
- Shaky hands? Mouse adapter promises relief (c/net News)
- IBM Unveils Mouse Adapter That Assists Hand-Tremor Sufferers (Information Week)
- Helping hand for those with shaky hands--IBM to unveil mouse adapter to steady cursor (San Francisco Chronicle)
- IBM and Accessibility Solutions (theMatureMarket.com)
- IBM to Demonstrate Portfolio of Accessibility Technologies for ISVs and Web Developers at PartnerWorld (Solutions Enable Developers to Make the Web Widely Accessible)
January 2005
- New IBM Web Browser Speaks Volumes About Accessibility
- Adapting PCs to an aging population (Boston Globe)
- Assistive browser (San Diego Union Tribune)
- IBM Magnifies Talking Browser (internetnews.com)
- Frances W. West elected to the Assistive Technology Industry Association board of directors
December 2004
October 2004
September 2004
August 2004
July 2004
- IBM Research Delivers New Technology to Web Developers (PhysOrg.com)
- IBM Promotes Web Access for the Disabled (PC World)
- IBM Tool Has An Eye For The Blind (internetnews.com)
May 2004
- IBM looks to improve Web usage for visually impaired (InfoWorld)
- Gaining access—Computer advances help people with disabilities work, learn and play in the digital era (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Honorary Degrees (The Times, St. Mary's University)
April 2004
- How disabled users access the internet (DMeurope.com)
- New system to speed benefits process (GCN.com)
- Rules to change in 'young man's' IT game (The Age)
March 2004
February 2004
- IT looks beyond the barriers (shm.com.au)
- IBM brings text-to-speech to the Linux desktop (Government Computer News)
December 2003
November 2003
October 2003
- IBM Unveils Privacy Protection Service(E-Commerce News)
- Assistive Technologies (Network World Technology Executive Newsletter)
- IBM Receives 2003 New Freedom Initiative Award (IBM press release)
- IBM to Discuss e-Learning and Technology for the Disabled (Gulf Herald)
September 2003
- Ready, willing, and working (Christian Science Monitor)
- IBM launches ¡TradúceloAhora! Automatic Translation Project across the United States (IBM press release)
August 2003
July 2003
- The ADA's next step: cyberspace (BusinessWeek Online)
- Gratifying careers in assistive technology (Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information Technology)
June 2003
- IBM's Chieko Asakawa inducted into WITI "Hall of Fame" (WITI press release)
- CSUN Adaptive Technology Conference (Ability Magazine)
- IBM: Aging government work force to create hot IT opportunity (Washington Technology)
- IBM launches new disability services team (InfoWorld)
- Aging "baby boomers" to benefit from IBM's new accessibility services and technology (IBM press release)
- MIBM's Building an Accessible IT World Barrier Free (AT508.com)
May 2003
April 2003
January 2003
- UsabilityNews Accessibility Project using IBM's accessibility heuristics (UsabilityNews.com)
- Vocational Rehabilitation Project in Australia
- Accessibility for Business white paper