IT Policy & Law

Getting Started

• Quick Reference: Accessible Web Design (PDF, 1.1MB)

Useful Links

• WebAIM from Utah State University offers one of the most extensive and useful sets of resources for online accessibility.
• Section 508 is the U.S. government's site for information about these standards.
• ACM Policy Statement on Internet Accessibility includes links to a variety of tools.
• Web Accessibility Primer: Resources is a collection of resources found useful at Cornell.

Sessions from the University Computer Policy & Law (UCPL) Program

• Web 2.0 and Accessibility: What Challenges and Opportunities Await?, a lecture by Mark Greenfield
• Caught in the Web: Accessibility now and in next-generation technologies, a lecture by Cyndi Rowland
• Solve the Mystery of the Accessible Web, lectures by Deborah Buck and Sharon Trerise
• Accessible Web: how many people is your site leaving out? lecture and discussion with Cynthia Waddell

Transcribing and Captioning Video for the Web

Transcription services are available from many sources. This list is not meant to be exhaustive, merely a summary of resources with whom Cornell departments have recently had good experiences.

• Automatic Sync Technologies
  www.automaticsync.com/caption
  Phone: 877-AST-SYNC x717
  Direct: 216 228-9080
  Cell: 216 235-7403
  Cost of transcribing and captioning video for the web is $11.60 for 5 minutes.
  
  
• Bakers Transcription Services
  (local - Van Etten, NY)
  Phone: 607 207-6332
  
  
• Execuscribe
  www.execuscribe.com (refer to Corp. Services section)
  
  
• Numina Transcription Services, Inc.
  Madhur Dayal
  (415) 986 2230
  
  
• Student Disability Services at Cornell
  Michele Fish mdf6@cornell.edu
  Shura Gat adg23@cornell.edu
  Phone 254-4545