At the GetWithIT conference last week, your item on using Facebook and Twitter really got me thinking.

playI'm part of a local group of volunteers in my town who are trying to improve local play facilities for children.

We'd just heard last week that we could bid for Playbuilders but had only a week to get our expression of interest together.

Our biggest problem was how to do public consultation in such a short space of time.

adobeAdobe® Reader® 9 is free software you can use to read and access the information contained within PDF files. Adobe Reader 9 contains many capabilities specifically designed to make it easier for people with disabilities to read PDF files, regardless of whether the files have been optimized for accessibility.

Do you have files that people can download on your site?

bloxIf the answer is yes, then you should provide your users with links to the software they need to read them.  I have started to build a page of useful links for PDF, DOCX, PPT files. Plus links for Open Office, Natural Reader and some Browsers.

Have I missed anything important?  Let me know

Listen to the web

Increasing accessibility to your web site should be a primary aim of all people involved in the editing and creation of materials for the web. One of the ways that this can be achieved is through the use of voices.

talkThere are three ways of using voice

1. Text to voice
2. Recorded Voice
3. Video

ipadioIpadio lets you broadcast to the internet via your phone

Skype lets you phone from your Computer

skype

You can bring them together as an easy way of truning your laptop in to a way of broadcasting quickly and easily.

Before you start you will need to:

Create an account at Ipadio and register a telephone number