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Rich, We have at least five from University Services planning to attend. Boyd >>> [log in to unmask] 02/24/03 02:26PM >>> Please forward to Webmasters, HTML authors, and anyone concerned with accessibility of MSU Web sites. If you wish to attend this demo, please sign up this afternoon so we are sure we have enough seats (see below). ______________________________________________________________________ Demonstration of LIFT Web Accessibility Tools Please join us on February 25th for a demonstration on making Web sites accessible for persons with disabilities. We especially invite members of the MSU community who prepare content for MSU Web sites and who seek tools to aid in making content accessible. Paolo A. Brajnik, co-founder of UsableNet ( http://www.usablenet.com ), will demonstrate LIFT -- software tools that can assist webmasters and HTML authors in ensuring that their HTML content meets accessibility standards, such as the W3C guidelines and Section 508. The LIFT suite includes LIFT Desktop, which is a plug-in for Dreamweaver or FrontPage. LIFT Desktop allows the HTML author to interactively detect and repair accessibility problems. Mr. Brajnik will also demonstrate LIFT's Web-based accessibility tools, which can be used to audit the accessibility of any Web site. Before the LIFT demonstration, Michael Hudson, director of the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities ( http://www.rcpd.msu.edu ), will briefly demonstrate how technology allows people with visual impairments to surf the Web. Mr. Hudson has used a PC with screen reading technology since the mid 1980s, and uses the technology each day for e-mail and Web activities. These two demonstrations should help HTML authors visualize the need for constructing accessible Web content, as well as one set of tools to assist with the effort. The demonstrations will take place in the Minnesota Room in the Union Building on February 25, 2003 between 10:00 and noon. Seating is limited, so we ask that you sign up by sending email to [log in to unmask] In the Subject line, please include "LIFT demo." Please include your phone number in the message. Or, if you prefer, please telephone Barb Monroe at 353-4856. Because of keen interest in this topic, please sign up only if you intend to join us. This event is sponsored by the Client Advocacy Office, a unit of Libraries, Computing & Technology.