Since March 1997 SMIL become a significant new technology which helps integrate multimedia into Web content. The importance of SMIL has grown with the apparition of its 2.0 version. SMIL offers XML-based technology for managing the presentation and timing of multimedia elements. SMIL is used in the software and technologies supported by Adobe, Microsoft, and the Real Networks.
Taking in consideration the development and support for the 2.0 specification, SMIL has the perspective of becoming a standard approach for the developers which work
Each year on the UW-Madison campus, 1,500 students and prospective applicants receive services from the McBurney Disability Resource Center. It is believed that the actual number of students with disabilities is much higher. In order to access Web-based information, some of these students must use assistive devices in place of traditional computer keyboards and mice. Some rely on screen readers (programs like JAWS or Dragon Naturally Speaking) to convert text to speech. Others require text translations of audio materials.
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The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies - specifications, guidelines, software, and tools. W3C’s Web Accessibility Initiative, WAI, in coordination with organisations around the world, pursues accessibility of the Web through five primary areas of work: technology, guidelines, tools, education and outreach, and research and development.
The WAI website contains hyperlinked guideline specifications, checklists and techniques for web content, authoring tools, user agents and XML. The WAI site also includes quick tips,
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