Software Vendor Accessibility Sites |
Many software vendors have accessibility sites that can be very helpful. These vendors may create operating systems (i.e. Microsoft) or utility applications (i.e. Adobe) or ...
Adobe
Software products include: Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader as well as other programs dealing with the PDF file types. Adobe also purchased Macromedia and now sells the important web creation programs Dreamweaver, Flash and Fireworks.
http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/
Of special interest!!! An extremely important document for those who are interested in creating accessible formats...the 115 page PDF document:
Creating Accessible PDF Documents.
Apple
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http://www.apple.com/accessibility/
IBM
Human Ability and Accessibility Center
http://www-03.ibm.com/able/index.html
Microsoft
Largest software manufacturer in the world. Puts OS (operating system) software on over 90% of the computers in the world. In addition, the Office Suite (office productivity programs) , and Internet Explorer (web browser) are among the most widely used applications in the world. Most of the computer information on the assisttech.info site revolves around Microsoft products.
Microsoft has an extremely good accessibility website regarding its products.
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/
Sun Microsystems
Accessibility Program: Opening New Doors...Enabling Technologies http://www.sun.com/access/