If you’re reading the blog right now you might notice a button below the post title that says “Listen Now”. And in the sidebar, just below the “Subscribe” links, a “Listen” section with a button called “Odiogo.” Well, I’m killing two birds with one stone.
I’m making the content of DoingMedia more accessible for the vision impaired. Rather than using a screen reader like JAWS they can click the “Listen Now” button to hear the posts read to them. It’s a computer generated voice but not bad. Anyone can listen so listen away!
Accessibility made sense for DoingMedia. Doing media is for everyone. I’ve also been involved with the Accessible Internet Rally in San Antonio for a couple of years. It’s a program run by Knowbility to promote accessible website creation. Accessible websites make it easier for people with visual, auditory and mobility impairments. Because the sites are built using web standard coding practices the side benefits are that the sites are more Google-friendly (Google is the largest deaf and blind web denizen) and they port to mobile devices more simply. Oh, and the market for disabled people is in the Trillions of dollars. Trillions. With a “T”.
Another bonus to my “Odiogo” implementation is that you can now subscribe to DoingMedia in iTunes! So drop us onto your iPod and listen while you drive or workout or just work. (Gee, guess I’ll have to come up with some motivating posts for the treadmill.) There is also an mp3 version available for all you Zune/Blackberry/etc. users.
This may be just the beginning of a publishing empire! DoingMedia Television! DoingMedia Apparel! DoingMedia NASCAR! DoingMedia Breakfast Cereal! Where will it end?
Oh, excuse me.
“Who’s on the phone? Oh, tell Rupert I’ll call him back.”.
We publishing mavens have to stick together.
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