# \[ADV\] New book: The Accessible Web

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**Created:** [May 14, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adv-new-book-the-accessible-web/104154 "2007-05-14T20:46:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![dirtytree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@dirtytree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dirtytree)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adv-new-book-the-accessible-web/104154/1 "2007-05-14T20:46:48Z")

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Gentle Web D. Folk:

Just in time for RailsConf, I’m happy to announce Jeremy Sydik’s  
book, “The Accessible Web”, is now available in beta. This is  
particularly sweet as Jeremy and I first discussed this book in the  
hallways of last year’s conference.

This book is all about making your website accessible web sites–  
sites that can easily be used by folks who may have perceptual or  
cognitive difficulties. This isn’t just a question of being a good  
citizen, or of meeting the increasing demands of legislation. It’s  
also about effectively communicating with a very large segment of  
your user base.

Accessibility is often presented as being complex and confusing.  
Guidelines are published as edicts, carved in stone tablets that must  
be followed without question. That’s not very pragmatic.

Because you are a real developer with a real projects to ship, you  
need to learn how to make content accessible, using accessibility  
guidelines as just that—guidelines.

With this book, you’ll learn basic principles and techniques for  
developing accessible HTML, audio, video, and multimedia content. In  
addition, you will understand how to apply the principles you learn  
in this book to new technologies when they emerge.

It’s out now in beta from [Pragmatic Bookshelf: By Developers, For Developers](http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/)  
jsaccess/

If you’re heading to RailsConf, Jeremy will be there.

Cheers

Dave

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**Author:** ![dirtytree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@dirtytree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dirtytree)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adv-new-book-the-accessible-web/104154/2 "2007-05-14T21:25:52Z")

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I for one am so excited to see this book out there. Accessibility is a  
huge  
issue for me and is often misunderstood. I’ve been waiting for this one  
for  
a long time.

Congratulations to Jeremy!