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Accessible Twitter is an alternative to the Twitter.com website. It is designed to be easier to use and is optimized for disabled users.

Firstly a huge well done to Accessible Twitter on winning the Web 2.0 ACCESS IT Award at a ceremony held at Microsoft London. I accepted the award on behalf of my Twitter friend Dennis Lembrée, I was very honoured when he asked me to also give a presentation at the award ceremony.

There was a great turn out and some wonderful presentations by Nikolaos Floratos (e-ISOTIS), Sarah Foxall and Matt Lambert (Microsoft) before the award ceremony began. Here are the categories and winners:

ACCESS-IT@Web2.0: project, product or service that advances accessibility on web 2.0. – Winner: Accessible Twitter
ACCESS-IT@Home: project, product or service that advances independent living for people with disabilities or elderly. – Winner: BBC iPlayer
ACCESS-IT @Work: project, product or service that facilitates persons with disability to work independently. – Winner: ECDL Hallas
ACCESS-IT@Learning: project, product or service that facilitates persons with disability or elderly to get educated in an affordable, accessible, usable and efficient manner. - Winner: RoboBraille

The presentation is available on SlideShare and I will post some pictures up of the wonderful glass cube award, there should be photos to follow on the Access IT website.

Thanks to Dennis Lembrée for a mention in the Webaxe podcast – A great podcast and blog on practical web design accessibility tips.