During the fall semester, one of my projects as research administrator and technical advisor was to test the accessibility of the virtual exhibits designed by the various members of the CUDRG, but from the perspective of a PC user. During the winter semester, I had had the chance to test these from the perspective of a Mac user. With the Mac, both exhibits worked extremely well! I am pleased to say that the testing of both virtual exhibits has now been completed on the PC and they are both fully accessible. Especially with google Crome. What did I find? Well, in both exhibits, there is an audio player which pops up and people can listen to the actual text that is found in each panel. The audio player, I am pleased to say, works both with the Mac and pc. One of the specifics of my testing was to figure out if these virtual exhibits were accessible through the use of screen-reading software; on the Mac side, it was voice-over and on the pc side, I used a software called JAWS or “Job Access With Speech.” The one thing I found interesting was that the audio player worked just slightly better on the Mac side than the pc side. ‘Why?’ you may ask. The audio player has an application area and JWS likes to announce every second where the listener is in the audio track unless they leave the audio player application area altogether by pressing the tab key several times. Besides that minor detail, these exhibits are very user-friendly from both perspectives. I enjoyed completing this testing because both of the exhibits were fascinating from start to finish! When more exhibits come out, I hope to test their accessibility as well. One of my current projects is testing the accessibility of WordPress since the CUDRG’s web site is https://www.cudisabilityresearchgroupwordpress.com. From what I can see right now, it looks like I’ve got a couple of kinks to iron out, but that’s ok because that’s what I’m here for! I look forward to testing the accessibility of future virtual exhibits! Stay tuned!