Skip to content →

Accessible Twitter changes name to Easy Chirp

Web App "Accessible Twitter" Changes Name to "Easy Chirp"
The web-accessible application empowers users with disabilities and low-end technology to access

Twitter, the popular social micro-blogging web service.

Cupertino, CA (June 1, 2011) – Accessible Twitter, the esteemed web application that empowers

users with disabilities and low-end technology to access Twitter, will now go by the name Easy

Chirp (www.easychirp.com).

The name change is due to several reasons, the foremost is that the Twitter rules of use for

third-party applications does not allow the word "Twitter" in the name of the application. Also,

the word "easy" is simpler to understand than "accessible", especially to those not in the

accessibility or disability communities. And, the new name is considerably shorter, especially

important with the 140-character limit in Twitter statuses, better known as tweets.

Mr. Dennis E. Lembree, owner of the web development company WebOverhauls.com, is the creator of

Easy Chirp, and is dedicated to expanding the accessibility of the web.

"Accessibility is finally becoming much more mainstream, as it needs to be. I think the name

change reflects this, and helps expose the web app to a wider base of users."
-Dennis Lembree of WebOverhauls

The website logo and design remain consistent after the name change. The old domain name

AccessibleTwitter.com will continue to be functional.

In addition to reading and posting tweets in Easy Chirp, features include direct messaging,

URL-shortening, running and saving searches, viewing popular links, and providing full support

for lists.

Mr. Jennison Asuncion works in the IT Accessibility space in Canada, and is himself a screen

reader user. He chooses Easy Chirp for his Twitter application. "I’m an active Twitter user who

prefers an accessible web-based client. Easy Chirp fits the bill perfectly!"

Easy Chirp/Accessible Twitter has been mentioned in numerous articles and books, and received

the American Foundation for the Blind 2011 Access Award.

For more about Easy Chirp, visit: www.easychirp.com.

#####

About Web Overhauls
Web Overhauls is a web development company specializing in web standards, usability, and

accessibility. Web Overhauls develops websites for small to medium-sized businesses with a focus

on improving existing websites for a better user experience. The company is a member of GAWDS

and Refresh Detroit. Mr. Dennis E. Lembree, the President of Web Overhauls, is an established

expert in the field; he is an author and speaker, the creator of Easy Chirp, and the author of

Web Axe, a podcast and blog about web accessibility.

For more information, visit or email: weboverhauls [AT] gmail dot com.

About Easy Chirp
Disabled users typically have significant problems accessing many websites and web services,

including Twitter. Easy Chirp greatly helps the issue through many development techniques

including: ensuring that all links are keyboard accessible; providing consistent navigation and

page structure; providing proper headings. Easy Chirp works with or without JavaScript and is

compatible with all major Internet browsers, including the outdated Internet Explorer 6. Easy

Chirp is used by those with and without disabilities.

For more information, visit www.easychirp.com or email: info [AT] easychirp dot com.

 

###

 

Thanks, Dennis, for a great product, no matter the name.  Readers, go to Easy Chirp and tweet about it to your followers!

 

LL

 

Published in Accessible experts AT News Cool Tools Social Media Mania