Two days ago I convinced myself that the world would end tragically if I didn’t get my hands on the new Nintendo DSi (and I was right – I heard rumors of tornadoes dying and seas calming as I signed my name on the receipt).
So I got home and immediately downloaded the free DSi Web [...]
Category: Accessible Survey Design
Take surveys on your… Nintendo?!
No way.
Webinar at EASI: Making Surveys Accessible
SurveyGizmo has been invited to speak about making surveys accessible and building accessible forms for EASI, Equal Access to Software and Information. EASI hosts weekly webinars on a variety of online accessibility topics. You can read more about their Accessibility Webinar schedule here or go directly to the sign-up for “Making Accessible Online Surveys”.
EASI’s [...]
Tops in Online Survey Accessibility
Recently were pleased to learn that Ohio State University recently conducted a study of accessibility in online survey tools. We pride ourselves on standards-compliant web design, and we have a strong focus on usability. OSU picked up on this:
The administrator interfaces in SurveyGizmo are a model of usability. Interfaces are clean, navigation elements are easy [...]
SurveyGizmo listed in Idealware Survey Software Guide/Blog
First let me tell you, Google Alerts are a *wonderful* thing. Today for example Google sent me a link to a short blog article/guide that compares four survey tools for not-for-profit users. The guide is quite brief and concise — well worth a look.
The blog post was on Idealware who, in their own [...]
SurveyGizmo Surveys on the Blackberry: Who knew!?
We discovered something totally unexpected this morning while doing a log check. Apparently our efforts towards accessible surveys had an unintended (and beneficial) effect — survey takers are using their Blackberry web browsers to take surveys created in SurveyGizmo! Who knew!
Not being a Blackberry person myself, I didn’t even know this was possible. [...]
New: Full Support of Non-English Characters
We are happy to announce that SurveyGizmo finally supports non-English characters completely as of this past weekend. For those of you located or who survey outside of the US, this should be welcome news indeed!
Previously, certain sections of the SurveyGizmo application would “garble” non-English characters — making your surveys unattractive and unreadable. Thanks [...]
The Most Accessible and Usable Survey Tool
Update: A more recent accessible survey tool comparison was done by Ohio State University.
We have seen a lot of interest recently in SurveyGizmo’s accessibility features and how our surveys meet current accessibility and usability standards, such as Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act or the British version the DDA (Disability Discrimination Act). We are happy [...]

