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Posted in Assistive Technology, Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on May 6th, 2015
ARIA Application Role ARIA role=”application” can be used to identify web applications or widgets within a page. When a screen reader is within an element with this role, it functions in forms mode, meaning that when keyboard keys are pressed, they are passed to the web page rather than handled by the screen reader itself. […]
Posted in Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Apr 29th, 2015
ARIA Alert Roles ARIA role=”alert” can be used for very important messages that a screen reader should read immediately, even if keyboard focus is not set to that element. ARIA alerts are typically triggered with scripting, such as when a critical form error has been detected. Because ARIA alerts are very intrusive (they read immediately […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT News, Information Technology, Weekly Wrap-up Friday on Apr 24th, 2015
Ever wonder which devices might be helpful for someone with dementia? Or apps that could help a kid communicate about pain levels? Or maybe what movies you can stream with audio description? Answers to all of these and more are covered in this week’s AT News Wrap Up (for 4/20 – 4/24). Check it out! […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Apr 22nd, 2015
ARIA Roles and Native Semantics ARIA roles enhance or change the semantics and meaning of page elements. Whenever possible, the proper native HTML elements should be used. For example, while role=”button” could be added to a scripted link that is used to submit a form, a native button element would provide this same functionality in […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, Blind/Low Vision Aids , Information Technology, Tech Tip Tuesday on Apr 21st, 2015
Document Scanning, The Missing Link Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP How many articles have we posted about scanning printed documents using OCR software? We don’t know either, but you could always try using the “Search” feature on the blog. Anyway, it is not insignificant. Often, I write about a new piece of […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT News, Information Technology, Mystery Monday on Apr 20th, 2015
Phorm is a new technology that turns the touchscreen keyboard on your iPad into a tactile experience. It requires no batteries or charging – it’s completely human powered. “But how?” you ask. Well, when you start to type, tactile “finger guides” appear over each letter, allowing someone to touch type quickly and effectively using the keyboard. And when the user is finished […]
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