Maryland Department of Disabilities
Posted in Assistive Technology, Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Feb 25th, 2015
CAPTCHA CAPTCHA stands for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. A CAPTCHA is typically presented as a graphic with distorted letters or numbers that a user must decipher and enter into a text field. Although CAPTCHA attempts to ensure a response that is generated by a person, nearly all modern […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT Funding, AT News, Blind/Low Vision Aids , Information Technology, Tech Tip Tuesday on Feb 24th, 2015
NVDA 2015.1 Has Arrived Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP Keeping to their regular milestone schedule, the folks at NV-Access (Non Visual Desktop Access) have released the first official release of the popular NVDA screenreader of 2015. The unimaginative yet descriptive title of NVDA 2015.1 can’t lead you astray. If you are […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT Events, AT News, Education, Information Technology, Weekly Wrap-up Friday on Feb 20th, 2015
Did you know that Australia is about to make tactile money? Or that there are contact lenses that can magnify up to 3x? Well, if you read our AT news, you’d know all about it. And more. So catch up right here – AT in the news for the week of 2/16- 2/20. A TED […]
Posted in Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Feb 18th, 2015
Empty Table Headers When marking up data tables, avoid empty table headers (<th> element). Empty headers can cause confusion for screen reader users because there is no information to be read for a data row or column, or they may cause the screen reader to associate a header to an incorrect column or row. Pay […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT Events, AT News, Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Weekly Wrap-up Friday on Feb 13th, 2015
AT news is off-the-hook this week! I kid you not – there’s a lot of it and it covers all sorts of topics, like 3-D prosthetics, hand-free smartphones, smaller & sleeker hearing aids, and much more. Check it all out right here – AT in the news for the week of 2/9 thru 2/13. 3D […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Feb 11th, 2015
Mouse Hover Many interactive elements on the web require the user to hover the mouse over a page element – drop-down or fly-out menus, tooltips, etc. Mouse hover functionality is usually not accessible to keyboard-only users (note that the functionality can sometimes be programmed to respond to keyboard focus or pressing Enter in addition to […]
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