Maryland Department of Disabilities
Posted in Assistive Technology, Blind/Low Vision Aids , Information Technology, Mobility Aids, Tech Tip Tuesday on Sep 16th, 2014
Travel with the Transit App Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP A long time ago, in a blog post far far away, I wrote about using Hop Stop for public transit navigation. Alas, Hop Stop was purchased by Apple, though its handy features have yet to appear in Apple Maps. While other GPS […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT News, Information Technology, Weekly Wrap-up Friday on Sep 12th, 2014
A 3-D printed brain, wearable robotics, and a tactile computer…I think I hear the future knocking. Read all about it here, in this week’s AT News Wrap up for 9/8 thru 9/12 Air Canada improves access for the vision impaired Speech generating device helps ALS patient Blind riders claim discrimination, sue Uber Natural sciences museum hosts […]
Posted in Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Sep 10th, 2014
Accessibility of User Flows When implementing accessibility, the issues on the most visited or high profile pages are often the first to be addressed. While this is effective, also consider user flows or processes. For example, on an online shopping site, focus on making the entire checkout process accessible. While the final purchasing page of […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT Events, AT News, Conferences, Information Technology, Maryland Department of Disabilities, MD Technology Assistance Program, Tech Tip Tuesday, Web Accessibility on Sep 9th, 2014
Today’s the day! It’s Web Accessibility Training Day 2014 hosted by the National Federation of the Blind and the Maryland Technology Assistance Program. Follow NFB_voice and MDTAP on Twitter, hashtag #WATD14, to get real time updates on sessions, speakers and more. The session materials and audio recordings will be posted after the event at https://nfb.org/web-accessibility-day
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT News, Education, Information Technology, Mystery Monday, Web Accessibility on Sep 8th, 2014
It’s good practice to make things accessible. From equipment to electronic documents, making sure everyone can access an item or information is a universally beneficial choice. And now that so many people, agencies and organizations use social media, it’s vital to ensure that the information you’re posting, whether through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or some other platform, […]
Posted in Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Sep 3rd, 2014
Separate Content/Functionality from Visual Design Accessibility of web page content and functionality occurs almost entirely in page markup (HTML). Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), on the other hand, should be used exclusively for defining page styling and visual design. While CSS can be used to improve visual design, accessibility, and usability, screen readers ignore nearly all […]
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