Where It's AT – Assistive Technology Blog

We’ve got two weeks worth of AT news, and Wow! Braille reading gloves, vibrating backpacks transmitting music vibes, a bionic pancreas, and the list goes on. Check it all out right here…AT in the news for the weeks of 6/16 thru 6/27 Look inside the smart home that made life easier for a Marine veteran who […]

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Voice Control Software and Image Alternative Text To activate links on a page, users of voice control software, such as Dragon NaturallySpeaking, speak the visible link text. When an image is linked, the alternative text of that image can be spoken to activate that link. When an image presents graphical text, the alternative text of […]

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Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP One kind of assistive technology we rarely mention is the accessible voting machine.  Primary Voting Day in Maryland is today, June 24.  You can check with the Board of Elections to see if your polling place is accessible using this link:  http://www.elections.state.md.us/voting/accessibility.html The touch-screen voting machines used by […]

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Evaluating Alternative Text When evaluating the alternative text of images, remember that the alternative text (whether in the image’s alt attribute or in adjacent text) should convey the content and function of an image. Asking the question, “If the image could not be used, what text would replace the image?” is often a good way […]

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Evaluating Web Accessibility with WAVE WAVE is a free web accessibility evaluation tool found at http://wave.webaim.org/. Rather than providing a complex technical report, WAVE shows the original web page with embedded icons and indicators that reveal the accessibility of that page. This presentation facilitates manual evaluation of web accessibility. A Firefox toolbar version of WAVE […]

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Seriously, I couldn’t make this stuff up…Pimped out prosthetics, 3D blood vessels, a heart-shocking shirt and more. Read up & enjoy on this beautiful day. AT in the news for the week of 6/2 thru 6/6 “Shocking” garment designed by Johns Hopkins’ students could save lives The Incredible Stair-Climbing, Self-Parking, Amphibious Wheelchair Innovation Award brings […]

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