Data Tables Difficulty: Advanced Category: Structure Presentation Because data tables are presented and navigated differently by screen readers than layout tables, it is vital that data tables be marked up to support greater accessibility. Row and/or column headers should be identified as such (using the <th> tag) and given an appropriate scope designating that header […]
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The problem with Captchas Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP According to a recent Ted Radio Hour episode, n.pr/1bOzlZ, we spent 500,000 hours solving Captchas world wide. Chances are, you run into them all the time. A Captcha is the little box, usually on a website, which asks you to type the blurry […]
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It’s a little later in the day than usual for getting these out, but that’s okay. Now you can have some light (and inspirational) reading before bed tonight. Enjoy! AT in the news for the week of 1/13 – 1/17. Wheelchair icon revamped by guerrilla art project Gift of mobility: West Sider helps develop ‘KidWalk’ “A […]
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Title Attributes Difficulty: Advanced Category: Content Presentation As defined in the HTML specification, the title attribute is for “advisory information”. As such, it should not be relied on to provide accessibility. The title attribute is generally ignored by screen readers, except when used on form elements that do not have labels, frames and iframes, and […]
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Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP As we posted on both Facebook and Twitter earlier this afternoon, Window-Eyes is now free to any user of MS Office 2010 or later. By going to www.windoweyesforoffice.com and selecting my language, I promptly found myself in possession of a fully-functional copy of Window-Eyes. The installation took around […]
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Necessity is said to be the mother of invention. And sometimes PhD candidates can help that invention along, too. During this past year, MDTAP was lucky enough to have Brian Frey, a UMBC Human Centered Computing PhD candidate, intern with us. As he explored AT robotics projects, discussed the many merits of 3-D printers, and directly supported a […]
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