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Posted in Assistive Technology, Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Jan 8th, 2014
Link Focus Indicators Difficulty: Advanced Category: Presentation A link that has keyboard focus (accessed using the Tab key) is typically identified by a dotted line that surrounds the link. This dotted line is called the focus indicator or link outline. This focus indicator can be removed with outline:0 in CSS. Doing so will make it […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT News, Information Technology, Weekly Wrap-up Friday on Dec 20th, 2013
I know, I know. You’ve been waiting all week for this. Well, wait no longer, cause here it is! AT in the news for the week of 12/16 – 12/20 What Nonverbal Kids Can Gain From Technology New approach ahead for Section 508 standards New Ring Device ‘Reads’ Sign Language Out Loud Too loud! This […]
Posted in Information Technology, MD Technology Assistance Program, Mystery Monday on Dec 16th, 2013
It’s a well known fact in the accessible IT community that iOS products incorporate a great deal of accessibility features directly into their basic functioning. And yet, even though I’ve known this for years, I was stoked and surprised when I started playing with some of the accessibility features in my own iPhone in hopes to be […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT News, Information Technology, Things to Know Thursday on Dec 12th, 2013
What can be done to make web-based job tools easier to use by people with intellectual disabilities, cognitive issues, traumatic brain injuries or other disabilities? An online dialogue that runs from December 9 – 20 will address these issues. The event is being held by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP); […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, Blind/Low Vision Aids , Information Technology, Learning Aids, MD Technology Assistance Program, Things to Know Thursday on Nov 26th, 2013
Learning to Write with DoItWrite Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP With the release of iOS7, Apple added a hand writing function to VoiceOver. When the “Hand writing” option is selected via the rotar function, print characters, such as uppercase, lowercase, numbers and punctuation, can be drawn directly on the screen of an iOS device. […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT and the Law, AT Events, AT News, Information Technology, Weekly Wrap-up Friday on Nov 22nd, 2013
Grab your coffee because it’s that time of week again…AT in the news for the week of 11/18 thru 11/22 Fantastical an iPhone Calendar App Makes Staying Organized Easy All-terrain wheelchair re-opens outdoors to disabled hunters 98-year-old man returns to his art after 15 years blind, with Microsoft Paint FCC Seeks Comment on Accessibility Policies […]
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