Decorative Images Difficulty: Advanced Category: Content Presentation In some cases images are used to convey a mood, feeling, or non-literal content – something to make the page more friendly, personable, or visually pleasing. It is often difficult to convey meaningful alternative text for such images in a way that is useful for someone that cannot […]
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Odin Mobile – Mobile Phone service for the blind and visually impaired Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP At MDTAP, we are frequently asked about cellphones which are accessible to the visually impaired. While the iPhone and even many Android phones are accessible, the high cost and complexity of smart phones, can, in […]
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Every day, in the MDTAP office, we get questions from individuals wanting to know how to get low cost or free computers. Here is one resource that just might be helpful to those in need… Computers for the Blind – a non profit that provides recycled, low cost desktops and laptops to those with vision […]
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Linked Images Difficulty: Advanced Category: Content Presentation When an image is the only thing contained within a link, that image must be given appropriate alternative text. Because the image provides a function, a screen reader encountering the image must convey some information to the user. If alternative text has not been provided for the image, […]
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MD Prepares App Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP Check your calendars; it has been one year, nearly to the day, since Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast. If you will excuse the metaphor, this is what put Emergency Preparedness on the RADAR for many of us. Marylanders with disabilities often have […]
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Tabindex and Reading/Navigation Order Difficulty: Advanced Category: Content Structure Presentation The underlying source code determines the default reading and navigation order of content in a web page. Tabindex can be used to specify a specific navigation order, but this does not affect the reading order through the page. Tabindex can almost always be avoided if […]
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