Screen Reader Testing Difficulty: Advanced Category: Validation Evaluating the accessibility of a web site in a screen reader can provide an interesting and accurate representation of true accessibility. Screen readers are very complex software and can be difficult to learn and use. Learning enough to simply listen to a web page and navigate through a […]
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AT in the news for the week of 10/7 thru 10/11 Speak Your Mind -non-profit to help people silenced by disease, paralysis to communicate New Disney invention leads American charge in blind-friendly tech New technology helps the severely disabled create sculptures just by moving their eyes A practical guide to employing disabled call centre agents […]
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AT in the news for the week of 9/30 – 10/4 Japanese robo-boot could help stroke victims walk again Software provides easy access to Braille music scores “All Technology Is Assistive Technology” How the iPhone helps the visually impaired see more than before Global Competition Seeks Web Pros And Nonprofit Orgs To Make The Web […]
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Problems With iOS 7 From a Low Vision Perspective Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP Later today, Apple is expected to unveil new iPhones along with their new operating system, iOS 7. The new models will not be the only iPhones sporting a changed user interface. All currently supported models of iPhone will […]
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Reading with Voice Dream Reader Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator The endless quest for accessible books continues with a new book reading app called Voice Dream Reader. So far, Voice Dream just seems to do everything better. It will read many popular file types including epub, doc and accessible PDF. Transferring files can […]
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Contrast Difficulty: Beginner Category: Presentation Determining whether there is enough color contrast between text and background can be difficult. WCAG 2.0 has contrast guidelines at both level AA and level AAA and a complex formula for determining a contrast ratio. Large text (over 14 point bold) requires slightly less contrast than ‘normal’ text. There are […]
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