Kindle App Accessibility Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP On May 1, Amazon finally added VoiceOver support to their Kindle App for the iPhone. Finally, this long-awaited, and most would say long over-due, barrier to E-book accessibility has vanished. Now, if it’s published electronically, you can probably buy it and read it in […]
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Color Dependency Difficulty: Beginner Category: Presentation Individuals with color-blindness or color deficiency may have difficulty in differentiating between certain color combinations. This affects approximately 7% of males and .1% of females. Difficulty in differentiating red and green is most common – these are most often the colors used to convey meaning or differences. While using […]
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Captions and Transcripts Difficulty: Beginner Category: Principles Content Presentation In order for multimedia content to be perceivable to the Deaf and hard-of-hearing, captions and transcripts must be provided. Captions provide a synchronized text presentation of the audio content. Beyond providing basic accessibility to users with auditory disabilities, captions are also useful to other users in […]
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Assistive Technologies Difficulty: Beginner Category: Principles Assistive technologies, or AT, are technologies that help one overcome some physical issue or limitation so they can function in ways they otherwise would be unable to. AT includes both software and hardware. It can range from screen readers which convey information audibly to those who have visual or […]
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The Death of Google Reader Contributed by Joel Zimba, Technology Outreach Specialist, MDTAP Last week Google announced they would be discontinuing their Google Reader service as of July 1. What—you’ve never heard of Google Reader? That may not be surprising as Google claims nobody is using the service. Let’s back up and go over exactly […]
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Evaluating Web Accessibility on iDevices If you have an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, you have a screen reader. VoiceOver comes built-in to all modern Apple touchscreen devices. VoiceOver can be enabled in the device Settings, or by quickly pressing the Home button three times. The following core functions are available: Read the entire page: […]
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