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HTML5 Input Types HTML5 introduces several new form field types – search, tel (for telephone numbers), url, email, datetime, date, month, week, time, datetime-local, number, range, and color. While browser support currently varies (if they are not supported, browsers simply present a text input), it is getting better. These new input types will greatly facilitate […]

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Contributed by Joel Zimba, Technology Outreach Coordinator, MDTAP While both death and taxes may be the only certainties in life, the latter  has left something to be desired when it comes to accessibility.  You’ll be relieved to know that now, you too can make good on your civic obligation independently. The IRS makes all of […]

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HTML5 Video and Audio HTML5 provides browser-native audio and video support via the <video> and <audio> elements. It also specifies support for keyboard accessibility to player controls, native support for captions and subtitles via the <track> element, and a specification for captioning data (currently the WebVVT format). While browser and accessibility support is not yet […]

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Headings in HTML5 may be presented to users differently based on the document structure, particularly within <section> and <article> elements. Headings within these elements are isolated from the surrounding document, but when presented to end users the heading level may be shifted up or down based on surrounding content and preceding headings. For example, an […]

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HTML5 Structural Elements and ARIA HTML5 introduces several new structural elements that will be very beneficial for accessibility: <nav> (for identifying navigational elements), <header> (a group of introductory or navigational aids), <article> <aside> (tangentially related content, such as a sidebar), and <footer> provide meaning to major page structural areas. These can also be used to […]

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Video Remote Interpreting (VRI)Demonstration January 16, 2013 @ 10am Room T-130, Workforce and Technology Center 2301 Argonne Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218   Please join MDTAP and Stephen Frank from the Hearing and Speech Agency (HASA) for a demonstration of HASA’s new VRI service. What is VRI? Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) uses video devices with cameras […]

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