Easy Chirp is the fully accessible alternative to using the standard Twitter website. Some of its features include: Tweeting an image with a caption and long description. A built-in shorten URL tool with choice of service. Search, user search, and saved searches. View, subscribe, and create Twitter Lists. Works great with or without JavaScript. Fully […]
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Exciting New Feature in JAWS For Windows Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP With every Autumn comes the JAWS beta cycle. This year, being no exception, brings us jaws 17 Public Beta. While it boasts many new features, the exciting one to me is “Smart Navigation.” In a nutshell, Smart Navigation makes JAWS […]
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We really don’t want you to miss this! Happening tomorrow AND it’s free!!! The NFB is hosting its first Web Accessibility Boutique on October 14th from 3-5pm. Web accessibility is the practice of not creating barriers for users with disabilities when you’re building or changing a website. This is a great primer on web accessibility. Please […]
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10 Tips for Creating Accessible Online Course Content Free Webinar: Thursday, October 8th at 2pm ET In our media-centric society, the desire and need for online learning is at an all-time high. However, as more academic content goes online, the industry is running into a stumbling block as they struggle to make their online courses […]
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The International Association of Accessibility Professionals will be hosting their inaugural annual conference this month on October 21-23 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The conference will include education and interactive sessions on a broad range of topics related to accessibility. Learn more about the association or the conference online.
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What is web accessibility? Web accessibility is the practice of not creating barriers for users with disabilities when you’re building or changing a website. You may have heard the term and not really known what it meant, or come across guidelines and regulations (e.g. section 508, WCAG 2.0) and not really known what they were […]
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