Maryland Department of Disabilities
Posted in AT and the Law, AT Events, AT News, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Jul 22nd, 2015
It’s not quite a web access tip but, in honor of this being the week leading up to the 25th anniversary of the passage of the ADA, ADA.gov will be live streaming its anniversary celebration tomorrow! On July 23, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Eastern Time), the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Equal […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Jul 15th, 2015
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: […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Jul 8th, 2015
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 […]
Posted in Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Jul 1st, 2015
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 […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT News, Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Weekly Wrap-up Friday on Jun 19th, 2015
According to the stories below, you can control your TV with your mind, control your limbs with a computer, and “see” with your tongue…#justsayin. AT in the news for the week of 6/15 thru 6/19 BJOY Ring | Wheelchair’s Joystick into Your Mouse FDA approves device to help people with vision disabilities see by using their tongues […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Jun 17th, 2015
HTML5 and longdesc The longdesc attribute, which is used to reference a page that contains a longer description of a complex image (such as a chart or graph), is currently not present in the HTML5 specification. It was dropped due to poor implementation by authors (it was often coded incorrectly or didn’t provide a true […]
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