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Posted in Assistive Technology, Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Jun 18th, 2014
Evaluating Alternative Text When evaluating the alternative text of images, remember that the alternative text (whether in the image’s alt attribute or in adjacent text) should convey the content and function of an image. Asking the question, “If the image could not be used, what text would replace the image?” is often a good way […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Jun 11th, 2014
Evaluating Web Accessibility with WAVE WAVE is a free web accessibility evaluation tool found at http://wave.webaim.org/. Rather than providing a complex technical report, WAVE shows the original web page with embedded icons and indicators that reveal the accessibility of that page. This presentation facilitates manual evaluation of web accessibility. A Firefox toolbar version of WAVE […]
Posted in AT and the Law, Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Jun 4th, 2014
Accessibility, Compliance, and Discrimination Accessibility is about the user experience. Because a web site can always be more accessible, accessibility is best viewed as being a continuum. Web accessibility guidelines and standards (such as Section 508 and WCAG) provide useful measures along that continuum. Discrimination laws (such as the Americans with Disabilities Act or Section […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, Information Technology, Things to Know Thursday, Web Accessibility on May 29th, 2014
Contributed by Lori Markland, Director of Communications, Outreach and Program Development, MDTAP Confession – I love PDFs and I can not lie. I like taking a document and saving it as a PDF. I like the way it looks on the screen. And given the choice between reading a Word doc or a PDF, I’ll […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, Blind/Low Vision Aids , Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on May 28th, 2014
Low Vision Custom Color Settings Some users with low vision can see content more easily if the default colors are inverted (white text on a black background), customized user styles are applied (blue text on a yellow background, for example), or a custom color scheme is used. This can be done using the operating system, […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, Information Technology, MD Technology Assistance Program, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on May 21st, 2014
Adobe PDF Difficulty: Advanced Category: Content Structure Presentation Adobe PDF files can be made accessible. PDF files store accessibility information for screen readers in tags. Tags are text elements that are hidden within the PDF file, but that are presented to the screen reader. You must ensure that PDF files are authored in a way […]
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