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Posted in Assistive Technology, Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Feb 6th, 2014
Table Captions Difficulty: Advanced Category: Structure Presentation When a visual caption is provided that describes the content of a data table, it should be marked up as a <caption> element. The <caption> element should be the first tag within the table. This associates the caption to the data table and allows it to be identified […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT News, Blind/Low Vision Aids , Information Technology, Tech Tip Tuesday, Web Accessibility on Feb 4th, 2014
It’s tax time and we’re sharing this with you again this year… 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 […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Jan 29th, 2014
Data Tables Difficulty: Advanced Category: Structure Presentation Because data tables are presented and navigated differently by screen readers than layout tables, it is vital that data tables be marked up to support greater accessibility. Row and/or column headers should be identified as such (using the <th> tag) and given an appropriate scope designating that header […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT News, Blind/Low Vision Aids , Information Technology, Tech Tip Tuesday, Web Accessibility on Jan 28th, 2014
The problem with Captchas Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP According to a recent Ted Radio Hour episode, n.pr/1bOzlZ, we spent 500,000 hours solving Captchas world wide. Chances are, you run into them all the time. A Captcha is the little box, usually on a website, which asks you to type the blurry […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, Information Technology, MD Technology Assistance Program, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Jan 15th, 2014
Title Attributes Difficulty: Advanced Category: Content Presentation As defined in the HTML specification, the title attribute is for “advisory information”. As such, it should not be relied on to provide accessibility. The title attribute is generally ignored by screen readers, except when used on form elements that do not have labels, frames and iframes, and […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Jan 8th, 2014
Link Focus Indicators Difficulty: Advanced Category: Presentation A link that has keyboard focus (accessed using the Tab key) is typically identified by a dotted line that surrounds the link. This dotted line is called the focus indicator or link outline. This focus indicator can be removed with outline:0 in CSS. Doing so will make it […]
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