Kindle App Accessibility Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP On May 1, Amazon finally added VoiceOver support to their Kindle App for the iPhone. Finally, this long-awaited, and most would say long over-due, barrier to E-book accessibility has vanished. Now, if it’s published electronically, you can probably buy it and read it in […]
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The Death of Google Reader Contributed by Joel Zimba, Technology Outreach Specialist, MDTAP Last week Google announced they would be discontinuing their Google Reader service as of July 1. What—you’ve never heard of Google Reader? That may not be surprising as Google claims nobody is using the service. Let’s back up and go over exactly […]
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Contributed by Joel Zimba, Technology Outreach Specialist, MDTAP I’ve used Prizmo on the iPhone for a couple of years. It’s a full-featured OCR app. It is also unique in that the scanning is performed locally, rather than uploading the image to a server and then retrieving the results. With all phone-based scanning packages, getting the […]
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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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Written by Joel Zimba, MDTAP’s Special Projects Coordinator NFB Newsline (http://www.nfbnewsline.org) is a service available to anyone who is unable to read regular news print. Over 300 newspapers and a variety of magazines are also available. A standard touch tone telephone is all you need in order to call a local or toll free number […]
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Access to durable medical equipment, recreational devices, and general assistive technology can often be an expensive and lengthy process. But one organization, Variety, is making it much easier for families of children 21 and under who need or want equipment to support daily living, play, and school. Variety’s Kids on the Go program exists to […]
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