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Server-side Image Maps Server-side image maps (typically an <img> with the ismap attribute) allows x and y coordinates of where a user clicks the image with a mouse to be sent to a server for processing. For example, for a state map, the x and y coordinates of where the user clicks could be analyzed […]

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Text Detective  Contributed by Joel Zimba, MDTAP Special Projects Coordinator I am often asked which OCR app for the iPhone works best.  There are dozens of apps which claim to perform optical character recognition using the iPhone.  Most of them upload text for processing by servers somewhere in the cloud.  This of course means you […]

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The Maryland Office for Genetics and Children with Special Health Care Needs has developed the “My Health Care Notebook.” This notebook provides steps on what to include about your child’s health, as well as a variety of printable pages that can be personalized and printed. Click here for more information on creating a Health Care […]

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AT in the news for the week of 8/13 – 8/17 Video: An injured soldier’s customized bike accommodates his prosthetic arm for Leadville Oscar Pistorius, technology, acceptance of the disabled have sparked interest New French-Language Communication Aid App from MyVoice Inc. Enabling DIY computing with innovations such as Raspberry Pi and Scratchteam’s programming language Google […]

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Image Maps Image maps allow an image to have defined clickable areas or ‘hotspots’. These hotspots are defined in the<area>element using coordinates for geometric shapes. The hotspots are navigated by keyboard users in the order in which they are defined in the source code. The order should be logical – usually either left-to-right, top-to-bottom or […]

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It’s a pretty good guess that if you’re reading our AT blog then you’re really interested in AT! Of course so are we. And we know that as technology changes and consumers become more and more comfortable with both mainstream and specialized technologies, there’s a greater need than ever to have assistive technology specialists guiding […]

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