Maryland Department of Disabilities
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT News, Blind/Low Vision Aids , Information Technology, Tech Tip Tuesday on Apr 22nd, 2014
NewsFlash iOS update Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP If, like me, you have been suffering with inexplicable keyboard problems while using VoiceOver on your iOS device—you are not alone. This has been a definite, if hard to pin down bug which debuted with the arrival of iOS 7.1. Today, Apple released iOS […]
Posted in AT Events, Deaf/Hard of Hearing Aids, Information Technology, Mystery Monday on Apr 21st, 2014
Run through the Hearing and Speech Agency (HASA), the Baltimore Soundscape Project aims to create a sound map of Baltimore. It’s a simple plan – record what you hear in your travels through Baltimore and upload it to the soundscape map. By getting a variety of people to participate, from long-time residents to out-of-town visitors, the […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT Events, AT News, Weekly Wrap-up Friday on Apr 18th, 2014
AT in the news for the week of 4/14 thru 4/18 Why technology will prove key to overcoming disability Transition from high school to independence can be hard with ASD, find tips here The Inclusive Design Lab at University of Maryland is looking for participants for a study on assistive mobile technology 4th Md. prison […]
Posted in Emergency Preparedness, Things to Know Thursday on Apr 17th, 2014
Sheltering in Place Contributed by Provi Sharpe, Director of Emergency Preparedness and Equipment Reuse Do you know what it means to shelter in place? “Shelter-in-place” means to take immediate shelter where you are — at home, work, school, or in between – even in your car. It may also mean to “seal the room.” In other […]
Posted in Information Technology, Web Accessibility, Web Tip Wednesday on Apr 16th, 2014
Tabindex Difficulty: Advanced Category: Structure Tabindex values of 1 or greater assign a specific tab order to elements. Because the default tab order of the page is typically logical and intuitive, positive values are rarely necessary. A tabindex value of 0 allows elements other than links or form elements to be focusable in the default […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT News, Blind/Low Vision Aids , Tech Tip Tuesday on Apr 15th, 2014
The Braille Edge 40 Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP Recently, MDTAP has received several inquiries about refreshable Braille displays. As their name implies, these devices have one row of Braille pins which refresh themselves to reflect the output from a computer or mobile device. We have several examples of this species available […]
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