Safety Tips for Power Outages Contributed by Provi Sharpe, Director of Emergency Management and Reuse, MDTAP Maryland experiences severe winds during storms that have the potential to cause power outages. If a storm is coming that may bring power outages, fully charge your cell phone, laptop, and any other devices in advance. Check flashlights and […]
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Accessibility User Testing Instead of conducting accessibility testing with users with disabilities (asking users to identify accessibility issues), it is almost always more effective to do usability testing (asking users to evaluate overall usability) with users with disabilities. While accessibility testing can be used to identify instances of accessibility – poor alt text here and […]
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Read Articles With Speaky Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP Speaky is a simple, yet highly effective app which allows you to quickly add articles and have them read aloud. By supplying the link to an article, Speaky processes the content and reads the text using the available speech engines from iOS. Much […]
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The Maryland Interagency Transition Council is now on Twitter! And Facebook too! Stay current on all the latest news related to students with disabilities, college preparedness and the transition process! @MDIATC
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Link Type Indicators It is a good idea to inform users when a link goes to non-HTML content (such as a PDF file or Word document). It can be frustrating to activate a link and then realize that the link requires an external program or viewer. An icon (with appropriate alternative text) or text, such […]
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The National Library Service (NLS) and the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing are now offering a free money identifier, the iBill, to all who qualify for the NLS. Check out our review of the iBill on our YouTube station, and let us know what you think!
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