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Monthly Archive for December, 2011

AT in the news for the week of 12/12 – 12/16 Send Talking Christmas wishes WHILL Transforms Wheelchairs into an Electric Vehicles Major technology breakthrough unveiled to counter abuse of disabled Teen develops eyeball-tracking technology for the disabled Goodbye Textbooks, Hello iPad – PCWorld Magic at their fingertips Start-to-Finish Accessible Book Collection Opens the World […]

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Created by industry leaders and CTIA, the Access Wireless website helps people match their accessibility needs to different handsets and services. Created to serve as a first stop to learning about cell phones and wireless service, it covers hearing, vision, mobility, speech, and cognitive disabilities. Access Wireless also provides specific information on phones, features, services, […]

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Beginner Tip #1 – Descriptive Link Text Difficulty: Beginner Category: Content Presentation Screen reader users often navigate a page by reading only the links. The link text (typically blue, underlined text) is read. The function of the link should be available from the link text itself. Ambiguous links, such as “click here”, “more”, etc. do […]

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BookSense XT A recent addition to the MDTAP Technology Library is the BookSense XT, produced by the HIMS Corporation.  http://www.hims-inc.com.  No matter where you get your digital audio books, the BookSense will likely be able to play it.  It includes support for most common audio file formats as well as support for specialized formats such […]

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The Maryland Interagency Transition Council (IATC), a council devoted to ensuring effective interagency planning and delivery of services for secondary students with disabilities, is excited to announce the launch of the Transitioning Youth Facebook page. The use of social media allows the IATC to share updates, news and announcements in real time, and engage youth with disabilities […]

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Want to know if your website is accessible? Check out these checklists and validators to see how you can make you site more accessible to all users! There are number of organizations that provide more comprehensive guidance for how to make websites accessible.  A web accessibility company called WebAIM provides a checklist for 508 compliance […]

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