That All May Read Have you heard of the NLS campaign, That All May Read? NLS is a free braille and talking book library service for people with temporary or permanent low vision, blindness, or a physical disability that prevents them from reading or holding the printed page. Through a national network of cooperating libraries, […]
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YouDescribe is a free, web-based tool that allows anyone, anywhere to add audio descriptions to any YouTube video, and share them quickly and easily. YouDescribe allows describers to record brief descriptions that are stored in the cloud and played back when the viewer watches the YouTube video with the YouDescribe player. Here is a quick […]
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It’s like these headlines were plucked right from a sci fi novel! From cancer-detecting bras to bionic pants, there’s no holding back on the potential of technological advancement. Read it all right here (and follow us on Twitter @MDTAP to see ALL the articles we post)! AT in the news for the week of 3/23 […]
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Floods: Before, During and After Contributed by Provi Sharpe, Director of Emergency Management and Equipment Reuse Floods are among the most frequent and costly natural disasters. Conditions that cause floods include heavy or steady rain that saturates the ground. Flash floods occur suddenly due to rapidly rising water along a stream or low-lying area. The […]
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Button Text Buttons should have descriptive and succinct values or text that describe the function of that form button. Like “click here” links, ambiguous button text (such as “Go” or “Submit”) requires the user to scan before the button to determine precisely what the button does. Descriptive text such as “Search”, “Subscribe”, etc. are unambiguous […]
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A weekend with the Blaze EZ Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP First, HIMS made the BookSense. It was a fine little device which could play all of your books and media. It’s the pocket-sized version of the large, but free, Digital Talking Book player available from the National Library Service for the […]
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