- No Daily Show or Colbert on #comedycentral. Website shows no info for the whole week. Odd.
- "E-Book Reader Accessibility and Comparison Matrix" #a11y http://t.co/OHlBW376
- "Image Description Tool to Improve Accessibility of Graphical Content for Students with Print Disabilities" #a11y http://t.co/1lK3jxyn
- "Katie Beckett Leaves Legacy For Kids With Disabilities" http://t.co/kd5QoEC1
- "Welcome to new Captioning Advocacy Project!" #captionTHIS #a11y http://t.co/6PvY8qeu
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Tag Archives: reading
Quick tips about text readability
The following brief set of tips was recently published in the WebAIM Newsletter. I thought they were very useful and hopefully posting them here will help them find a wider audience. See more information about text/typographical layout issues and accessibility … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility, General Information
Tagged Accessibility, publishing, reading, technology, universal design
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No more bricks and mortar
About 15 years ago, I was invited to participate in a strategic planning process at a prominent university located in southern Maine. I had recently been hired to oversee their new distance learning masters in Education program and had volunteered … Continue reading
Posted in education, General Information, News
Tagged education, HIGHER ED, publishing, reading, schools
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Apps for Autism
From CBS News-60 Minutes: (CBS News) Ten-year-old Nuno Timoteo, an autistic child who does not speak, was thought to have the intelligence and attention span of a two-year-old until teachers put an iPad in his hands and learned he loved … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility, education, Hardware, Software
Tagged Accessibility, Apple, autism, disabilities, education, reading, schools, technology, universal design
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ACTEM MainEducation Conference
The 24th Annual MainEducation Conference hosted by the Association of Computer Technology Educators of Maine (ACTEM) will be held at the Augusta Civic Center on Friday, October 14, 2011 with pre-conference programs offered in the same location on Thursday, October … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility, education, News
Tagged Accessibility, Apple, e-books, education, HIGHER ED, reading, schools, Section 508, text-to-speech, visual impairment
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USDOJ smacks down Kindle
I’ve reported about the Kindle more than a few times in this blog and have been generally fascinated by e-reader technology. I keep predicting it is the next big thing and with the pending announcement coming from the creatives in … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility, education
Tagged Apple, Authors' Guild, blind, e-books, HIGHER ED, kindle, reading, text-to-speech, visual impairment
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