- 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: universal design
Global Accessibility Awareness Day
UPDATE: The GAAD website is now live. Just want to help spread the word about this effort. Here is what it is all about (from their Facebook page): About Global Accessibility Awareness Day is a community-driven effort whose goal is … Continue reading
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New Captioning Video Resources
Just wanted to call your attention to a new resource we have been developing on the Maine CITE website. Called “Captioning Video,” this resource contains information about the need for and the way to caption videos on your websites or … Continue reading
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Tagged Accessibility, captioning, education, legal, technology, universal design
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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
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Assistive Touch on new iPhone
I saw this new feature demoed at the ACTEM MainEducation Conference last month when Apple accessibility expert Sarah Herrlinger gave a presentation on the accessibility features of iOS and Mac OSX. It was particularly exciting since the new official iOS … Continue reading
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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
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