Do-It-Yourself Accessibility 2016 Innovators Awards Do-It-Yourself Accessibility The University of Central Florida's Universal Design Online Content Inspection Tool evaluates online course content for accessibility issues, allowing instructors to find and address potential problems. By Meg Lloyd10/19/16 Using ICT in activities for people with dementia - ICTs for keeping in touch There are two main ways you can use the internet to support communication for people with dementia: email internet phone services. ICT in action: Using the internet to call friends and family Our residents were wary of technology.
Thunder, the free screenreader for Windows Thunder is a free screenreader for blind people on Microsoft Windows. It is not open-source, but it is free for individuals and organisations. It works on Windows XP Service Pack 3 or later, including Windows 7 and 8. If you don't like Thunder then you might want to try the free open-source NVDA Screenreader. Thunder in the UK is distributed by Roger Wilson-Hinds at Screenreader.net, who does all the technical support for it. If you need help, contact Roger.
Website Accessibility Testing Evaluate HTML content for accessibility problems Accessibility Guidelines that DYNO Mapper checks against. BITV 1.0 (Level 2)Section 508Stanca ActWCAG 1.0 (Level A)WCAG 1.0 (Level AA)WCAG 1.0 (Level AAA)WCAG 2.0 (Level A)WCAG 2.0 (Level AA)WCAG 2.0 (Level AAA) Review all known, likely, and potential problems for each website page. Known problems: These are problems that have been identified with certainty as accessibility barriers. You must modify your page to fix these problems;Likely problems:These are problems that have been identified as probable barriers, but require a human to make a decision.
Balabolka Balabolka is a Text-To-Speech (TTS) program. All computer voices installed on your system are available to Balabolka. The on-screen text can be saved as an audio file. Index to Adaptive Computer Hardware and Software The Blind Readers' Page--Main Menu Last revision: November 12, 2002 This list is intended as a quick-reference index to a wide variety of adaptive computer hardware and software, as well as many other sorts of adaptive equipment for blind or visually handicapped people, including magnifiers and reading machines. It also includes references to retailers and other sources of information about all sorts of adaptive equipment. AFB Press AFB Press, the publishing arm of the American Foundation for the Blind, is the leading publisher in the field of blindness and visual impairment. It produces books, journals, videos, and electronic materials, offering a wide range of information for students, professionals, researchers, and blind and visually impaired people and their families. AFB Press provides more texts for college and university programs and more professional books on visual impairment than any other publisher in the field and is a catalyst in developing and encouraging new authors and scholarship.
Adaptive Computer Technology The Blind Readers' Page--Main Menu This list includes the most comprehensive sources of information about adaptive computer technology for people with all sorts of disabilities, especially those with visual handicaps. It excludes links to individual manufacturers and vendors because they can be easily found by entering the larger portal sites, like those, among many others, of the American Foundation for the Blind and the National Federation of the Blind. I also have a set of links to manufacturers and vendors in "Index to Adaptive Computer Hardware and Software." ACCESS NET, a project of the Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Council, has an extensive list of sites for accessible computer hardware and software. "Access Review," from the Sensory Access Foundation," provides reviews of hardware and software in addition to discussions of accessibility in general.
Using JAWS to Evaluate Web Accessibility You are here: Home > Articles > Using JAWS to Evaluate Web Accessibility Introduction It is important to evaluate the accessibility of web content with a screen reader, but screen readers can be very complicated programs for the occasional user, so many people avoid them. This doesn't need to be the case. Screen Reader Tutorial Table of Contents Introduction The Blackboard Learning System Screen Reader Tutorial provides users that access the Blackboard Learning System through a screen reader with information to help them use the Blackboard Learning System successfully. Currently, the tutorial includes information on logging in, the portal layout, and course Web sites. Return to Table of Contents Login to Blackboard
Keyboard Shortcuts for JAWS You are here: Home > Resources > Keyboard Shortcuts for JAWS Introduction The following list of keyboard shortcuts should be helpful to a wide array of individuals and can be used as a quick reference guide. First, this guide will help JAWS users navigate within Internet Explorer.
Commercial Services For Producing Audio Description On this page we list all the individual, organization, and corporate services that we know about in the USA that are involved with audio description. The commercial companies typically employ professional audio description personnel who write the description for movies, DVDs, and other media, while the organizations tend to provide audio description services via trained describers for local events. For information about other countries, see our International page and International Service Providers page.
Starfish Technologies Ltd World Leaders in Audio Description Technology Customers using our AD products include: Red Bee Media, Sky, Deluxe and ITFC in the U.K. ERT in Greece, Deutsche Hörfilm and Titelbild in Germany, and the Substation in Australia. Also known as Video Description or Descriptive Video – products for creating industry standard ESEF files, producing linear BWAV audio files and 24/25 frame rate conversion. Audio Description is an additional commentary that describes what is happening on the screen or the stage for people who have difficulty seeing the action, body language, facial expressions, costume or scenery. Royal National Institute of the Blind – London, UK