The development of an under $1000 pen that can scan 270 to 360 degrees and detect all text in the environment, its distance and size, and present it to a blind user in a cogent fashion.
WordPress plugin that evaluates each page of your site and produces a page-by-page report of where you have external links. Additionally, it has an option to activate an external link alert on each of the found links in the form of an icon and the hidden text "Opens in a new window" - which will be read by a screen reader.
The Accessible Modal Dialogs section of the Inclusive Learning Design Handbook (ILDH) provides practical advice and examples for when and how to use modal dialogs without compromising accessibility.
The SVG and Accessibility entry within the Inclusive Learning Design Handbook (ILDH) provides guidance on how to use Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) accessibly.
Visual maps deliver content in a simple and effective way. They can be useful for various purposes in areas such as street guidance, surrounding information, and education. However, sightless persons are unable to explore visual maps and risk being cut off from several multimedia Web applications. In this paper, starting from accessibility issues of map-based applications, we discuss possible interaction modalities and devices to use for truly achieving usage perspectives desired by blind people.
The Floe Inclusive Learning Design Handbook (ILDH) is a free Open Educational Resource (OER) designed to assist teachers, content creators, Web developers, and others in creating adaptable and personalizable educational resources that can accommodate a diversity of learning styles and individual needs.
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. How do blind people use the iPhone? That’s a question computer programmer Austin Seraphin – blind since birth – wanted to know. In this surprisingly funny and personal talk, Austin shares how technology changed his universe and what it means to make apps, gadgets and even street art accessible to all, sighted or not.
