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People generally associate the topic of web accessibility with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), but I like to think of web accessibility as the practice of making websites with content, features and functionality that people of all abilities can access and use. cindy leonard nptech nten Web Sites website accessibility Communications IT Staff Cindy Leonard. Consulting Team Leader. Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University. MORE
The first time I really "got" the power of accessible technology (AT) to improve the lives of people with disabilities was when I saw the PBS documentary Freedom Machines. Of all the wonderful things that computers and other smart machines do to enhance our lives, I can't think of any other ICT field that make as profound an impact as accessible technology, sometimes also called assistive technology. How Accessible Technology Computer Refurbishment Came About. MORE
We take their files and convert them to the DAISY format which is a digital format designed specifically to create accessible materials for people with print disabilities. We're excited about this trend and the opportunities it creates for the commercial availability of mass market accessible books. Making these files available as part of the mass market product, O'Reilly is ensuring that EVERYONE who can benefit from accessible materials can actually get them. MORE
Rich Thesing, a long-time disability activist and fellow Fellow of the American Leadership Forum in Silicon Valley, has been thinking hard on how to make exercise equipment accessible. There are lots of exercycles that are in health clubs and exercise rooms around the world, but they lack minor accessibility features to make them usable. They are going to need access to exercise equipment they can use independently to ensure their long term help. MORE
Our commitment is to provide access to books for those who are unable to read a traditional print format and to do so without harming the economic interests of authors and publishers. The Problem with Traditional DRM Traditional “strong” Digital Rights Management (DRM) restrictions have traditionally been the most common way to control access to online books. However, strong DRM turns out to be an impediment to the commercial distribution of accessible ebooks. MORE
adults still don't have broadband Internet access at home. The June 2015 FCC proposal calls for an expansion of Lifeline to provide low-income households with a choice of subsidized phone service or broadband Internet access. These smartphones are rudimentary, but do provide web and email access and also run Android apps. The San Francisco-based nonprofit, A Human Right , is leading the charge to advocate for bringing Internet access to the 4.6 MORE
Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. To bring the power of books to everybody on this planet, we must make books truly accessible. In order to read a printed book, you must have physical access to it. Third, the print book is not universally accessible. I believe in the power of books to change the world. MORE
This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! There was also an associated effort called the Trusted Intermediary Global Accessible Resources (TIGAR) project, to ease the exchange of accessible book files between libraries for the blind and print disabled. This meeting in Geneva was on the form of a successor project, dubbed the Accessible Book Consortium ("ABC," of course). MORE
Ngonzi on Twitter and LinkedIn and register for her upcoming on March 24, Digital Storytelling to Access, Attract and Activate U.S. government can access information at grants.gov. MORE
I hope we figure out how to continue to make our events more accessible to everyone. The post Virtual Events Made the Conventions and the Inauguration Celebrations More Accessible appeared first on The MatriX Files. MORE
Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act. We think the best long-term way to solve this equal access problem is, well, equal access. MORE
Are you currently grappling with a blocked YouTube video, and you are wondering how to access it? These top best methods enlighten you on how to effectively access a blocked YouTube video without any difficulty. MORE
Learn how you can make e-learning tools, programs, and resources more accessible for all your employees to ensure that they get adequate and equal access to training and learning programs in an easy and efficient manner with Gyrus MORE
Ensuring your website is accessible is a must if you want to engage with all of your supporters. If your website’s out of date or not optimized for accessibility, you are losing important members of your audience and potentially breaking ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) best practices. MORE
With a click, make client data entry easier for those with accessibility needs. Form Builder provides many options--and now among the navigation button options is an accessibility button which you can deploy or not with a click. So, deploy the accessibility button in the Form Builder and give your staff with certain needs a powerful view. MORE
Each year, Knowbility hosts OpenAIR (Accessibility Internet Rally). OpenAIR is an online event that provides mission-based organizations both with a new, professionally designed, accessible website that accommodates all visitors, and with expanded awareness about accessibility issues. What Does a Nonprofit Need to Do to Make Its Website Accessible? Web accessibility means. These are some of the most common ways to make a website more accessible. MORE
For many people with disabilities, this is a daily reality when they encounter the common problem of non-accessible websites. In recognition of these challenges, May 21 is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). GAAD was conceived four years ago after Joe Devon, a web developer, wrote a blog post reflecting on the lack of information available about web accessibility. Free Tools to Test Your Nonprofit's Website for Accessibility by Cindy Leonard. MORE
This includes accessible educational materials, such as e-books that can be used with computers, or mobile devices that display enlarged text or read the book aloud while also highlighting text. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) selected our successful Bookshare library as the provider of accessible materials to every student in the U.S. Bookshare has grown into the largest online digital library of accessible books and periodicals in the U.S., MORE
Most of time, the Mac operating system will automatically recognize and mount the attached disks on desktop, in Finder and in Disk Utility for your easy access. The post How to Access an External Drive Not Showing on Mac appeared first on PhreeSite.com. MORE
It takes an editor through the entire process of operating and publishing a journal, with a heavy emphasis on open access journals (where the articles are freely available to everybody from the moment they are published). One metric that made a real impression: OJS users publish an open access article for around $200 per article, which compares to the typical number of $3000 that is frequently floated around in the open access field. MORE
One of their main challenges is that they do not have adequate access to educational materials that are necessary to learn and succeed in school. Although legal and regulatory requirements stipulate that schools must provide accessible ‘equivalent’ resources for students with disabilities, in practice the majority of these students do not have equal access to textbooks and other instructional materials that make up the primary resources of the general curriculum. MORE
Private Internet Access offers Cheap VPN service,Good Windows client with Fast connections, and a 7-day money-back guarantee Private Internet Access (PIA) is a virtual private network that allows you to hide your IP address and geographical location keeping you private and secure when searching the internet. The post Private Internet Access VPN Review appeared first on PhreeSite.com. MORE
People generally associate the topic of web accessibility with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), but I like to think of web accessibility as the practice of making websites with content, features and functionality that people of all abilities can access and use. cindy leonard nptech nten Web Sites website accessibility Communications IT Staff Cindy Leonard. Consulting Team Leader. Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University. MORE
Reproductive Health Access Project works at the crossroads of the medical community and the reproductive rights space to mobilize and train clinicians to ensure access to abortion, contraception, and miscarriage care. How did the Reproductive Health Access Project start? Reproductive Health Access Project occupies a unique space, right in the middle of reproductive rights and primary health care. MORE
When architects and construction professionals start designing a building, one of the first things they have to consider is accessibility. Good building accessibility means creating spaces that can be used by anyone. Accessibility by itself refers to the “ability to access.” MORE
The DIAGRAM Center team has also created an image data content model which will provide standards to define and enhance the efficacy and interoperability of accessible images as the project evolves. DIAGRAM stands for Digital Image and Graphics Resources for Accessible Materials. Our DIAGRAM Center is dramatically changing the way image and graphical content for accessible educational materials is produced and accessed. MORE
But for those with permanent or temporary disabilities, these companies are accused of violating Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by lacking the proper digital accommodations to enable access to their coveted online offerings. MORE
Microsoft's latest operating system also delivers when it comes to its accessibility and assistive technology features, namely the Narrator and Magnifier. Additionally, Microsoft's next generation of Windows 8 touch screen devices, such as tablets and laptops, are designed with accessibility in mind. Watch this video demo from Microsoft to see the new accessibility features in action: (Please visit the site to view this video). More Accessibility Resources. MORE
But for those with permanent or temporary disabilities, these companies are accused of violating Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by lacking the proper digital accommodations to enable access to their coveted online offerings. Unfortunately for companies of all sizes, the five aforementioned brands are just the tip of the ADA and website accessibility iceberg. Everybody deserves to have that full and equal access to the world around them. Dunkin Donuts. MORE
Plenary Talk at the Eighth General Assembly of the World Blind Union Access to published information is an essential requirement for education, employment and full social inclusion. People with vision impairments and other print disabilities deserve equal access to that treasure of information. In my talk, I highlighted three global movements towards increasing accessible publishing. What can we do today to build that accessible future? MORE
HathiTrust, a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that digitizing books in order to enhance research and provide access to individuals with print disabilities is lawful on the grounds of fair use —that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work ( Section 107 of the U.S. As a non-lawyer, let me explain from the point of view of a technologist who cares passionately about accessibility for people with disabilities. MORE
Ever since the Independent Living Movement began to emerge in the 1960s to empower people with disabilities, more and more of the world has become accessible. Metro4All is actually a collaboration of people in different countries interested in addressing mass transit accessibility. I had no experience with accessibility, but the service is very useful. apps Accessible Technology MORE
These needs may relate to accessibility and the user-friendliness of your site for those with auditory, visual, cognitive or mobility impairments. This blog post is not meant to explain the nuances of accessibility, nor will it explore all of the dimensions of building a social site, but it will discuss key considerations when working to make your online presence social while remaining accessible to all users. Keep Accessibility in Mind. By Stuart Holland, Sr. MORE
There has been a major breakthrough recently on international copyright negotiations in Geneva around improved access for people who have print disabilities. Answer : • Countries should provide for a copyright exception in their national laws to allow nonprofit organizations serving people with disabilities to make accessible versions of inaccessible books and other content • Import and export of such accessible materials shall be permitted 2. MORE
In essence, the internet is designed to be accessible for all persons with all soft/hardware, languages, locations, and abilities. Though accessibility may seem like an idealistic standard, it is actually a legal necessity. MORE
The FCC just did a series of four blog posts asking for feedback on their new accessibility plans. Comments on the FCC's Accessibility Plans (June 2010) My main recommendation to the FCC is to be more ambitious about accessibility. Although the Clearinghouse and Awards programs could be helpful to the cause of greater access for people with disabilities, I don’t think they truly take on the biggest opportunity for change. MORE
What is web accessibility? Web accessibility is the ability for a website, app and/or software to be accessible to people who have a disability affecting their vision, hearing, cognition and/or motor functions. With more access comes more member engagement. MORE
Facebook alone offers little to no access to donation data for your nonprofit. “ Our team is really excited to give Classy for Facebook’s users the ability to access more data from Facebook and Instagram than they’ve ever had before. MORE
This month, we’ve been thinking about access barriers. This month I talked about two variables that are often ignored when we talk about access and equity: the way we do our work and the frames we use to judge our work. I chose these because often when we talk about access, we think about ways to get people to come. Overall, my point from this month, and I think Rebecca’s, is that much of our accessibility problem lies in us, not our visitors. access advocacy visitor MORE
Tags: accessibility volunteer donor gift books Bookshare MORE
With accessibility lawsuits in the news— like one against Dominos — more companies are recognizing the importance of serving the almost 20% of the people living with disabilities in the U.S. As a result, specialists who identify and fix website accessibility violations are in demand. MORE
Brief Comments on Accessibility Concerns on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) The disability community should be concerned about ACTA for two reasons: At its core it’s an anti-piracy agreement. The digital measures designed to defeat piracy usually end up equating accessibility with piracy. We don’t know if it’s benign or hostile to accessibility. MORE
Last year, the National Federation of the Blind took on Amazon.com about the accessibility of their website, which NFB felt at one time had been quite accessible, but which had declined in accessibility. NFB got them to commit to work on accessibility. The speech itself was pretty basic: Amazon cares about its customers above all else, and so accessibility is important. MORE
Hailed as “the Miracle in Marrakesh,” the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled paves the way to expanding access to books for people with print disabilities and provides the necessary legal framework for authorized organizations, like Benetech and our Bookshare initiative, to deliver those books across international borders. MORE
Accessibility Related Topics The MatrixFiles
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
I hope we figure out how to continue to make our events more accessible to everyone. The post Virtual Events Made the Conventions and the Inauguration Celebrations More Accessible appeared first on The MatriX Files.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! There was also an associated effort called the Trusted Intermediary Global Accessible Resources (TIGAR) project, to ease the exchange of accessible book files between libraries for the blind and print disabled. This meeting in Geneva was on the form of a successor project, dubbed the Accessible Book Consortium ("ABC," of course).
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 26, 2014
One of their main challenges is that they do not have adequate access to educational materials that are necessary to learn and succeed in school. Although legal and regulatory requirements stipulate that schools must provide accessible ‘equivalent’ resources for students with disabilities, in practice the majority of these students do not have equal access to textbooks and other instructional materials that make up the primary resources of the general curriculum.
Byte Technology
OCTOBER 7, 2019
But for those with permanent or temporary disabilities, these companies are accused of violating Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by lacking the proper digital accommodations to enable access to their coveted online offerings.
EveryAction
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
Reproductive Health Access Project works at the crossroads of the medical community and the reproductive rights space to mobilize and train clinicians to ensure access to abortion, contraception, and miscarriage care. How did the Reproductive Health Access Project start? Reproductive Health Access Project occupies a unique space, right in the middle of reproductive rights and primary health care.
Classy
APRIL 15, 2021
Facebook alone offers little to no access to donation data for your nonprofit. “ Our team is really excited to give Classy for Facebook’s users the ability to access more data from Facebook and Instagram than they’ve ever had before.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JANUARY 9, 2020
Ngonzi on Twitter and LinkedIn and register for her upcoming on March 24, Digital Storytelling to Access, Attract and Activate U.S. government can access information at grants.gov.
Gyrus
APRIL 14, 2021
Learn how you can make e-learning tools, programs, and resources more accessible for all your employees to ensure that they get adequate and equal access to training and learning programs in an easy and efficient manner with Gyrus
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
Plenary Talk at the Eighth General Assembly of the World Blind Union Access to published information is an essential requirement for education, employment and full social inclusion. People with vision impairments and other print disabilities deserve equal access to that treasure of information. In my talk, I highlighted three global movements towards increasing accessible publishing. What can we do today to build that accessible future?
Velir
MAY 4, 2021
With accessibility lawsuits in the news— like one against Dominos — more companies are recognizing the importance of serving the almost 20% of the people living with disabilities in the U.S. As a result, specialists who identify and fix website accessibility violations are in demand.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 8, 2013
Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act. We think the best long-term way to solve this equal access problem is, well, equal access.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 12, 2014
HathiTrust, a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that digitizing books in order to enhance research and provide access to individuals with print disabilities is lawful on the grounds of fair use —that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work ( Section 107 of the U.S. As a non-lawyer, let me explain from the point of view of a technologist who cares passionately about accessibility for people with disabilities.
NTEN
MAY 20, 2015
For many people with disabilities, this is a daily reality when they encounter the common problem of non-accessible websites. In recognition of these challenges, May 21 is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). GAAD was conceived four years ago after Joe Devon, a web developer, wrote a blog post reflecting on the lack of information available about web accessibility. Free Tools to Test Your Nonprofit's Website for Accessibility by Cindy Leonard.
Byte Technology
OCTOBER 8, 2019
But for those with permanent or temporary disabilities, these companies are accused of violating Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by lacking the proper digital accommodations to enable access to their coveted online offerings. Unfortunately for companies of all sizes, the five aforementioned brands are just the tip of the ADA and website accessibility iceberg. Everybody deserves to have that full and equal access to the world around them. Dunkin Donuts.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 5, 2010
The FCC just did a series of four blog posts asking for feedback on their new accessibility plans. Comments on the FCC's Accessibility Plans (June 2010) My main recommendation to the FCC is to be more ambitious about accessibility. Although the Clearinghouse and Awards programs could be helpful to the cause of greater access for people with disabilities, I don’t think they truly take on the biggest opportunity for change.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 15, 2014
Hailed as “the Miracle in Marrakesh,” the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled paves the way to expanding access to books for people with print disabilities and provides the necessary legal framework for authorized organizations, like Benetech and our Bookshare initiative, to deliver those books across international borders.
Find the free stuff
DECEMBER 6, 2020
Are you currently grappling with a blocked YouTube video, and you are wondering how to access it? These top best methods enlighten you on how to effectively access a blocked YouTube video without any difficulty.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 20, 2010
We take their files and convert them to the DAISY format which is a digital format designed specifically to create accessible materials for people with print disabilities. We're excited about this trend and the opportunities it creates for the commercial availability of mass market accessible books. Making these files available as part of the mass market product, O'Reilly is ensuring that EVERYONE who can benefit from accessible materials can actually get them.
Nimble AMS
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
What is web accessibility? Web accessibility is the ability for a website, app and/or software to be accessible to people who have a disability affecting their vision, hearing, cognition and/or motor functions. With more access comes more member engagement.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 14, 2010
Rich Thesing, a long-time disability activist and fellow Fellow of the American Leadership Forum in Silicon Valley, has been thinking hard on how to make exercise equipment accessible. There are lots of exercycles that are in health clubs and exercise rooms around the world, but they lack minor accessibility features to make them usable. They are going to need access to exercise equipment they can use independently to ensure their long term help.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
This includes accessible educational materials, such as e-books that can be used with computers, or mobile devices that display enlarged text or read the book aloud while also highlighting text. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) selected our successful Bookshare library as the provider of accessible materials to every student in the U.S. Bookshare has grown into the largest online digital library of accessible books and periodicals in the U.S.,
Find the free stuff
JULY 8, 2019
Private Internet Access offers Cheap VPN service,Good Windows client with Fast connections, and a 7-day money-back guarantee Private Internet Access (PIA) is a virtual private network that allows you to hide your IP address and geographical location keeping you private and secure when searching the internet. The post Private Internet Access VPN Review appeared first on PhreeSite.com.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 27, 2011
There has been a major breakthrough recently on international copyright negotiations in Geneva around improved access for people who have print disabilities. Answer : • Countries should provide for a copyright exception in their national laws to allow nonprofit organizations serving people with disabilities to make accessible versions of inaccessible books and other content • Import and export of such accessible materials shall be permitted 2.
Care2
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Ensuring your website is accessible is a must if you want to engage with all of your supporters. If your website’s out of date or not optimized for accessibility, you are losing important members of your audience and potentially breaking ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) best practices.
NTEN
JULY 11, 2011
These needs may relate to accessibility and the user-friendliness of your site for those with auditory, visual, cognitive or mobility impairments. This blog post is not meant to explain the nuances of accessibility, nor will it explore all of the dimensions of building a social site, but it will discuss key considerations when working to make your online presence social while remaining accessible to all users. Keep Accessibility in Mind. By Stuart Holland, Sr.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 30, 2009
Tags: accessibility volunteer donor gift books Bookshare
VisionLink
MARCH 13, 2009
With a click, make client data entry easier for those with accessibility needs. Form Builder provides many options--and now among the navigation button options is an accessibility button which you can deploy or not with a click. So, deploy the accessibility button in the Form Builder and give your staff with certain needs a powerful view.
Tech Soup Blog
AUGUST 30, 2011
The first time I really "got" the power of accessible technology (AT) to improve the lives of people with disabilities was when I saw the PBS documentary Freedom Machines. Of all the wonderful things that computers and other smart machines do to enhance our lives, I can't think of any other ICT field that make as profound an impact as accessible technology, sometimes also called assistive technology. How Accessible Technology Computer Refurbishment Came About.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 15, 2009
Brief Comments on Accessibility Concerns on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) The disability community should be concerned about ACTA for two reasons: At its core it’s an anti-piracy agreement. The digital measures designed to defeat piracy usually end up equating accessibility with piracy. We don’t know if it’s benign or hostile to accessibility.
Museum 2.0
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
This month, we’ve been thinking about access barriers. This month I talked about two variables that are often ignored when we talk about access and equity: the way we do our work and the frames we use to judge our work. I chose these because often when we talk about access, we think about ways to get people to come. Overall, my point from this month, and I think Rebecca’s, is that much of our accessibility problem lies in us, not our visitors. access advocacy visitor
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 9, 2018
Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. To bring the power of books to everybody on this planet, we must make books truly accessible. In order to read a printed book, you must have physical access to it. Third, the print book is not universally accessible. I believe in the power of books to change the world.
Find the free stuff
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Most of time, the Mac operating system will automatically recognize and mount the attached disks on desktop, in Finder and in Disk Utility for your easy access. The post How to Access an External Drive Not Showing on Mac appeared first on PhreeSite.com.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 7, 2008
Last year, the National Federation of the Blind took on Amazon.com about the accessibility of their website, which NFB felt at one time had been quite accessible, but which had declined in accessibility. NFB got them to commit to work on accessibility. The speech itself was pretty basic: Amazon cares about its customers above all else, and so accessibility is important.
Tech Soup Blog
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
Microsoft's latest operating system also delivers when it comes to its accessibility and assistive technology features, namely the Narrator and Magnifier. Additionally, Microsoft's next generation of Windows 8 touch screen devices, such as tablets and laptops, are designed with accessibility in mind. Watch this video demo from Microsoft to see the new accessibility features in action: (Please visit the site to view this video). More Accessibility Resources.
Tech Soup Blog
JUNE 26, 2015
Ever since the Independent Living Movement began to emerge in the 1960s to empower people with disabilities, more and more of the world has become accessible. Metro4All is actually a collaboration of people in different countries interested in addressing mass transit accessibility. I had no experience with accessibility, but the service is very useful. apps Accessible Technology
Elevation
JUNE 18, 2019
In essence, the internet is designed to be accessible for all persons with all soft/hardware, languages, locations, and abilities. Though accessibility may seem like an idealistic standard, it is actually a legal necessity.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 30, 2013
Our commitment is to provide access to books for those who are unable to read a traditional print format and to do so without harming the economic interests of authors and publishers. The Problem with Traditional DRM Traditional “strong” Digital Rights Management (DRM) restrictions have traditionally been the most common way to control access to online books. However, strong DRM turns out to be an impediment to the commercial distribution of accessible ebooks.
NTEN
AUGUST 26, 2013
People generally associate the topic of web accessibility with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), but I like to think of web accessibility as the practice of making websites with content, features and functionality that people of all abilities can access and use. cindy leonard nptech nten Web Sites website accessibility Communications IT Staff Cindy Leonard. Consulting Team Leader. Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University.
NTEN
DECEMBER 27, 2013
People generally associate the topic of web accessibility with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), but I like to think of web accessibility as the practice of making websites with content, features and functionality that people of all abilities can access and use. cindy leonard nptech nten Web Sites website accessibility Communications IT Staff Cindy Leonard. Consulting Team Leader. Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 13, 2011
It takes an editor through the entire process of operating and publishing a journal, with a heavy emphasis on open access journals (where the articles are freely available to everybody from the moment they are published). One metric that made a real impression: OJS users publish an open access article for around $200 per article, which compares to the typical number of $3000 that is frequently floated around in the open access field.
Tech Soup Blog
JULY 17, 2015
adults still don't have broadband Internet access at home. The June 2015 FCC proposal calls for an expansion of Lifeline to provide low-income households with a choice of subsidized phone service or broadband Internet access. These smartphones are rudimentary, but do provide web and email access and also run Android apps. The San Francisco-based nonprofit, A Human Right , is leading the charge to advocate for bringing Internet access to the 4.6
Tech Soup Blog
AUGUST 18, 2017
Each year, Knowbility hosts OpenAIR (Accessibility Internet Rally). OpenAIR is an online event that provides mission-based organizations both with a new, professionally designed, accessible website that accommodates all visitors, and with expanded awareness about accessibility issues. What Does a Nonprofit Need to Do to Make Its Website Accessible? Web accessibility means. These are some of the most common ways to make a website more accessible.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 15, 2012
The DIAGRAM Center team has also created an image data content model which will provide standards to define and enhance the efficacy and interoperability of accessible images as the project evolves. DIAGRAM stands for Digital Image and Graphics Resources for Accessible Materials. Our DIAGRAM Center is dramatically changing the way image and graphical content for accessible educational materials is produced and accessed.
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