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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Happy Memorial Day!
AccessTechGeek will be on a semi hiatus for the next week. Amelia will be holding down the fort with a couple of posts after Memorial Day. Have fun and stay safe!
PDF Accessibility
A friend passed along a link to me about the accessibility of PDF’s. The report is quite extensive, provides great information on how accessible PDF’s really are. The Australian Government’s study into the Accessibility of the Portable Document Format for people with a disability This article is from the Australian Government Department of FInance and [...]
Disabilities and Libraries
I came across a real treasure trove of disability internet resources from ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) website. Electronic resources on disabilities: A wealth of information on topics from jobs to recreation All throughout library school, and after, I did various projects on accessibility issues. I didn’t realize how much so until I [...]
Thank You for Making AccessTechGeek a Great Success
First off, I’d like to thank everyone for reading this blog, providing feedback, and following us on Facebook and Twitter. I hope that the readership and social network outlets will continue to grow by leaps and bounds. When I first started AccessTechGeek, I wanted to focus just on assistive technology, but as we’ve found more [...]
Museum of disABILITY History
If you’re ever in the Buffalo, NY area, you should go check out the Museum of disABILITY History. The museum’s website: www.museumofdisability.org gives a lot of detail on the exhibits they have. The museum has wings for education, media, medicine, society, New York, and advocacy. You can also find an excellent disability resource page on [...]
Federal Websites Not Meeting Section 508 Standards
According to the National Federation for the Blind’s press release on Section 508 web compliance. Over 90 percent of the Federal government’s 100 websites are not compliant. You can view more details on the press release at: Federal Government Not Complying with Web Site Accessibility Requirements, Study Indicates I know that in some ways, making [...]
Monocular
As someone with low vision, owning a monocular has been a lifesaver, and a cool gadget for others to use as well. I’m sure that most partially sighted individuals are familiar with it, but I just thought I’d mention it for those who aren’t. Monoculars come in varying magnification strengths, and is basically a low [...]
EyeNote App for the Blind
Seems like anything you can think of, there’s an app for it on the iPhone or iPod touch. Now, you can get EyeNote, a scanner that scans US currency and tells you what the value is. It is a free download, and works on iPhone 3G and up, 4th generation iPod touch, and iPad 2. [...]
London Anyone?
Hey friends! Recently I came upon a cool blog that I wanted to share with you. If you have a disability, traveling and vacations can be a bit difficult in regards to making sure everything is accessible. Well, if you are planning a vacation to London in the future be sure to check out the [...]
