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Mid-Atlantic Regional Technology in Education Consortium
1301 Cecil B. Moore Ave.
Ritter Annex 9th Floor
Temple University - CRHDE
Philadelphia, PA 19122
800-892-5550
215-204-5130 (fax)
General Inquires:
Laurence Peters
Judith Stull
Technical Assistance:
Barry Mansfield
Professional Development:
Joan Pasternak
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Temple University Center for Research
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Visual Aids
Visually impaired individuals have many options for assistive technology ranging from screen readers (JAWS http://www.freedomscientific.com) to screen magnifiers (zoomtext http://www.aisquared.com) depending upon the degree of their impairment.
Hearing Aids
Hearing-impaired users will not be able to benefit from audio content, so an alternative method of communication should be made available such as captions or a transcript.
Motor Skill Aids
Users with limited motor skills can utilize alternative input devices such as a specialized keyboard/mouse or speech recognition software. If we live long enough, virtually all of us will experience the limitations that come along with having some sort of disability. |
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Making Content Accessible
The World Wide Web Consortium developed the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) for the developers of assistive technology, the contributors of web content, and the end users to all achieve their respective goals in regards to universal access.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
The World Wide Web Consortium (1999) states the following:
These guidelines explain how to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities. The guidelines are intended for all Web content developers (page authors and site designers) and for developers of authoring tools. The primary goal of these guidelines is to promote accessibility. However, following them will also make Web content more available to all users, whatever user agent they are using (e.g., desktop browser, voice browser, mobile phone, automobile-based personal computer, etc.) or constraints they may be operating under (e.g., noisy surroundings, under- or over-illuminated rooms, in a hands-free environment, etc.). Following these guidelines will also help people find information on the Web more quickly. These guidelines do not discourage content developers from using images, video, etc., but rather explain how to make multimedia content more accessible to a wide audience (p. 1).
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