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Accessible eBooks for Equal Opportunity

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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. Accessible ebooks and Bookshare have helped sixth grader Kevin Leong overcome his reading challenges.

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Fair Use Victory Advances a Future of Accessibility for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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.

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Top 6 GoFundMe Alternatives for Powerful Fundraisers

Double the Donation

If you’re still in the market for a top crowdfunding solution and you’d like to explore options beyond GoFundMe, consider the following fundraising sites as well: Fundly – Best GoFundMe Alternative for Mobile-First Fundraising. Givebutter – Best GoFundMe Alternative for Donor Management. Let’s dive right in!

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Design Series: Ensuring Accessibility

Forum One

So at Forum One, we don’t have to do a lot of convincing about the importance of accessibility, but there are still a lot of questions about how best to build digital experiences that welcome and respect all users. Accessibility lessons from a lifeguard Growing up in the Pocono Mountains, I had the luxury of learning to swim in a river.

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DIAGRAM Center

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The goal of the DIAGRAM R&D Center is to greatly improve access to graphical information for students with print disabilities (for example, helping blind students get access to important graphics inside textbooks). We are also building a content model for making images more accessible.

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ADA Compliance and Your Website

Byte Technology

No matter how long your website has been up and running, it’s never too late to be sure you are reaching everyone and maintaining a well accessible website. Because of this, video transcripts, alternative image text, and meta-tagging are even more necessary and should be implemented. ADA Compliance Improves Your SEO.

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Making the world more accessible with web design

Candid

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.” What is web accessibility?