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Silent Disabilities
Last week I came to a realization when meeting the newest staff member here at Knowbility, after hearing about her situations with her current employers. I completely knew where she was coming from and realized that is one of the original reasons i came to work with Knowbility. …
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Survey monkey swings accessibly
A few months ago, I had tried to do a few things using the site called survey monkey. I had tried creating my own survey, as well as taking surveys and had little success. The forms were not tagged, the check boxes not labeled, and some …
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I love Ipod
Ok, so one of my greatest loves is music, and next to that, reading books. I bought myself an ipod some months ago and it has been quite the adventure learning how to use it and make it accessible. I used to cringe when I'd think about the ipod, knowing that, as much …
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Seeking successful implementation of YouTube captions
About a year ago, Youtube launched an editing tool, Youtube Remixer. One of the most interesting features was the capacity for captioning, although Youtube cautioned that the captioning feature was still in beta and not to …
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Dedication of AccessU to John Slatin
Here is the text of the opening dedication of the 2008 AccessU, renamed to honor our beloved colleague and mentor, Dr. John Slatin who died in March. Following these remarks, Jim Allan and Jim Thatcher unfurled a banner with the new conference title. That banner now resides …