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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Kathy Barringer

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REQUIRED DISCUSSION: Increasing Awareness about Web Access Barriers - 57 views

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  • Kathy Barringer
     
    The article submitted by Wendy Dryden, Apple - Education - Special Education, really made me think about what kind of things that I take for granted by using that people with disabilities use. There were several things in this article that I use out of convenience. One example is that I use text-to-speech when I'm lazy and don't want to read. I think Apple does well in promoting features that make computing accessible for people with disabilities. I do love apple products. I remember playing around with the voice over in the iPhone with my blind cousin. He taught me to how to use that a while back. Also, now that I have the iPhone 5 and have Siri, I use the heck out of that, which is another feature that I use for convenience. This was an very interesting and informational site. Thanks, Wendy!
  • Kathy Barringer
     
    I also wanted to make a short comment on one of the articles posted by Robbie Reed, How Do People Use The Computer Without Hands. This article had a link to show where people could use twitter with their brain signals! How amazing is this. If this is possible, then think about people with no limbs....it makes me want to say...why hasn't more been done? That may be stretching things...but it's possible!
Kathy Barringer

Henshaws College and Jisc launch an accessible YouTube website | Henshaws Society for B... - 0 views

  • ACCESS: YouTube
  • Billy explains: “When I first started, I didn’t know how to use it, but now I can play videos without help. I have made my own playlists for my favourite videos including Take That and Kylie Minogue. I can use the site out of college sessions. It’s great to have the freedom to do this.”
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    This site is too cool!  I have thought about You Tube as being difficult to manipulate, but to someone with certain disabilities, they may not be able to use You Tube at all.  This site has a link to a version of "ACCESS: You Tube."  I typed in deaf, and the first video was all caption.  I only watched one and was so excited about this site that I wanted to go ahead and bookmark it.  I'm going to check it out even more.
Kathy Barringer

Parnell Diggs Bio | NFB - 2 views

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    I chose this bookmark because it has many resources for people that are blind. The first page, where the link is set, is about my cousion who is blind, and his success story. I have many memories of him growing up as a child. One link is for products and technology where there is a vast amount of resources from notetakers to talking books that will benefit someone with blindness. There is a great link on blogs that has many user experiences. The very first one was about Dropbox and problems happening with that at the moment. Very interesting blogs.
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