Accessible Technology: Technology: Disability.gov - 2 views
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Accessible Digital Media Guidelines These guidelines from the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media examine the educational needs of students with disabilities and how those needs may be met with software, digital books and other technologies. The guidelines also look at ways to achieve the goal of helping students learn while using adaptive and accessible technology. The National Center on Access to the General Curriculum at the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) provides more information on access adaptations and the educational goals of instructional materials.
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IRS Talking Tax Forms The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has PDF talking tax forms for people who are blind or visually impaired. The forms are easy to use with Microsoft Active Accessibilty compliant screen readers and Dragon Naturally Speaking Voice Recognition Software.
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Disability.gov: Conncecting the Disability Community to Information and Opportunities has a plethora of resources for making technology accessible. I have highlighted two that I found of particular insight. The first is Accessible Media Guidlines -- they are a set of guidelines look at ways to achieve the goal of helping students learn by using adaptive and accessible technology which is so important to all educators, but especially to those of us that teach special education. The other site, IRS Talking Tax Forms, is designed for people that are visually impaired that are supposed to be easy to use -- uses Microsoft Active Accessibility compliant screen readers and Dragon Naturally Speaking Voice Recognition Software. It is great that the government is at least trying to make this part of filling out your IRS Tax Form a little easier -- I guess so they can more easily get your money from you.
