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Webinars, Videos, and Training > Product Demonstration or Information
ZoomText Web Accessibility 101 Informational Video for the Visually Challenged
SSB Client Services Director Cammie Truesdell demonstrates how ZoomText magnification software works, as well as common accessibility challenges faced by users with low vision when...
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Additional Access Publications > A Guide to Planning Accessible Meetings
Ensuring Online Files and Documents are Accessible
Documents and online content should be accessible and optimized for screen readers and other assistive technologies used by people who are blind or have low vision, as well as people with...
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Webinars, Videos, and Training > Product Demonstration or Information
Web Accessibility 101: Screen Reader Language Support
Thomas Logan, Senior Accessibility Consultant with SSB BART Group, demonstrates screen reader language support in JAWS and the importance of proper page markup for this feature to function...
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Research and History > Research Documents > Exhibit Design Relating to Low Vision and Blindness: Current Media Technology, Appropriate Application of Technology, Future Research Needs
Appropriate Situational Applications of Technology
Descriptions can be audio files of recorded human voices, or text files of descriptions that can be read by text-to-speech utilities or screen-reader software....
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Products and Additional Resources > Products
Door King Inc. Proximity Card Readers
Door King offers the following proximity card reader products: DK Prox, HID and AWID proximity card readers, all of which are compatible with the 1830 Series access controllers....
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Federal Documents > Technical Assistance > DOJ/DOE Joint Publication: Frequently Asked Questions on Effective Communication for Students with Hearing, Vision, or Speech Disabilities in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
Case Study #2: The appropriate auxiliary aids and services under Title II are the same as special education and related services required under the IDEA.
In the summer before third grade, Julie began using an accessible e‐book reader....
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Products and Additional Resources > Disability Etiquette > Real-Time Communication Etiquette for Communicating with Customers with Disabilities
Vision Impairments
Vision Impairments
People with vision impairments may use alternative equipment, such as screen reading software and screen magnification software, to access their computers. When...
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Federal Documents > Technical Assistance > DOJ/DOE Joint Publication: Frequently Asked Questions on Effective Communication for Students with Hearing, Vision, or Speech Disabilities in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
2. What are examples of auxiliary aids and services for students with hearing, vision, and speech disabilities?
the signed or finger‐spelled communication into spoken words.26
For a person who is blind, deaf‐blind, or has low vision, some examples of auxiliary aids and services are qualified readers...
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Products and Additional Resources > Products
Allegion aptiQmobile Credentials Mobile Application
Stop worrying about your ID card, just hold your phone up to an aptiQ reader and you’re in. It doesn’t get simpler than that....
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Webinars, Videos, and Training > Design Solution
Web Accessibility 101: Screen Magnification Design Challenges - Forms
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Webinars, Videos, and Training > Spirit of the ADA
How New Technology Helps Blind People Explore the World | Chieko Asakawa | TED Talks
How can technology help improve our quality of life? How can we navigate the world without using the sense of vision? Inventor and IBM Fellow Chieko Asakawa, who's been blind since...
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Federal Documents > Technical Assistance > Department of HHS Dear Colleague Letter: Guidance and Resources for Electronic Information Technology: Ensuring Equal Access to All Health Services and Benefits Provided Through Electronic Means
Electronic Health Records
Electronic Health Records
Finally, electronic health records (EHRs) of covered entities must be accessible to people with disabilities so that all patients are able to access...
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Legal Documents > United States of America v. Humboldt County, California - Settlement Agreement
F. GENERAL EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION PROVISIONS
Within three (3) months of the entry of this Consent Decree, the County will identify sources of qualified sign language and oral interpreters, qualified readers, real-time transcription...
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Legal Documents > United States of America v. Humboldt County, California - Consent Decree
F. GENERAL EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION PROVISIONS
Within three (3) months of the entry of this Consent Decree, the County will identify sources of qualified sign language and oral interpreters, qualified readers, real-time transcription...
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State and Local Documents > Codes and Standards > 2025 California Standards
11B-411.2.1.3.3 Proximity of required elements
Required features shall be provided on a hall call console assembly or as individual elements grouped in close proximity....
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State and Local Documents > Codes and Standards > 2022 California Standards
11B-411.2.1.3.3 Proximity of required elements
Required features shall be provided on a hall call console assembly or as individual elements grouped in close proximity....
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Rulemaking Process Documents > ANPRMS > Withdrawn: 28 CFR Parts 35 and 36, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities and Public Accommodations (ANPRM)
i. Barriers to Web accessibility
For example, individuals who do not have use of their hands may use speech recognition software to navigate a website, while individuals who are blind may rely on a screen reader to convert...
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Products and Additional Resources > Products
Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking Premium & Home Speech Recognition Software
From everyday tasks to personal projects, Dragon 13 Home helps you get things done in a fun, easier way using just your voice. Email friends, search the web, dictate homework...
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Links > Federal Department or Agency
Social Security Administration (SSA) Guide: Alternate text for images
"Social Security Administration (SSA) Guide: Alternate text for images" (4.0 MB pdf)
Contents:
Key concepts - images and alt-text
Section 1. Reference samples...
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Webinars, Videos, and Training > Product Demonstration or Information
Allegion aptiQmobile Mobile App How To Video
aptiQmobile is a quick, simple solution that delivers a virtual credential to an NFC-enabled smartphone so students get the access control they need. Take a look into how this...
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Webinars, Videos, and Training > Product Demonstration or Information
Allegion aptiQmobile Mobile App The College Life Video
Going from classes, to dorms, to cafeterias means needing multi-access security. With aptiQmobile, administrators can say goodbye to the challenges with ID cards.
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Webinars, Videos, and Training > Product Demonstration or Information
Allegion aptiQmobile Mobile App Easy As Pie Video
No more plastic cards or long card office lines, aptiQmobile makes a multi-access, secure, mobile credential, easy as pie.
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Webinars, Videos, and Training > Product Demonstration or Information
Web Accessibility 101: Using Microsoft Word with Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Thomas Logan, Senior Accessibility Consultant for SSB BART Group, demonstrates the use of Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice recognition software in Microsoft Word.
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Webinars, Videos, and Training > Product Demonstration or Information
Web Accessibility 101: Dragon NaturallySpeaking Demonstration Video
Thomas Logan, Senior Accessibility Consultant for SSB BART Group, demonstrates the use of Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition software to perform basic tasks including...