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Web Accessibility for People with Hearing Disabilities Website accessibility ensures everyone—including people with disabilities—can read, understand, navigate, and interact with a website. You may be familiar with how accessible websites accommodate people with visual impairments by allowing them to easily use a screen reader to read the web page’s content aloud to them. People withContinue reading

What Is Alt Text and How to Write It

Alt text is a website feature that goes by many names: alt attributes, alt descriptions, alternate text. Whatever the name, this important accessibility feature may be overlooked by web design and development teams or considered an afterthought, given less effort than content featured on screen. In other cases, the alt text may be well-written, butContinue reading “What Is Alt Text and How to Write It”

https://www.zdnet.com/article/3-essential-windows-tools-for-troubleshooting-and-how-to-use-them/ 3 essential Windows tools for troubleshooting (and how to use them) If your PC is misbehaving, there’s a good chance that one of these free tools can help you figure out why. And they’re all included with every Windows installation. Aug. 7, 2023 Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images Personal computers used toContinue reading

New Keyboard shortcuts introduced in Windows 11 Windows 11 brings along several new keyboard shortcuts to enhance your workflow and streamline your multitasking. These shortcuts are designed to make the most out of Windows 11’s new features and user interface, allowing for a more seamless and productive experience. Let’s explore some of these exciting additions:Continue reading

Accessibility – BingNews – Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 6:57 PM Transportation apps can help people with disabilities navigate public transit but accessibility lags behind Smartphone apps can make public transit more accessible. (Shutterstock) Smartphone apps have become commonplace tools for travel and navigation. As technology becomes more integrated into transport networks, apps will continueContinue reading

7 Different Ways to Control-F (Search for Words) On Your iPhone or iPad When locating specific words and phrases within web pages and documents on desktop devices, the Control-F or Command-F keyboard shortcut can be a huge time-saver. But can you do something similar on an iPhone or iPad? There are no shortcuts to findContinue reading

New Tinnitus Therapy Can Quiet Torturous Ringing in the Ears A combination of acoustic and electrical stimulation reduces tinnitus by half · By Anton Benz on July 13, 2023 Credit: Prostock-Studio/Getty Images Constant buzzing and ringing in the ears without any input from the external environment can seriously impair quality of life for the 10 percent of the U.S. population withContinue reading

Human Resources Concerns: Accessibility of Job Sites One of the most impactful ways that we can work towards achieving total accessibility on the Web is by improving employment opportunities for people with disabilities. The online job application process should ensure ease of use and comprehension for all of your applicants. Website accessibility policies should alwaysContinue reading

How to Convert Images to Editable Text in Microsoft Word Want to extract text from an image in Microsoft Word? Here’s how to convert images into editable text within Word. If you’ve ever found yourself manually typing out information from images or struggling to make scanned documents into editable text, then this article is forContinue reading