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Accessibility in the workplace

Posted by: kmardahl on April 19th, 2009

Editor’s note: Here’s an anecdote from Lori Gillen, co-manager, that puts accessibility-in-the-workplace in perspective.
We are not accustomed to seeing accessibility in action in the workplace, so I wanted to share a little experience that I had in which assistive technology helped people with disabilities function in the workplace.
I attended a meeting at the Massachusetts Commission [...]

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Participating in History While It Happens

Posted by: kmardahl on January 19th, 2009

The November 4th 2008 US election is considered historical, but do you know what else made history that day?
New technology that can be used for captioned radio broadcasts.
From the press release sent out on that occasion:
While millions of U.S. citizens voted in national and local elections last week, some of the nation’s deaf and hard-of-hearing [...]

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Age 50+ Persona for the STC Body of Knowledge

Posted by: LGillen on September 2nd, 2008

I was asked to prepare a persona on what users over the age of 50 may need to maximize their use of the STC Body of Knowledge portal.
The Society for Technical Communication (STC) is currently developing a Body of Knowledge (BoK) portal where Technical Communicators can share their areas of expertise with each other. This [...]

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Choosing Assistive Listening Systems for Students with Hearing Loss

Posted by: kmardahl on July 13th, 2008

(This is an article reprinted here by kind permission from its author, Becky Morris.)
Disabled student service providers and vocational rehabilitation counselors are on the ‘front line’ addressing the needs of hard of hearing individuals. You are the professionals who need to understand the communication obstacles, introduce technical solutions and other support services to hard of [...]

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Low-Tech Tips for Hearing at the Conference: I Want to Hear Your Presentation!

Posted by: kmardahl on May 14th, 2008

Lori Gillen, incoming Co-Manager of the SIG, put together some useful tips for participants attending this year’s STC conference in Philadelphia.
These tips can be used at any presentation, anywhere, of course! The tips are provided to help conference participants hear better and get much more out of their conference experience.

Sit next to one of the [...]

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Low-Tech Tips for Hearing at the Conference: Did You Hear My Presentation?

Posted by: kmardahl on May 14th, 2008

Lori Gillen, incoming Co-Manager of the SIG, put together some useful tips for speakers at this year’s STC conference in Philadelphia.
The tips are provided to help speakers ensure better hearing of presentation content. These tips can be used for any presentation, anywhere, of course. Your audience will thank you!

Bring written content (slide presentation with useful [...]

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Stone Deaf Pilots and Other Deaf Resources

Posted by: kmardahl on May 14th, 2008

Looking for some “deaf blogs”? The Stone Deaf Pilots is a great place to start. It is a blog dedicated
deaf technology, assistive technology, and tech-related accessibility issues faced by the deaf and hard of hearing. This blog is for anyone, deaf or hearing, who wants to learn more about deaf technology and non-deaf-specific technology that [...]

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Hearing Loss Resources

Posted by: Web Diva on May 4th, 2008

A-Z to Deafblindness provides information and resources for the deafblind.
ALS Pah! an e-zine for American Sign Language students and teachers
American Auditory Society
American Sign Language Fingerspelling dictionary, converters, quiz
ALS Online Lessons
Apple® Accessibility Features Vision built into all Macintosh computers provides adjustable keyboard, an ergonomic mouse, CloseView screen magnification software, Easy Access system software (StickyKeys, SlowKeys, MouseKeys), [...]

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Hearing

Posted by: Web Diva on April 16th, 2008

Hearing accessibility topics include prelingual and postlingual deafness for profound deafness and hard-of-hearing. Information is also provided for presbyacousis (old-age hearing loss).
Reference Books and Resources
There are several excellent books related to hearing. See the suggested reading list for general information and detailed reference books for your library.
Recent and Relevant
Regenerated hair cells inside the cochlear of [...]

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