A 2012 Overview of IDEAL Group and its Subsidiary Companies
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Articles for 2012
Join one or many and Popular Accessibility-Related Linkedin Groups Today!
We cordially invite you to join one or many and Popular Accessibility-Related Linkedin Groups Today! Why wait! It’s free to join… and very beneficial professionally. We have over 13,000 members from all corners of the world interested in networking on a wide range of accessibility-related technology, rehabilitation, speech, language, hearing, vision, STEM content, legislation and [...]
Landmark Court Ruling Allows University Libraries to Make Ten Million Accessible Books Available to Blind Readers Around the Country
On October 10, 2012, Judge Harold Baer of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the National Federation of the Blind’s Motion for Summary Judgment in The Authors’ Guild v. HathiTrust case. Dan Goldstein, Laura Abelson, and Jessie Weber from Brown, Goldstein & Levy represented the National Federation of [...]
Resource List for Accessing Math and Science
Please note: If you are looking for Math and Science teaching resources that are not focused on accessibility, click this link! The following resource list for “accessing Math and Science” was developed by: Gaeir Dietrich, High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges John Gardner, ViewPlus Technologies Neil Soiffer, Design Science Steve Jacobs, [...]
Effective Practices for Description of Science Content within Digital Talking Books from WGBH!
Millions of learners with print disabilities have trouble understanding and interpreting complex graphics and images in textbooks and journals. The WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) offers research-based guidelines and training on how to make science, technology, engineering and math images meaningful and accessible through description. Click this link to Explore the Guidelines To [...]
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium: Mathematics Audio Guidelines
Developed by Measured Progress/ETS Collaborative April 16, 2012 Download the Guidelines (3MB PDF File) Overview: The following document provides recommended guidelines for the audio representation of Smarter Balanced Mathematics assessment items. These guidelines are based on: research studies involving the read aloud accommodation; preexisting state read aloud guidelines for standardized assessment; and, discussion and feedback [...]
Developing Accessible, Mobile-Friendly, Applications and Content in Support of Students with Print Disabilities in Grades 4-9
With an emphasis on Mathematics By: Steve Jacobs, President IDEAL Group, Inc. and, CEO, Apps4Android, Inc. steve.jacobs@apps4android.org http://apps4android.org http://ideal-group.org April 20, 2012 Click this link to Access the Paper
MathFlow 2.0 Extends MathML 3 Support, Adds Geometry Enhancements
By Jerry Bard Educational software developer Design Science has released a major upgrade to its cross-platform MathFlow product line. MathFlow 2.0, released late last week, is “a major step in the evolution of our industry-leading MathML component suite,” Design Science CEO Paul Topping said in a news release. MathML is a component of the XML [...]
Papers from the International Workshop on “Digitization and E-Inclusion in Mathematics and Science 2012″
Problems in Producing Japanese DAISY Mathematical Content and a Solution for Them Katsuhito Yamaguchi Junior College Funabashi Campus, Nihon University 7-24-1 Narashinodai, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8501, Japan eugene@gaea.jcn.nihon-u.ac.jp Masakazu Suzuki Institute of Systems, Information Technologies and Nanotechnologies (ISIT) 2-1-22 Momochihama, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka 814-0001, Japan Scientific eBooks for All: EPUB3 and DAISY4 Mayu Hamada ATDO (Assistive Technology [...]
IDEAL Group President, Steve Jacobs, Named “Champion of Change” by Obama Administration
WASHINGTON, DC – Monday, May 7th, the White House will, today, honor 14 individuals as Champions of Change for leading the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math for people with disabilities in education and employment. “STEM is vital to America’s future in education and employment, so equal access for people with disabilities is imperative, [...]