This was presented as a guest lecture at Langara College for the Fall 2015, LIBR 2411: Library Technologies and Information Management course in the Library Technician program. The presentation included a number of discussion questions and exercises, which are still noted but the wording has been edited. Please also note that sources are listed in the deck and typically not listed in the write up. Continue reading “Presentation: Accessibility is About Your Users”
A Community Supported on Obsolete Technology
This was first posted on The Pastry Box Project on September 21, 2015 with the same name. I encourage you to go read it there, since lots of great articles are written on The Pastry Box. Re-posted here for my own archiving purposes. Continue reading “A Community Supported on Obsolete Technology”
Making the NNELS Site Responsive
Honestly, making a site responsive is nothing new, not even for me. Nevertheless, I wanted to document the process (no surprise there). Since as of the date of publishing this post, the responsive version of the theme hasn’t gone live yet, you get a sneak peek. Continue reading “Making the NNELS Site Responsive”
Accessible Format Production Part 6: DAISY Book
Finally, here is the last part of the series, talking about creating DAISY books from edited e-text. Continue reading “Accessible Format Production Part 6: DAISY Book”
Tips on Recording Audiobooks with Audacity
While there is a ton of documentation out there for using Audacity, recently, I’ve been recording some audiobooks in Audacity and struggled sometimes to find how to do specific things that are less to do with mixing tracks and more to do with editing a single track. So, here are a few tips and list of helpful resources. Continue reading “Tips on Recording Audiobooks with Audacity”