Maryland Flag
December, 2001

Tapping Technology

Image Descriptions

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Cover Image:

There are three old wooden homes that are seen from across a snowy field. The largest house, a gray and black building with many windows, is on the left of the picture and has tall white trees behind it. A large, yellow moon is to the right and above it. The middle building is smaller and has what resembles a steeple on the top of the roof. The door of this building is red, the walls gray, and the roof black. More white, snowy trees are behind it. To the right of the picture is the third house. This one has a front door with a yellow light on it and a small, lighted window directly above it. The rest of the house is gray with a black roof. Towards the bottom foreground of the picture is a long, dark colored picket fence that stretches the length of the entire picture. There are dark bushes in front of the fence on both the left and right sides of the picture.

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Art 2, ph 1:

Engineering building on the boulder campus
A large sand-colored brick building with a red sloping roof spans the entire length of the picture. Behind the building on both the left and right are the brown peaks of two mountains. In the foreground of the picture is a long, large green lawn lined with bare trees. To the right of the building is a parking lot. A road with a bright blue rectangular sign runs horizontally along the very bottom front of the image. To the left is a tall, green pine tree. A student wearing a blue shirt and tan pants walks beside the tree.

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Art 2, ph 2: Dr. Scadden

An older, heavyset man with thin gray hair stands at a wooden podium. A metal mike is positioned in front of his mouth. The man wears a dark suit jacket, a white shirt and a red tie. On the left corner of the podium sits a clear glass of water. He is looking out facing the camera and the audience.

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Art 2, ph 3: 508 standards

An older, semi-bald man stands at a podium facing out to an audience. He has a gray, bushy mustache with gray hair along the side of his head. Standing behind a tall gray metal table, he wears a long-sleeve yellow shirt. Behind him is a large projection of text. In yellow and white words on a purple background, the projection reads, "508 Standards (m) when a web page requires that an applet, plug-in or other application be present on the client system to interpret page content, the page must provide a link to a plug-in or applet that complies with 1194.21(a) through (l). To the right of the screen is a long blue curtain.

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Art 2, ph 4: Goldberg and Freed

A large television screen sits in the center of a classroom. On the screen are two men sitting at a long table. The man on the left of the screen has short brown hair, a long-sleeve blue button-down shirt, and a blue and white striped tie; he looks down at the table. Beside him, on the right, is a slightly older man wearing glasses. He has short, curly brown hair, and wears a light colored shirt. He is looking out towards the classroom. The television itself sits on a tall metal cart. On both the left and right of the television are two floor-length brown room dividers. In front of the television is a white cart with a black plastic box sitting on it. To the left of the white cart is a long brown table with some white papers sitting on it.

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Art 2, ph 5: Norm Coombs

An older gentleman with gray hair smiles at the camera. He wears a blue, red, and white patterned sweater with a pink shirt beneath it. A long nametag with a blue ribbon hangs around his neck. Behind him is a gray, red, and green screen with text projected onto it. In large white letters at the top of the screen, "Pedagogical Curbcuts" is written. A multi-colored bar runs horizontally below the words. Below the bar is more text in blue. There are two separate phrases, the first reading "Overcoming difficult communication challenges makes for better communication for all." The second phrase reads "Good teaching is good teaching."

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Art 4, ph 1: Loans Program: Cody with goat:

A young boy with short dark hair and wearing a tan short-sleeved shirt with a decal of a goat in the upper right corner sits in a black motorized wheelchair. There is a black neck-rest behind his head. At his feet stands a large white goat with long ears. Both are looking directly at the camera. There is a brown picket fence behind them that spans the length of the picture. Directly behind the boy's head is a white sign with blue lettering that reads "Garrett County Fair 2001." In the left corner of the picture is a small green shrub. There is a large blue backdrop behind the fence and sign.

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Art 5, ph 1: Public Forum: Session 1

Taken from the back, right-hand corner of the room, a large crowd sits in pink and brown chairs. In the forefront on the picture are the backs of three individuals. The man furthest to the left is wearing a black and red striped short-sleeved shirt, he has gray hair and he is wearing glasses. There is a red jacket draped over the back of his chair. Next to him on the right is a woman with gray hair. She is wearing a white and blue patterned shirt. Next to her sits a man with short black hair. He is wearing a long sleeve green shirt. There are people in front of them. Towards the top of the picture, in the middle, a woman with a white shirt and black vest can be seen standing in front of a microphone. A man wearing glasses and a long-sleeve white shirt stands next to her.

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Art 5, ph 2: Public Forum, Wayne Taylor

An older gentleman with gray hair and large tinted glasses looks at the camera. He is wearing a short-sleeved red and black striped shirt with three buttons down the front. He holds a black microphone close to his mouth.

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Art 5, ph 3: Public Forum, Meta Swope

A robust middle-aged woman with glasses, short curly brown hair, and pearl earrings stands facing the front of the room. She has on a black shirt and a white pearl necklace. The picture is taken from her left side so that only her profile is seen.

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Art 5, ph 4: Public Forum, Linn Hendershot

A heavyset man with gray hair and a blue shirt sits in a wheel chair as he looks towards the front of the room. He has a clear plastic tube coming from out of his throat resting on the right side of his chest. A pair of sunglasses hangs around his neck. In his left hand he holds a brown folder. More plastic lining lies on his chest, to the left of his throat. Directly behind him is a large, green potted plant To the back left of the picture is a woman with shoulder-length red hair standing in an open doorway. She wears glasses and is holding a yellow pad of paper, which she is writing on. To the right of her stands a man in dark clothes. He is looking towards the front of the room.

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Art 6, ph 1: NFB Groundbreaking,

A large crowd stands in front of a red brick podium with a white roof over top of it. The podium is connected to a large red brick building. A figure is standing at the podium and there is a white sign above it saying "NFB." To the left is a smaller section of the building where the windows are boarded up with green wood. The podium is in the center of the picture and to the right is a large, tall building with a green fire escape along the side. On the very top of the large building is an American flag. The back of a billboard sign also resides on the top of the large building. A light post and a green tree are in the lower right corner.

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Art 6, ph 2: NFB Groundbreaking, Barabara Mikulski

An older woman, with short brown hair and glasses and wearing a blue shirt and long white coat, stands facing a crowd at a brown podium. A long microphone is to the left of the podium and stretches over next to her head. A blue triangle inside of a blue circle with the lettering "NFB" decorates the front of the podium. On the right is a man in a dark suit. He is holding a white packet of papers against his waist. In the background is a woman sitting in a black chair; she has long brown hair, a pink scarf and a black leather jacket.

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Art 7, ph 1: MD Law Library, Crowd 2

On the right hand side of the picture is the profile of a young African-American man wearing a dark suit jacket, white shirt, and gold-rimmed glasses. Next to him on the right is the back of a woman's head with shoulder-length blonde hair. She is wearing a gray and white striped jacket. The profiles of three other women are next to her. The woman directly next to her has short blonde hair and glasses; beside her stands an older woman with short, curly brown hair. Next to her is a young woman with a pink shirt on, she has long blonde hair. In the center of the picture is a woman with long gray hair and wearing a blue jacket and skirt with a white blouse. She is standing with her arms behind her back and she is looking towards the camera. Directly behind her are tall brown bookshelves. Above her head hangs a white sign with red writing on it. Towards the upper left corner of the image is an older man with a gray beard and white hair. He is looking at the camera. In the lower left corner is a blurry image of a young man wearing a dark suit, white shirt and red and yellow tie. He has brown hair and is smiling.

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Art 7, ph 2: MD Law Library, Bell cutting Ribbon 2

On the left hand side of the picture, an African-American man wearing a brown and red checkered jacket, white shirt, and a patterned purple, yellow, white, and black tie smiles at the camera. Next to him is another African-American man, slightly older, with a mustache and beard. He is standing with his back towards the camera and his head turned over his left shoulder. Both men are wearing glasses. Between them is a computer screen with a green bow tied around it. On top of the computer sits a white sign with red lettering that reads "Online Catalog 'Mollie.'" A red line is drawn under the word "Mollie" and below that reads "Internet Access." The older man on the right holds a pair of blue handled scissors up to the ribbon. Both men are looking off to the left at the camera.

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Art 7, ph 3: MD law library, P.Bowman with system

A woman with shoulder length blonde hair and gray jacket sits facing a computer screen. To her left is another empty computer workstation with a white sign with red lettering sitting on top of the monitor. The only visible letters of the sign are "ROM/ TION." On the right of the woman at the computer stands another lady. She is young with brown shoulder-length hair. She wears a black jacket with a red shirt. She is looking to her right at the woman on the computer and signing with her hand in the air.

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Art 7, ph 4: MD Law Library, Telesonic comm. System

An up-close picture of a blue computer screen on which there are two visible text boxes, one on top of the other. The top box has written in white on a blue background "Save Conversation." There are two buttons at the bottom of the box: the first reads "save" written in black while the other reads "don't save." Underneath the active window is another with black text on a white background.

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Bk 1, ph 1

A young boy with short brown hair and glasses sits on a cement ledge with blue water behind him. He is wearing a long-sleeve blue shirt and dark shorts. He holds an orange basketball in his arms while he looks at the camera and smiles. Above his head is written in orange "What's Wrong with Timmy?" Below that reads "by Maria Shriver" in white lettering. In the lower left corner there is more white lettering that reads "Illustrated by Sandra Speidel."

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Bk 2, ph 1

The cover of the book has a picture of a man who is sitting in a blue, yellow, red, and white canoe that sits on the white sandy beach. Behind him is the ocean. He has a beard and is wearing a helmet, a blue and red life vest and a blue jacket. On the right of the canoe is a white wheelchair with large yellow wheels. Some blue packages sit on the wheelchair seat. Above the picture in large blue print are the words "Living in the State of Stuck." A light pink line underlines the title and more words written in light blue are underneath the title. The words read "How Assistive Technology Impacts the Lives of People with Disabilities." Below the picture another long pink line is drawn horizontally. Written in blue lettering is "Marcia J. Scherer Third Edition." The background of the book is light blue.

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Bk 3, ph 1

The background of the book cover is bright red. A white box is in the middle of the cover. Inside the box is a picture of a young child in a wheel chair. A woman stands on the right and a man on the left. The pictures are all black silhouettes. Above the box is the title written in large white lettering "Family Guide to Assistive Technology." Below the box with the picture are the names of the writers, "Katharin A. Kekler & Roger Holt." At the very top and very bottom of the cover are thin black lines that look as if they have a knot in the very center.

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Product 1, ph 1

A white rectangle with pink lettering that says "Note Teller." Beside the pink words is a black number two sitting on a black triangle.

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Product 3, ph 1

A black computer screen, with white writing across it, sits on a white plastic magnifying screen. There are four large, blue knobs on the front of the magnifier. Below the computer screen, resting on the bottom shelf of the magnifier, is an open book lying face up. On the right-hand side of the book are some indistinguishable yellow and green images. The bottom half of the magnifier that the book is resting on is green.

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Internet Corner, ph 1

A young black man wearing a white button-down shirt, black sports coat, and yellow and black tie, sits in a wheelchair with his left hand crossed over his right. He has a thin mustache and short hair. He is smiling at the camera. Above his head, large yellow print reads "New Mobility." Behind the man is a blue room, where on the left of the picture a computer and desk sits and to the right is a tall bookshelf. At the bottom right of the picture, yellow print reads "Greg Smith." Below that is smaller white print reading, "He's on a roll."

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