Posts Tagged braille
The Blind Buzz on Braille
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on July 14, 2011
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Adelaide’s Braille street signs help lead the way | News.com.au – pilot scheme trying 4 signs at intersections.
App designer creates tools to teach Braille – Michael Doise, legally blind from birth, has developed Braille teaching tools for the Apple iPhone.
Bacchus Marsh project’s food for thought – Business – News – Melton Leader – Accessible Menus Project in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia, will offer large print, Braille and pictures on request.
Braille – Free Font – apparently only Grade 1, without numbers, according to comments.
Braille Links on the Internet – Blindness Resource Center – especially relevant to the USA.
Braille Literacy Program « Lighthouse for the Visually Impaired and Blind
Braille Sense OnHand 18 portable notetaker – RNIB – 18-cell Braille display, office-style apps on board.
Braille Translation – type in regular text, get a representation of Braille in various formats.
railleways – Braille services, including transcription, in Australia.
BRL: Contraction Lookup Dictionary
[Video] Bruce talks about refreshable Braille – demomstration of using a Braille display, and some comparisons with synthetic speech.
BU to help visually challenged students – Bangalore University to provide equipment and library facilities, including Braille, for visually impaired students.
Charity rescues Sheffield braille course – the course, threatened by funding cuts, has been rescued by a local blindness charity, at least for a pilot period.
Colombia new 2,000-peso note with Braille confirmed | South America | Banknote News
Common Braille commands for VoiceOver navigation
Concept Scanner Converts Images And Text To Braille – PSFK
Convertec to unveil digital Braille printing unit | rfid labels
[Video] Creating a braille book – Telegraph – the processes used by RNIB in making a Braille book.
Creating Braille output from OpenOffice.org » Taming OpenOffice.org / LibreOffice » Blog Archive – how OpenOffice Writer can be made to produce Braille formats.
More information on the odt2braille OpenOffice extension.
Credit Card for the Blind by Kwon Ki Nam » Yanko Design – the card uses fingerprint recognition for ID, has Braille for instructions and speaks the good being bought. Some good ideas for sighted people too? I don’t kinow whether this is any more than a concept at this stage.
CSUN: Braille 2000 and Accidental Accessibility « Blind Access Journal – Darrell Shandrow finds that Braille2000 is accessible to blind people, but this was a mistake! Audio included.
DOTS for Braille Literacy – American Foundation for the Blind – DOTS is Development of Teacher Support. You can subscribe to the newsletter.
EASY INTRODUCTION to BRAILLE – American
Free Books For Kids Now Also Available In Braille : NPR – these come from the Dollywood Foundation’s Imagination Library in the United States.
Free Braille Alphabet Vectors | Signs & Symbols – Grade 1 Braille for download.
Goa govt to make available all info in Braille – Chennaionline News
HooleonBraille Computer Keyboard and stickers to add large print and Braille symbols to keyboards
How to Learn to Read Braille Books | eHow.com
In Zimbabwe, Braille textbooks provide more children with equal access to learning – UNICEF – Zimbabwe – major upgrade to Braille materials for blind students.
Individuals blinded from birth comprehend touch faster than those with sight? | Health Jockey – so this is the group that’s fastest to pick up Braille.
iPhone 4 Braille Display for iPhone blind users – MacMaster’s Blog – well, well, someone realises at last that blind people are part of the mrket.
Jawaharlal Nehru’s book now in Braille – Nehru’s letters to his daughter to be released by Nehru Memorial Library and Museum.
Jurist Association in UAE to publish laws in Braille – Gulf News to give visually impaired people a chance to understand the United Arab Emirates law.
Kester Braille – teaching program for children aged 4-8. American.
Learning Ally, formerly Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic – Accessible materials for individuals with visual and learning disabilities – please update your bookmarks for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic.
Life not merely black & white – The Star | IOL.co.za – a report on the Commonwealth and South African Open Chess Championships 2011, where Braille and sighted players are equals.
Louis Braille Translator for the MacOS. Forward and backward trannslation, including Nemeth.
Mac accessibility improved in Lion, the latest OS X – including improved support for Braille.
Malawi government to start publishing HIV/AIDS information in Braille
Math Accessibility Professionals | LinkedIn – online group for those responsible for making mathematics accessible to those with disabilities.
Medicare Handbook now published in Braille.
Moon script preceded Braille system
NBP – Promoting Braille Literacy, Braille Books, and other Braille Publications – National Braille Press, i.e..
New Math-to-Speech Technologies to Help Blind and Visually Impaired Students Master Mathematics
Perky Duck Download – Perky Duck is a freeware program from Duxbiry Systems. Duxbury’s Description: * Free simple braille editor * Perky is a computer based Perkins brailler emulator * Used in distance education to demonstrate your understanding of braille.
Questions about learning braille. « Youtube’s “Living Blind” Blog – for beginners.
Reading Materials In Large Print & Braille – American, from MDSupport.
Refreshable Braille Display with iPhone 4 Tutorial | Yahoo! Accessibility
RNIB Library Catalogue – UK resource offering books in many formats, including Braille and Moon.
RoboBraille.org – email in a text attachment, get back a version in Braille or audio.
Seedlings Braille Books for Children, based Michigan, USA. Provides Braille books at about half the production cost.
State-of-the-art library opens for China’s blind – People’s Daily Online – Chinese National Library for the Blind has opened a new location that features Braille books, audio-books and exhibitions.
Strategies and Resources for Teaching Braille to Adults – American Foundation for the Blind
Tactile Pixels Will Make It Easy To Read Braille On Touchscreens – Braille, textures, buttons could all be made realistic with tixels.
The Benefits of Braille – Fred’s Head from APH by Donna J. Jodhan. The author suggests that Braille still has its place, despite the presence of so much access technology.
The Future of Braille in Developing Countries | Yahoo! Accessibility
[Video] What Braille Means to Me – the importance of Braille, and the Braille literacy crisis.
WHAT IS BRAILLE « Info – the background story.
What’s up today – Breaking News, New Brunswick, Canada – canadaeast.com services at Monkton Library, including Braille and other formats accessible by people with print disabilities.
The Blind Buzz on Braille
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on January 4, 2011
World Braille Day is today, January 4th, 2011.
For more Braille information, please visit
Vince’s Parallax: Braille
There will also be more postings on Braille on this blog later this week. I have quite a back-log of Braille references.
2010 inaugural Braille Book prize awarded by Vision Australia
3-D Braille Map That Talks | Far To Nice – aid for blind people travelling alone.
A Picture Book of Louis Braille | Books, Music and more
A Process Approach to Teaching Braille Writing for primary teachers.
Accessible Math – site aims to make math and science a accessible, an provide resources for educators.
Another braille presentation: cognitive science of reading « Think Globally, Act Locally – has links to some recent conference presentation notes.
Award-Winning Braille Bracelet Looks Good, Feels Even Better | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
Braille: Deciphering the Code – useful introductory page.
Braille alphabet – shows Braille characters as graphics without labels, so your assistive tech will not be able to decipher what’s there.
Braille Alphabet Bracelet Wins 2010 People’s Design Award | Design for Good | Big Think
Braille and large print labels on Fox Creek wines – News – Vision Australia Website
Braille Block teaches digital language to visually impaired in a playful manner | 9 Square Gadget – like a hand-held game.
BRAILLE BUDDY by Yasaman Sheri « 5 – to help with the most difficult stages of learning Braille.
Braille Bug – AFB site aimed at children.
Braille Code of Chemical Notation 1997
Braille Display / Monitor Braille « PUSAT PERALATAN TUNANETRA DAN LOW VISION TERLENGKAP – this article describes the Focus 40 Blue, a portable Braille display with Bluetooth.
RSS Feed links to other articles about assistive technology devices.
Braille factory awarded £1m grant – new technology allows high-volume and flexible Braille printing at RNIB Peterborough. Includes video clip.
Braille for the Sighted (Beginning Braille) | Books Trends Daily
Braille gives blind taxi users a fair go | Scoop News – Braille taxi information must be provided by operators in New Zealand.
Braille GPS helps the blind to navigate in unfamiliar places | NextGadgets.net
Braille illiteracy is a growing problem – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel « The BAT Channel
Braille used less in today’s world – Local – SunHerald.com but the article shows the benefits of Braille for some students.
Creating Nemeth Spatial Math Equations and Multi-Language Braille Translation – free webinar, Wednesday, January 19, 2011 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST
Nina Universal Braille Teacher – a portable device for the teaching and learning of Braille alphabets.
Supported Braille Displays – Apple – Accessibility – iPhone
Teach Vision – teaching children with visual impairments. Includes some Braille-related material.
~Teach Vision RSS Feed
The Blind Buzz on Accessibility
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on June 1, 2010
Accessible Documents in HTML, Word, and PDF – Terrill Thompson
Amazon and accessibility – onwebdev blog
Audio Darts Shows Accessible Recreation’s Broad Appeal
[Audio] audio description of museums, galleries and exhibitions – Infosound – the work of VocalEyes, who also audio describe theatre performances in the UK.
VocalEyes Web Site
ccPlayer – Invent + Build / Web + Multimedia / Tools & Guidelines – a media player that you can use on your web site that gives accessibility to videos, including Flash.
Ghana To Host Forum For The Blind ::: GBC | GTV | Ghana Radio | Ghana Television – Ghana Broadcasting Corporation – the 2011 event will have delegates from 70 African countries. The theme will be Access Africa.
I Know! Let’s Take Books Away from the Blind! – Planet of the Blind – New Jersey Governor axes talking books service. Yes, that’s you, Governor Chris Christie.
Interactions – May/June 2010 – topics include accessibility in Sweden, United Nations supporting web accessibility, user interfaces, mobile technology.
Interactive Podcasts: Web Accessibility Gone Wild | SXSW.com – not all accessibility is well done.
Listen to the podcast (mp3)
Introduction à NVDA – Site des utilisateurs francophones de NVDA
iPad Assistive Technology/Disability Round-Up | ATMac – accessibility for blind people and those with other disabilities.
iPad Camera Connection Kit Provides USB Keyboard, Microphone, and Headset Support– The Mac-cessibility Network – News [Lioncourt.com] – hidden possibilities of this $29 add-on.
iTunes 9.1.1 squashes VoiceOver bugs – update available through software update.
Kill Accessibility | Man with no Blog – developers who don’t use assistive technnology themselves are only paying lip-service to accessibility, claims author Gary Barber.
Kindle Update Bringing Useful Improvements, Also Twitter | Maximum PC
Labeling Frozen Foods – Fred’s Head
Install “Tonalities:seeing art through music” for the blind in museums | Pepsi Refresh Everything – supposedly tones have raltionships with colours.
Microsoft Word – WebAIM – accessibility, including Word 2010.
Moon Letters – this is the other blind people’s tactile reading system, the one that’s not Braille.
More Digitized Books to be made Available – Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind – Internet Archive and libraries have ways of getting around the copyright laws without breaking them.
Nadler Examines the Americans with Disabilities Act’s Application within the Digital Age
National Disabled Persons Network launched – Stabroek News – umbrella network for other disability networks in Guyana.
New Air Carrier regulations, travel services try to improve access for people with disabilities – Media dis&dat – improvements to travel in the US, including that probvided by foreign operators.
New Braille technology helps visually impaired ‘see’ emotions – thesis proposes camera linked to electrodes on the skin to let a blind person interpret facial expressions.
New news and information service launched for blind people · coHearentVision – this is Infosound, based in the UK.
NFB National Convention Hosts Apple Products Session– The Mac-cessibility Network – News [Lioncourt.com] – apparent change of policy at NFB
NFB-NEWSLINE(R) for the Blind Receives Funding a further year’s access to newspapers and magazines is now possible.
NY City plans to shift special education into schools throughout district – Media dis&dat
Obama Signs Veterans, Caregivers Legislation – Defense.gov News – access to transportation in rural areas and services for women are included.
Online resources for accessible travel – Manchester Examiner (USA)
Op Ed Writer Bob Branco – Can Grade Two Braille Spell Trouble? – Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind – introducing contractions too early could stop children learn real spellings.
Open vs. Closed: Google Takes on Amazon and Apple in e-Books – Google Editions could change the ebook market radically.
Page zoom does not mean the end of flexibility | 456 Berea Stree – there’s still more to it than sizing your fonts in pixels.
Panic Releases Transmit 4.0 With Enhanced Accessibility and New Features– The Mac-cessibility Network – enhancements for this Mac FTP client.
Pedestrian accessibility issues focus of city walk | The Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME – walk to promote interest in the city, getting to know the neighbours and highlighting problems faced by pedestrians.
Pioneering video telephone system accessible for all – those who find conventional phones difficult may benefit from the Total Conversation system in the UK.
Presentations – Accessibility – Resources – Vision Australia – VA can provide extensive services to government and businesses to ensure web accessibility.
Presenting About “The Evolution of Assistive Technology into Everyday Products” | Accessibility NZ – paper to be presented in Rotorua, New Zealand, in September.
Project Canvas to be accessible for disabled viewers – BBC to incorporate audio description, ability to change colours, captions, and more.
Proprietary Vendors Don’t Help Disabled, Says FSF | eWEEK Europe UK – Free Software Foundation asks for more accessibility.
Quitter v4.0 – free and innovative blind persons’ interface for Twitter.
Radio Service For Blind Takes To The Web – Home – Staple News – CRIS is the Connecticut Radio Information System, carrying news, discussion and readings provided by about 400 volunteers.
CRIS Radio web site
Listen (Windows Media Player)
Roundup: What is the Mozilla Accessibility Team working on?
SAKSHAM | ngogateway.com – Saksham is an organisation in India that aims to empower marginalised people, including those with disabilities. Activities include production of accessible materials, providing technology and audio description.
Sendero GPS v2010 Improvements list
The Keyboard Shortcuts of Ubuntu 10.04
Toozla releases beta version of audio guide based on Wikipedia – Focus on Travel News
The Blind Buzz on Accessibility
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on May 11, 2010
2010 SDS Conference | Society for Disability Studies, Temple University, Philadelphia, June 2nd to June 5th.
A Brief History of Markup – A List Apart – presents chapter 1 of “HTML5 for Web Designers”.
A smartphone for Geniuses? | Tech Blog | FT.com – the HTC myTouch 3G Slide features a QWERTY keyboard, speech recognition and some speech output functions. The Genius button starts some of the ‘smart’ features.
Access Technology – Now and Tomorrow – the author, who is about to leave AbilityNet, reflects on progress over the last 10 years and speculates about the future in assistive technology.
Accessible Tourism? – Low Visionary: accessible information, disability rights, web accessibility » Blog Archive – disabled people are still likely to be seen as problems.
Accessibility & Inclusive Design with Ann McMeekin & Antonia Hyde – developer Fusion – ASP.NET, C# Programming, VB.NET, .NET Framework, Java and Visual Basic Tutorials – event in London on 24th May, 2010.
AccessibilityOnline – "AccessibilityOnline represents a collaborative training program between the ADA National Network (DBTACs) and the US Access Board. The program includes a series of free webinars and audio conferences on different topics of accessibility. Sessions are held on a monthly basis and cover a variety of topics concerning accessibility to the built environment, information and communication technologies, and transportation."
Accessing YouTube Offline with Tooble | DigMo!
ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing
Adding ARIA Landmark Roles – Web Axe – Practical Web Design Accessibility Tips – Podcast and Blog – future-proof your site!
An Interview with the Audio Only Game “Cadet 227″ Creator
APCD impressed with Brunei disability advocates – there is still much to develop, but there is also a great deal to praise.
APH News, May, 2010 – products, services and training from the American Printing House for the Blind.
Audio Available from Today’s BookSense and NFB Newsline Webinar
BarrierBreak Technologies Launches the Digital Talking Book Website | DAISY Consortium
Bay Area project puts 1 million books online for blind, dyslexic – ContraCostaTimes.com – Internet Archive, a San Francisco non-profit, aims to make many more books accessible to bline people.
BBC – AM Glass Box – The ‘Disabled Voter’ or ‘The Disability Vote’ – one listenerto the Radio 4 PM programme claims that UK politicians don’t care about disabled voters.
Better Internet & Technology Access for Blind, Deaf Community – Senator Mark Pryor, Arkansas, reveals new legislation.
BlackBerry OS 6.0 will target consumers – CNN.com as opposed to business types, who, of course, are a different species.
Blind for a day where a medical student has to take on a disability for a day. In this case the disability was blindness.
Blind women taking on doubters, one brush at a time | Jordan Times – blind women from under-privileged backgrounds train to be hairdressers in Amman, Jordan.
Blindness-Related Books, Publications, and Periodicals
Braille Printing Services & Alternative Formats |T-Base Communications – information on compliance, and a service that will send you an impression of what your site sounds like to a blind person.
Canada has no federal accessibility law? « transect
Changing How Qatar Sees the Blind – one womans achievements as head of a school for blind children, and the cultural and accessibility difficulties.
chester creek large key keyboard visionboard – yellow – Cheap! Game Controllers » Blog Archive
Creating Accessible Computer Applications – American Foundation for the Blind
Creating accessible links in PDFs
DaveBanesAccess – Access Technology – Today and Tomorrow.
Designer Cool Canes – "unique designer canes for people with disabilities and for those who want to make a fashion or attitude statement."
Disabled rights advocates say proposed legislation long overdue – The Nassau Guardian Online Guide – advocates in the Bahamas complain of 25 years of broken promises by governments.
Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) & web accessibility Webcredible – this refers to the UK equality law.
Disenfranchisement at its Worst – jady_lady – blind UK voter tells of her futile attempt t to use a polling station in the General Election.
Disney World magical for the disabled – CANOE Travel – Florida
Early Voters Test New Machines – electronic voting machines in California can accommodate several languages and people with disabilities. Early voting to avoid the crush is also possible. Seems there are lessons there for the UK’s antiquated electoral system.
FCC Releases First-Ever Paper On Accessibility & Technology Issues | Accessibility News International – part of the US National Broadband Plan.
[PDF] FCC TO HOLD WORKSHOP ON EXPANDING DISABILITY ACCESS WITH WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES, MAY 13 – Federal Communications Commission – Washington DC
Experiment with video accessibility and time-aligned text
Innovative New Apps for the Blind : Healthymagination – useful summary of some recent developments in technology.
iPad Available in Nine More Countries on May 28 including the UK.
Play AudioRacer, a free online game on Kongregate – an audio game that includes blind players.
Screen Readers And WAI-ARIA Landmark Roles – Humanising Technology – Léonie Watson describes a relatively new way of navigating through web pages.
Solona Enhanced iPhone Screen Protector – makes the touch screen of your iPhone more tactile and prolongs its life, Solona claim.
Speak To Me Catalog – many kind of talking product, including coffee maker, photo album, clocks, music players and the PenFriend.
Special services at Macquarie University – Sydney Morning Herald
[PDF] The EU. What’s in it for me? – booklet made accessible on the Web, aims to demystify the benefits of membership of Europe for UK citizens.
World Access for the Blind – US-based non-profit that promotes FlashSonar, a technique whereby a blind person can make clicks like a dolphin to detect objects around them. Also read
Blind boy learns how to ‘see’ using dolphin technique – Telegraph
The Blind Buzz on Accessibility
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on May 3, 2010
Accessible Insights Blog
Accessible Insights RSS Feed
[Audio] Accessible World Tek Talk presents An Introduction to Social Networking, April 19, by Anna Dresner – 52 mins. Twitter, Facebook et al. and privacy settings.
Attitudes on Accessibility « Peter Ganza’s Blog – comparisons between the USA,Canada and Europe.
[PDF] Best Practice in Form Design
Campaigning Peer Blocks Weakening Of Web Access Law – E-Access Bulletin Live » Blog Archive -
Discover Smartphone Accessibility Webcast « The BAT Channel – this page will refer you to a web site and a piece of software that won’t be readily accessible if you’re totally blind.
Doctor, I’m Seeing Spots – Fred’s Head – starting with Braille labels.
“DROP” GPS Braille system | Keol.Net – hand-held tactile display navigation system with voice commands. This may be a concept device, i.e., not available yet.
e-Access ’10 – "E-Access Bulletin’s sixth annual conference and exhibition on access to technology by people with disabilities, e-Access ’10, takes place on 13 July 2010 at Olympia 2 Conference Centre, London.
Ecommerce Accessibility for High Street Retailers 2010 – how accessible are the web sites of the UK’s most famous retailers?
Facebook and Accessibility – Accessibility Toolkit – Version 3 – 2009 (eGovernment Resource Centre)
Facebook Shuts Down Facebook Lite « AccessTech News
Free JAWS 11 Update Adds Office 2010 Support – Blind Bargains
Free Online Spider Simulator | Summit Media – find out how a search engine is likely to react to your web pages.
HP Slate Review: Netbook Alternative, Not iPad Killer | Blog | ZiggyTek -early review is none too enthusiastic. Also note
HP Reportedly Cancels Plans for Windows 7 Tablet – Slashdot Hardware Story
iBooks and the iBookstore: A Walkthrough – books for the iPad.
Ideas on Coping With Low Vision by a member of Macular Degeneration Support. (mdsupport.org).
Improve Accessibility With The Power Of Powder | Business Computing World – POWDER is a certification system for web pages that may come a bit nearer to reassuring readers that the site is accessible.
Inclusive Design Toolkit: = the what, why and how of inclusive design.
iPad drawing interest as device for disabled-Hardware-Infotech-The Economic Times – there’s more to the iPad than entertainment.
[Video] iPhone VoiceOver function for people with disabilities
It’s A Wheelchair! It’s A Trike? It’s RoTrike!
LiSeng Vbook: Dual-Screen Tablet (720p Video) | Blog | HTCYou – the embedded video on this page doesn’t have any meaningful audio (like a commentary!). It’s a dual-screen tablet machine.
LiveScribe – never miss a word – smart notetaking pen.
Los Angeles creator of TheatreVision for blind people celebrates its 10th year – Media dis&dat
Making sure hidden frames are hidden – The Paciello Group Blog – they may be hidden gfrom sight, but not from screen readers.
Pilot project allows library to offer more to those with disabilities – ai squared – making accessibility simple – ZoomText is one of the choices for the New Brunswick Library Service, Canada.
RNIB’s Shaun Leamon Clarifies iPad Points– The Mac-cessibility Network – News [Lioncourt.com]
Salman Khan makes VEER available for blind fans – this Bollywood film is a love story set in the time of the British Raj. The audio description track is in Hindi.
Second Life Disability Resources
Second Site: Online Accessibility for the Visually Impaired – Linux News: Spotlight Features – the case for accessibility is getting stronger.
Senator Harkin’s Web Site Recognized as One of the Best in Congress – Tom HarKin, Senator for Iowa, gets high praise for
his user-friendly web site
Seven Tips To Help Cope With Vision Loss – Fred’s Head – it’s tough getting to grips with visual impairment, but these may help you through the jungle.
Sidewalks become battlegrounds – USATODAY.com – disability advoctes in the US are at odds with cash-strapped local authorities over the poor state of sidewalks in many cities.
Some Random Impressions On The iPad – The Ranger Station – you might get the impression that the Ranger isn’t totally delighted.
Teach Blind Students – information from (American) National Federation for the Blind.
The Tech Doctor Blog and Podcast – latest episode – Does Size Matter? iPad vs iPod.
Tech Doctor RSS Feed
Techshare Mobile 2010 – this UK conference aims to bring people together to encourage the development of accessibility on mobile devices.
Text Email Newsletter (TEN) Standard – this standard intends to improve the readability of plain text e-mail.
The 4th European eAccessibility Forum | DAISY Consortium – having trailed the event on this blog, I now bring you the results.
Tips, techniques, and tutorials for the jQuery JavaScript library – including some accessibility techniques.
Towards A Cooler Focus Caret – some CSS techniques for making the point of focus more obvious, and possibly even making it prettier if you must.
Trekker Breeze (Support) – HumanWare United Kingdom – version 1.2 of this navigation system has points of interest, clearer text-to-speech and more languages.
Twitter and Accessibility – Accessibility Toolkit – Version 3 – 2009 (eGovernment Resource Centre)
US Government Helps Job Applicants With Disabilities – E-Access Bulletin Live » Blog Archive
Using Automatic Testing to Predict Accessibility Results « E-Government Assessment
Voice Synthesis for your iPhone – Speak It! claims to have 4 high-quality voices.
Web Accessibility Tools – UserFocus – useful selection of accessibility aids for developers.
Webster’s New World Large Print Dictionary – Fred’s Head
[Audio] White House promising more attention to 508 – Federal News Radio 1500 AM –
Get the mp3 file or dig out your old long-wave radio!
With new technology, few blind Canadians read braille – CTV News
woices.com: Location-Based Audioguides – Fred’s Head – create your own audio walk, including maps and photographs.
Direct link to woices.com
The Blind Buzz on Photography
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on April 6, 2010
Blind movie breaks fresh ground – A group of blind and visually impaired Israelis shoot a feature film based on their experiences in a world dominated by those who see. Everyone involved, including the cameraman, has a visual impairment of some degree.
Blinkie Photography: Re Branding Blinkie Photography – change of name soon.
Blogging Basics for Photographers
For those who want an independent blog – 3 articles.
luminous – re-thinking visual alex de jong describes the effects of his changing vision.
Re-thinking visual RSS Feed – it’s well worth reading anything from this site, written by Laetitia Boulud and Alex de Jong..
NC State’s refreshable Braille display could revolutionize reading for the blind – full-page rich content display could result, but there won’t be even a prototype for a year or so yet.
Photo Walk « Losing Vision Gaining Insight – there are both limitations and triumphs in havving poor vision and a simple camera….
The Blind Buzz on Accessibility
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on April 3, 2010
CSUN 2010 Audio
Blind Bargains: Audio Content Index includes several items related to CSUN
CSUN 2010 – 27 interviews conducted on March 25, 2010, in the exhibit hall of the San Diego California Manchester Grand Hyatt.
Hands On with Accessible Canon Copiers
MagniLink Go Reads, but also Magnifies
New Magnification Upgrades from Enhanced Vision
Serotalk – SeroTek at CSUN 2010
Tech Chat 56 – CSUN Highlights, and XP Mode Under Windows 7 « SeroTalk
The Summit of I.D. Mates
Other CSUN 2010 items
Adaptech Research Network Presentations
Adventures From My First Day at CSUN 2010 – Perspectives from a Blind Point of View
More Adventures from CSUN 2010 – Perspectives from a Blind Point of View
CSUN 2010 recap – Marco’s Accessibility Blog
Olympus DM-4 And DM-2 Digital Audio Devices Are At Your Command To Deliver Super High-quality Recording And Simple Playback
Slides from CSUN 2010 Talks – Adobe Accessibility
Two New Seika’s Coming to the U.S. – new Braille displays
10 Insanely Great iPad Apps We Can’t Wait to Use « AccessTech News
[Video] 2007 Faculty Development Award Winner: Access E-Learning – Georgia Tech tutorial on many aspects of accessibility.
A Brief Guide to WordPress and Web Accessibility
ABBYY Invites iPhone Users to Try Its Business Card Reader for Free
Accessible JavaScript: Beyond the Mouse
Accessible World Tek Talk Presents Make It Work, Computer Consultants March 29, 2010 by Mr. Daniel Kevorkian – general computer discussion
Accessibility tips for the casual coder – hope: Nerdy PSA – Why you should use em and strong tags for italics and bold.
ai squared – making accessibility simple – ZoomText, Victor reader Stream, Pebble, SenseView Duo and more.
Ajax Accessibility and ARIA – Ajaxian
Apple iPad Helps Businesses Meet Needs of Disabled Employees – Yahoo! News
Bank of America Installs Talking ATMs by Bank Systems & Technology
Best Buy Adds Tactile Keypads to Improve Checkout Experience for Customers with Visual Impairments – USA story.
Blind Bargains to Begin Charging for Access on April 15
Blind-friendly ipad – Latest Technology News
Browser Zoom Comparison | AlastairC – several ways of changing the size of things on screen in several browsers.
Choosing To Use A Cane – Fred’s Head
Cinemas apply for exemption to the Disability Discrimination Act of 1992 « AccessTech News – cinemas in Australia are asking for a delay in the demand for audio description and captioning.
Contributor Robert Kingette – Accessible PDF with WebbIE – Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind – first-hand experience of Accessible PDF from webbie.org.uk, which on the whole is very good.
Council on e-accessibility « Sköne Oke – standards are inconsistent across ~European countries.
Costa Rica Zip line Tour at Turu Ba Ri park is almost for any body | Costa Rica Turubari Park – Canopy Tours – elderly blind woman enjoys the tour.
Digital Talking Book Internet Service Delivers One Millionth Download « AccessTech News this is the NLS BARD Service in the USA.
eBooks page on the RNIB web site. On the same subject, you may like to visit
The tale of the accessible eBook – BBC Ouch!
eClipseWriter Student-Teacher – talking word processor with adjustable fonts and "Save as DAISY" facility.
FAE: Run FAE – functional accessibility evaluation. Enter a web address for an assessment of the page’s accessibility.
Free AVG Rescue CD Helps Get Unbootable PCs Working
Freedom Scientific Lease-to-Own Petition – sign the petition if you agree that FS should let people pay by instalments instead of needing the whole purchase price of JAWS up-front.
GNOME 2.30 released – with excellent accessibility support – Peter Korn’s Weblog
Google funds new research to help blind web surfers | Bioscience Technology Online – work at Manchester University to be supported by a £50,000 grant from Google.
Google Services Optimized for iPad: Gmail, YouTube, Maps and More « AccessTech News
GrabText – the idea is to take a picture of the whole screen and pick out the text from it using OCR
[GSoC Proposal] N900 as an Accessibility device – maemo.org – Talk
How Perceptual Blindness Works – Simple test shows how Humans (yes, even you) sometimes completely miss things that are in plain sight – Try the test – The Blogs at HowStuffWorks – Mozilla Firefox – even if you have some sight, you can miss something that’s right in front of your face. Here’s why.
How to Use Bump Dots to Maximize Accessibility – Fred’s Head – raised dots have uses on keyboards, ATMs and keypads. there are other uses for them in your life.
iPhone HD or iPhone 4G release? – rumours, no doubt carefully orchestrated by Apple, of the new iPhone release in the summer of 2010.
Is it possible to develop an accessible dynamic menu? – AccessIT
Issues in improving accessibility « H809 Learnings by SkillKick – some of the barriers.
IVONA Text-To-Speech Makes Mobile Applications More Accessible – free trial and book available on the site.
Juicy Studio: Image Analyser – This service examines all images found on a web page to check for any accessibility issues. The width, height, alt, and longdesc attributes are examined for appropriate values.
Kit support scent – Kit Cosmetics want to support Guide Dogs Australia. They have even sent scented Braille letters to blind people making them aware of their support and their product.
Support Scent Video Commercial
KPR – Koester Performance Research – ‘ …enhances the usability and accessibility of information and assistive technologies through research, development, and education. We research the “fit” between users and their technology. We develop software to assess user needs and to enhance computer interfaces. We also consult on usability and research desig’.
Learning the way – Donna Jodhan – how are you going to find your way about when you can’t see landmarks?
LookTell, Mobile Applications For The Blind – Technology Blog – mobile application for object recognition.
[Video] LookTel demo shows how Looktel system recognises objects, including food cans, newspaper items, shop signs, currency notes (at least, American currency notes).
Mouse by Keyboard « AccessTech News – Mac tip
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.4 Final « AccessTech News
Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition 3.0.4 Released « AccessTech News
Multiple form labels and screen readers | 456 Berea Street – using an extra label to carry text for users to read seems like a good idea until you try it with a screen reader…..
New Design Opens Door To Full Screen Displays For The Blind – page display rather than line-by-line.
News Bytes – latest on Linux.
Nuance Announces TALKS 5.0 for Touchscreen Phones | Business Wire
Nuance Talks web site.
Nuance announces T9 Trace « AccessTech News – it’s not clear whether Nuance Talks will support this text entry system.
OverDrive Announces New Program for Visually Impaired Readers « ResourceShelf – download up to 20 ebooks per month.
Podcast: 30 Mar 2010 Software Walk-Through Resco News S60 – Blind Mind News – Unrestricted Access – RSS reader for symbian 3rd and 5th generation phones.
ReadPal -Free download to read faster with no stress or glare. – read documents in easy formats.
Set default zoom level in Safari using a CSS file – Mac OS X Hints
Sharp’s New 3D Touch Displays Eliminate Need for Glasses | Blog | ZiggyTek
Software @ ColorJack – products include a free Sketchpad program, Color Galaxy for color visualization and Color Sphere, which lets you choose color schemes, including colorblind simulators.
Sources of Research Articles on Cognitive Web Accessibility « Clear Helper
[Audio] The very first look at a touch screen phone with Talks 5. | Listen and Learn Recordings
The Web Isn’t for Everyone … Yet but lessons here try to help web authors make the most of it.
Virtual Ability, Inc. – offers techniques and training to enable disabled people to enjoy virtual worlds, such as Second Life.
VisionZone Initiates Eye Heath Awareness and Low Vision Community Connectivity -online arm of Optelec promises education on eye health and support for visually impaired people and their allies across the USA.
What to do with a Guide Dog when entering a Mosque? – www.TurnToIslam.com
Whenever you use :hover, also use :focus | 456 Berea Street – applying :focus to the CSS state of links.
WinPenPack Gathers Hundreds of Portable Apps in One Package [Downloads] « AccessTech News
YouTube accessible interface alternative now available « AccessTech News
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