The Blind Buzz on Braille

World Braille Day is today, January 4th, 2011.

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There will also be more postings on Braille on this blog later this week. I have quite a back-log of Braille references.

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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

Louis Braille Biography

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

World Braille Day | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online

The Blind Buzz on Accessibility

Accessible form builder – Generate XHTML-compliant accessible forms quickly and easily | Accessify

Accessible Twitter : web accessibility for the Twitter.com website application – currently in alpha stage.

Accessible UK Train Timetables

Accessibility – OpenOffice.org Wiki

Accessibility | Web Directions – presentations about accessibility, including slides and a podcast.

Accessibility and Social Media | Practical eCommerce – social networks can be useful for marketing, but it’s no good if your customers can’t get access. some practical suggestions here.

Accessibility and the Swing Set – accessibility in Java.

AssistiveWare – Assistive Technology Audio and Video Podcasts

AssistiveWare – Videos on computer accessibility

ATIA 2010 Audio listed at AccessTech News

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  A Clear View of Optelec Developments
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  Dancing Dots Offers Interactive Music Stand
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  Sendero GPS Updates on the Horizon
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  The Data on AbleData
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  The power of Music with Thinking Moves

[Audio] Blio, the e-reading program, introduced by James Gashel – Blind Bargains

Disability: When Accommodations Are Imperfect Womanist Musings – some ways in which disabled people are excluded despite supposed accessibility being in place.

Download Section 508 Compliant Video Player | Business.gov

How disabled users access the Internet – Webcredible UK

Issist Releases Beta version of iZoom 3.1 – the well-known desktop magnifier and reader software that’s portable.

JISC RSC Scotland N&E: EduApps – a range of open-source and freeware portable Windows applications that support education, including reading, writing, cognitive ability.

Main Menu – 30the Jan, 2010 – featuring an interview with Shane Jackson of the blind World blog and Podcast. Shane is a Mac specialist.

Open Source DAISY Playback Software Olearia v1.1 for Mac Has Been Released | DAISY Consortium

Oratio Screen Reader for Blackberry – HumanWare USA – formerly known as Orator, this screen reader for the Blackberry is now available . Oratio is the result of collaboration between CodeFactory and Humanware.

OSS Watch – Open Accessibility – an overview of projects and communities – an introduction to accessibility.

Overstream – add subtitles to videos that are already online.

PlanOn Makes Convenient Portable Scanning Accessible to All Consumers With Aggressive New Pricing – Technology News – redOrbit – full-colour portable page scanner to cost $150.

Professional Development for Accessible Technology: Home at the University of California.

SLS :: Research Initiatives :: Spoken Lecture Transcription, Tagging, and Retrieval – with prototype software. The hope is to go beyond keyword searches of audio and index the structure of lectures.

Speak To Me Catalog – talking products.

TextHelp Systems – BrowseAloud – reads web sites out loud, aimed at people with mild visual impairments. Several download links on the site lead to a “File Not Found” message! Use the ones on the bar at the top of the page.

TidyRead Turns Your Web Reading into a Fast, Smooth, No-fringe Experience Again – add-on for firefox and Chrome that removes some extraneous material from pages containing articles.

Tools for accessible math conversion? « Access Garage

Understanding WCAG 2.0

WebbIE and Accessible Programs Update, 31st January 2010 – minor updates to this suite of programs, which includes the WebbIE text browser, podcatcher, rss news reader, Gutenberg Library client, etc.

[Video] Windows 7 Magnifier – YouTube – for the first time, Windows includes a full-screen magnifier.

Windows Azure Interoperability, an Invitation to Embrace the Cloud – For customers, developers and partners – Softpedia – suddenly, inter-operability is the watchword.