The Blind Buzz on Photography

A Photographer’s Wishes for the iPad 2 « The Phoblographer

accessible-image mailing list links to blind artists – to subscribe to the list, send a blank e-mail to
accessibleimage-request@freelists.org, with subscribe as the subject line.

Artist Creates New Batch of “Porn for the Blind” – Tech Talk – CBS News – lingerie inspired tactile pictures by Lisa J. Murphy, author of last year’s "Tactile Mind".

Be a better photographer in 2011 | Techniques | PhotoRadar

Blind Man "Sees" Color with iPhone App: His Personal Story – Health Blog – CBS News

Dankam – New Augmented Reality App for the Colorblind

PhotoCaddy for iPhone review – iPod/iPhone – Macworld UK – get instant advice on a wide range of photographing situations.

[PDF] The Solar System A Tactile Representation

The Blind Photographer – THE BHF NETWORK – Poetra Ama Asantewa has used every sense to get images. You need to be a network member to get access to this.

Vision, Blindness, and New Years Resolutions « I DREAMED A WORLD – a celebration of blind photographers, and a model for making your future.

The Blind Buzz on Accessibility

A selection of VoiceOver keyboard commands | 456 Berea Street for Mac OS,.

Accessibility features – Windows SharePoint Services – Microsoft Office Online

Actuate Addresses Online Statement Accessibility for the Visually Impaired with Xenos Axess – Mozilla Firefox – this system can deliver high volumes of accessible PDF files, according to this article.

Advocacy group for visually impaired | guampdn.com | Pacific Daily News – new group aims to open up life and work opportunities. Meeting on April 17th will include phone accessibility and JAWS demonstrations.

AFB Consulting Webinar on PDF and Assistive Technologies « The BAT Channel

Apple iPhone to soon get long-sought multitasking – iPhone OS 4 will let you run multiple apps at the same time.

Apple will update iPhones, iPads to run more than one program at once

Apple’s iPad Brings Easy Reading to the Blind « Forbes.com’s Booked – why the iPad is exciting some blind readers and is way ahead of the Amazon Kindle.

ATTO: Assistive Technology Training Online to assist elementary school students.

b-f-b Blind Facebook Yahoo! Group –
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BARD Talk – a mailing list concerning the NLS download service in the US.
Subscribe to BARDTalk by e-mail

BCScan Scan It, Learn About It, Use It – a new online way to organise your life. For more information, listen to
Accessible World Tek Talk presents A Look at BCScan, April 12, 2010 by J.J. Meddaugh

Blind iPad Review – Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind – totatlly blind woman reviews the iPad.

Brailect Can Translate Text Into Braille Or Audio – this concept device is a glove that can be used to read text and convert it to either format.

Breaking news on Digital Image and Graphic Resources for Accessible Materials: DIAGRAM – No Limits to Learning – this is hoped to improve accessibility to images for students with disabilities, and educators providing for them.

C-Desk by AdaptiveVoice – free 15 day trial. The program gives a high-contrast, voiced desktop that is meant to simplify computer use for people who are disabled or elderly.

Call for Presentations for the ATIA 2010 Chicago and ATIA 2011 Orlando Conferences. « ConnSENSE Bulletin

Charities merge to aid the blind – Scotsman.com News – InfoSound news service launched with support from British Wireless for the Blind Fund. 

How to listen to InfoSound. 

[Audio] Latest briefing (April 12th, 2010).

Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology – "Welcome to COAT, a coalition of over 280 national, regional, state, and community-based disability organizations. We advocate for legislative and regulatory safeguards that will ensure full access by people with disabilities to evolving high speed broadband, wireless and other Internet Protocol (IP) technologies."

computer assistive technology abilityhub for disability and disabilities – "Assistive Technology for people with a disability who find operating a computer difficult, maybe even impossible. This web site will direct you to adaptive equipment and alternative methods available for accessing computers "

Creative ZEN X-Fi Style PMP, ZEN Style Series Music Player | Blog | ZiggyTek – news on these affordable audio players.

CTL 2goPC Slate: Windows 7 Tablet (Video) | Blog | ZiggyTek – the spec is not outstanding, but this device has some things the iPad currently lacks, e.g., webcam and Adobe Flash.

Digital Unite – Computer Training for the Over 50s – UK based.

Disabled Ontarians still find barriers to voting – thestar.com – Coyle

Document Accessibility Should Begin at the Author Level – the Web isn’t the whole story – what about other types of document?

Dogs and Islam: The Devil and the Seeing-Eye Dog | Psychology Today – all may not be as it seems on the subject of "unclean" dogs.

Dogs for the Blind | Dogs Training who thought of that idea?

E-Readers and technology to assist the Blind | Good E-Reader Blog – Electronic Reader News and Articles

Easy to See Balloons – Fred’s Head – balloons that light up. Every little helps!

[Audio] EyePod TechnoCast 10 – Larry Lewis of Flying Blind, LLC, talks about optical character recognition (OCR) and introduces AbiSee Products, particularly the EyePal OCR products that use a camera rather than a scanner.

Facebook Works with the Blind on Accessibility | WebProNews

Good50 Low Vision Version – "Good50 is a user-friendly search engine designed for those who are ages 50+. Because of its user-friendly features, Good50 is also beneficial for the whole family including children."

Grave Concerns about a Ban on Dogs in Nottinghamshire Parks – jady_lady – ban on dogs in parks in part of Nottinghamshire, could cause guide dog problems.

Group Travel for Persons with Special Needs – Yahoo! Finance – many opportunities in the USA for people with various disabilities.

HTML5 details element, built-in and bolt-on accessibility – Bruce Lawson’s personal site – possible advantages of HTML5 over scripting and ARIA.

Ideas on Coping With Low Vision by Sharon Noseworthy and members of the Macular Degeneration Support Network

Interviews from CSUN 2010 – NFB – Access Technology Blog

iSpeech – Text to Speech Service – Assistive Technology – online service that can convert text files to speech.

KeySoft 9 0 1 upgrade – HumanWare Canada/English – update your BrailleNote Apex.

Nissan Adding Noise to Make Silent Electric Cars Safe « Nissan Zone – USA and Japan could make this mandatory.

[Audio] PDF Document Reading and Strategies with JAWS and MAGic – 90-minute webinar with instructions for saving.

Registration Mac Academy Workshop – Handy Tech North America – there is a booking form and description here for the 5-day workshop on using VoiceOver with SnowLeopard being held in June.

Review: VI Scientific’s Currency Identifier (and more) “VisionHunt 2.1″ for S60 3rd & 5th edition – Blind Mind News – Unrestricted Access: Versatile apps for camera-pones. Currnecy, colour light source and light light level detection. Works on the Nokia N97 and their are planned versions for other types of phone, including the iPhone.

Screen Reader Tutorial – for users of the Blackboard Learning System.

Self-Expression | Real Coaching Radio Network – technophobic? well, if a blind middle-aged woman not involved in technology can deal with technology, you can too!

SeroTalk Tech Chat 57 – The Three Most Affordable reading Solutions « SeroTalk

Sweeping Landmark Class Action Settlement Paves the Way for Improved Sidewalk Access for People with Disabilities | Accessibility News International – success for Californians with disabilities.

Tactile mind – A book of nude photographs for the blind/vision impaired. ISBN: 978-0-9813431-0-5 produced in toronto,canada. tactilemind@gmail.com, telephone: 416.516.2999. Wrongly described as a magazine in the British Telegraph newspaper, this is a thermoform book of raised erotic images with Braille text. A snip at £150. 

Read the telegraph article ‘Pornographic magazine for the blind launched’

The Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast – Special Edition #6 – iPhone OS 4.0– The Mac-cessibility Network – News [Lioncourt.com

The Tech Doctor Blog and Podcast - comparative reviews of similar products.The
first podcast looks at the Plextalk Pocket and the Bookport Plus. 

The Tech Doctor Blog and Podcast RSS Feed

Videos Created by Ai Squared « AccessTech News - these promote products such as ZoomText, Victor Reader Stream and Pebble.

Who Wins the Accessibility Election? | S3 Web Design - a web designer comments on the accessibility of the web sites of the major British political parties.

[Book] Windows 7 and Vista Explained – A guide for blind and partially sighted users. Intended to work with whatever access technology you have. Can be pre-ordered for delivery late May. Orders from USA and Canada should be made to National Braille Press.