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The Blind Buzz on Photography
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on September 11, 2010
Keith Cooper discusses black and white photography – a must-read if, like me, you just don’t get black-and-white.
Shutterbugs Ditching Digital for Film – some of the choices open to photographers are film, including doing your own processing, staying with the point-and-shoot digital and even making retro-style photos with your iPhone.
The Royal Photographic Society Awards Centenary Medal to Albert Watson – Mr. Watson joins the likes of David Bailey in the roll of honour. You may also like to read
Scots photographer snaps up top award – The Scotsman.
Touch Sight Camera | Communication | National Design Triennial: Why Design Now | Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum – this camera has a refreshable Braille display instead of an LCD screen, and records 3 seconds of audio when someone takes a shot. It is still described as a concept.
[Video] iPad apps for professional photographers – using lighting diagrams and mood boards.
Wireless photography with an iPad and ShutterSnitch – Rob Galbraith DPI – the flexibility of using the ShutterSnitch app on the iPad with a wireless-enabled camera such as many recent Canon and Nikon DSLRs.
The Blind Buzz on Photography
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on June 4, 2010
Blind photographer’s work to be showcased at Edinburgh Arts Festival – Rosita McKenzie’s photography will feature in one of 11 new exhibitions this year. Her special subject is the people of Edinburgh.
Blind Photography – Light and Dark « Losing Vision Gaining Insight photography gives the author more awareness of light.
Blindness Doesn’t Hinder Visual Artists | Newcity Art – Art Break – Chicago "Passionate Focus" exhibition represents a wide range of styles and a wide range of visual acuity.
Cameras for the blind – Blinkie Photography – the Samsung TouchSight revisited. Yes, whatever happened to that idea?
High Desert Sketches: Memorial Day – thoughts from George Covington, a well-known legally blind photographer.
The Archives of Visibility « The Bigger Picture – the concepts of blind photography are acknowledged at the Smithsonian.
The Blind Buzz on Accessibility
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on March 19, 2010
#csun10 New BookSense DS to Likely Debut at CSUN – Blind Bargains
#csun10: Hims to Show Off New SenseView DESKTOP D650 – Blind Bargains – new desktop CCTV
#csun10: Voice Sense QWERTY will have a Built-In Compass, LCD Display – Blind Bargains
2011 census to probe how many are disabled | Accessibility News International – this is the census in India.
62nd Street Blog – featuring a blind guy with power tools. Each to their own!
62nd Street Blog RSS Feed
A Week With the Book Port Plus: An In-Depth Review | Access4 Us
Access Technology Institute – ATI Browser Textbooks training for Internet Explorer and Firefox.
Accessing iPhone Apps | tim o’brien photos
Adobe – Accessibility : Using Flex Applications with JAWS
AFB Consulting and Adobe Present Free Webinar: Debunking the Myth of PDF Inaccessibility – Monday, April 5, 2010 from 1:00-2:30 EDT/5:00-6:30 UTC.
“An Accessible Pagination Pattern” — Mike West
AOL Beta Central – get AOL Instant Messenger beta, which can interface with Facebook Chat, amongst other things.
Apple Accessibility Software Quality Engineer / 4953012 Job in Cupertino 95014, California US
ARIA Techniques | Techniques for WCAG 2.0 – w3.org
Biz Buz Teams With Entrepreneur with Disability – unusual 24-hour TV network ahead.
Board Releases Draft Refresh of Section 508 Standards and Section 255 Guidelines – this refers to the U.S. Access Board.
Braille Trainer (Education) – App Shopper – learn the Braille alphabet on your iPhone.
‘Building Accessible Websites’ serialization – a book dated 2007, so this may be useful, but won’t include the latest issues.
BuzzVoice Announces Real-Time Audio Platform For Publishers at SXSW [Private Beta Launch] – Yahoo! News – potential for audio broadcasts to those with visual impairments and dyslexia.
CereProc Products – Windows and Mac voices, prompt creation, server and developer solutions. Voices include Scottish, Irish, Southern English, and, at a knock-down price, Sue from the West Midlands (hey, what are you suggesting?)
Chauncy’s Choices « ConnSENSE Bulletin – the editor visits assistive technology companies with video camera at the ready.
ConnSENSE Bulletin – for access technology news and information.
ConnSENSE Bulletin RSS Feed
CSS3 . Info – All you ever needed to know about CSS3
CSUN 2010 Files | DAISY Consortium – conference information in DAISY and HTML formats
CTIA-The Wireless Association Statement on Accessibility Initiatives Announced by FCC :::: ITnewsLink – USA National Broadband Plan includes several accessibility initiatives for disabled people.
Disability News & Views Radio Show – Child Autism & Autism Awareness – on air in Pennsylvania, parts of New York and Toronto. Past shows on the web site.There are big plans for expansion into a 5-day-a-week service.
Duxbury Systems — Purchase, Updates and Demos – what’s available from this famous Braille software manufacturer.
Finding AT Devices « ConnSENSE Bulletin – if you can’t even find what you’re looking for on the Blind Buzz, maybe the links and info on this site will help.
Focus on the Hover ~ Anton Peck, Digital Artist – small CSS trick to allow keyboard users the same hover characteristics as mouse users.
Free Resources from the Net for EVERY Learner
Future Apps Releases Major Update to its Popular iPhone Text to Speech App Speak it
Game Accessibility – The accessibility of computer games
Google Accessible Search – returns results that appear to be most accessible.
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY Petition
HandyTech Leaks Info on Taskmaster – Blind Bargains – but exactly what it is, they’re too shy at Handytech to say.
how to structure html headings and titles | the 200ok weblog
IBM IRL Project Spoken Web – India – plan for a parallel to the web using voice input.
IBM to Collaborate With Universities to Make Mobile Devices More Accessible – FierceWireless – open-source software being developed in Tokyo.
International Quran News Agency – Quranic Magazine in Braille
JAWS Script Exchange to version 7.2 – updates, enhancements and additional scripts. This is a direct link to the installer.
Making the mobile internet accessible for all – 17/03/2010 – Computer Weekly
Manuals and Tutorials – High Tech Center Training Unit – materials on JAWS, Braille, and other subjects relevant to blind people. Manuals iarchive.
MasterCard Launches ATM Finder For Blackberry Phones – PaymentsSource Article – originally for the iPhone, this app can locate drive-through ATMs and wheelchair accessible machines, amongst other things.
Microsoft modernizes Web ambitions with IE9 | Deep Tech – CNET News – release is "months away", a spokesman said yesterday. You can take a sneak peek at the
platform preview version now.
MyP2P.eu: Free Live Sports on your PC, Live Football, MLB, NBA, NHL and more…
Nokia Braille Reader (experimental) – Beta Labs | Cell Phone Choice – enables SMS for visually impaired people.
Nuance Powers Innovative Speech Capabilities on New Olympus Digital Audio Device | DAISY Consortium – DM4 and DM5 devices can respond to voice commands, and read out text.
Olearia for Mac – Brings the versatility of talking books to OS X. MacUpdate Mac Software Downloads – DAISY reading software.
[Audio] olympus_podcast.mp3 – DM 420 and DM520 voice recorders from Cisco Academy for the Vision Impaired.
People with disabilities will have special help to vote – Living in Peru » News » Peru
POURfect Kitchen Tools « BlissTree include measurements in imperial, metric and Braille.
Quick Note: Free books for braille and DAISY readers | TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home|
Read Naturally Masters Edition – Resources for Blind & Visually Impaired Students
ReadHear™ Mac | gh, LLC – 30-day trial of DAISY reading software.
Readot Concept Device Converts 2D Images Into A Tactile Surface
Robotron Sensory Tools – Galileo Reading System – personal computer/organiser with Braille and speech.
SAMSUNG WILLING TO LAUNCH THE MOBILE PHONE FOR BLIND PEOPLE ITS NAME IS SAMSUNG BRAILLE
Seedlings Braille Books Just Another Ordinary Miracle – spring catalog just out.
SeroTalk Tech Chat 54- Several Educational Resources Online
Snapfon (TM) ez ONE Cell Phone – Independent Living Aids
Special Purpose Phones – voip-info.org – for information about phones not widely covered elsewhere.
Spectrum Industrial launches Taktyle Hygienic sign: News from Spectrum Industrial – I have always wondered whether even if you found the Braille in a public toilet, whether it was really wise to run your hands all over the walls.
Spiel – a free, open-source screen reader for Android phones and netbooks. Also visit
Fred’s Head article on Spiel.
Squibble Portable Braille Interface: Making Life Easier | Touch User Interface – Touch Screen and Multi Touch – with Braille and high contrast, the display may be useful to a wide range of visually impaired people. This is intended for SMS. Audio and visual feedback
State Assistive Technology and Telework Financial Loan Programs – Fred’s Head
Staying Fit a Challenge – Donna Jodhan – Donna hits the spot as usual with a short but apposite comment about problems of exercising.
[Video] strategies for teaching braille | World All Kinds of Teaching
SwitchXS switch access to Mac OS X with scanning – AssistiveWare
Tactile Graphics Resources – Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
TactileGraphics.org: Lucia Hasty Invites You to Learn Tactile Graphics
[PDF] Talking Disability – booklet about communicating with people with disabilities.
TAW3 with a click :: Add-ons for Firefox – add-on for Firefox that estimates the accessibility of sites you are visiting.
Taxi drivers offered their Hackney Carriage licence forms in Braille – Telegraph – this is one of those tired old stories that just won’t go away, like all those silly posts about drive-in ATMs with Braille. I’ll quote it once, and hope never to hear of it again!
[Audio[ Tek Talk presents Gene Asner, March 15, 2010 by Gene Asner | Accessible World – if you go over to Windows 7, you will want to get to know a new e-mail program. Gene looks at Windows Live Mail and Thunderbird.
Telecom operators ordered to ban internet voice services – Poten & Partners – regulatory mess in egypt concerning Skype and other VOIP services.
The peculiar challenges of Chinese Braille Boing Boing
The Blind Buzz on Mobile Phones
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on November 15, 2009
As mobile phones or cellphones seem set fair to replace the desktop computer in many people’s lives, I take a broad swipe at the subject. As the last person on earth to possess a mobile phone, even I am looking at them now. The combination of speech, braille, and cameras with attendant apps such as OCR and colour recognition is truly mind-bending! It’s taken the industry over 20 years to bother making phones that people like us can use, but now that they’re doing it, it’s all well and good.
Accessible hardware and software / Technical Tips / Mobile technology / Mobile Technology
Accessible Model / Technical Tips /Mobile Technology – the handheld choice – several useful UK links for accessible phones.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Mobile web reaches critical mass
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Blind ‘see with sound’ – the combination of a camera phone and software called the vOICe can translate images into complex sounds. More info on the software, including downloads, at
seeingwithsound.com
blind-mobile : Blind Mobile Phone or Device Users – Yahoo! Group
Blind Phone Mailing List – stay up to date with hardware and software releases. Not a discussion list.
Blind user-friendly mobile phones: Part I
Buy simple mobile phones for OAP Elderly and visually impaired – Silverphone
CodeFactory makers of Mobile Magnifier and screen readers for Windows Mobile, Symbian60 and Blackberry. Accessibility for mobile phones and PDAs.
[PDF] Foundation for Information Technology Accessibility – Mobile Phone Accessibility
How Do Blind People Use Mobile Phones?
How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets – 1268th Edition
iPhone vs. Android vs. WinMo vs. WebOS vs. BlackBerry – Fight! | Mobility Site
LG Telecom donates 2000 Braille Phones to blinds « Lg « All New Stuff – LG donate phones that convert to speech and braille for World Braille Day.
Loadstone GPS – Satellite Navigation for blind mobile phone users
MAGNIFICO PLUS GPS MAGNIFIER can be used to magnify many mobile devices.
MASHe » Blog Archive » Android Mobile OS: Pandora’s box of accessibility opportunities
MMF (Mobile Manufacturers’ Forum) – Mobile Accessibility
Mobile Accessibility: Mobile Magnifier vs ZOOMS – CodeFactory and Nuance products go head to head.
Mobile phone accessibility – ways of researching the topic.
Mobile phone Sat Nav to help blind – Mad4 Mobile Phones – italian company Il Village are developing this application for Symbian phones.
Il Village web site
Mobile phone that recognises objects will aid the blind | Mail Online – an application called SeeScan can recognise objects by using the phone’s camera and use its speech to tell you what it is.
MOBILE PHONES MAKE YOU BLIND – mirror.co.uk – alarming reports from Israel and Sweden that prolonged use of mobile phones could cause cataracts.
NIACE Mobile Technology -for Adult Learning providers – UK site.
Nokia in 2015 – The Way We Live Next – in which we learn that when that nice policeman pulls a driver over, the driver can say they’re only listening to the news on their mobile.
Nuance TALKS – screen reader for Symbian mobile phones There are lists here of compatible phones and dealers..
O2 Accessibility – UK mobile services provider explains services.
Orator Screen Reader for Blackberry – HumanWare USA
Humanware UK
More info
2007 mailing list entry shows the makers’ commitment to making the Blackberry accessible.
Owasys 22C mobile phone – RNIB Online Shop – UK supplier for this specially made phone for blind users.
Ordering in USA
Rammland – Mobile Accessibility 2 for Symbian operating system phones. Has a speech synthesiser and its own menu system.
Rammland – Mobile Magnifier – UK supplier of this software for several Nokia phones, the Panasonic X700 and the Siemens SX1.
Rogers announces Nokia E71 with TALKS software for the visually impaired
RSC NewsFeed » Blog Archive » Accessibility and Mobile Phones
Samsung Launches Open Mobile Platform | bada – the Bada operating platform opens up opportunities for developers.
Bada official site. Also visit
RSS For Gadgets » Samsung bada to compete against Android and Symbian
Sense | Equipment and accessibility | Mobile phones – UK deaf-blind organisation.
TextMagic – Send SMS Anywhere from your PC – it will still cost you, but supposedly not as much.
TextMagic web site
The blind will love Nokia: New Braille to SMS » Phone Reviews
The Indian Braille mobile for the blind | // Pocket Picks // – low-tech phone for all gets Braille makeover.
The MEX Mobile User Experience Awards – BSR Blind Phone – a phone designed to be affordable and speicifically aimed at people with limited vision. Also visit
BSR Blind Phone on St Dunstan’s getting involved in testing the phone.
top gadget for 2009 « HotTech2.com – guess what, it’s the Apple iPhone 3Gs. I’m sure I’ve heard of it.
Toshiba Tactility – Mobile Phone Concept for Visually Challenged | Touch User Interface
Universal Cellular Phone by Seon-Keun Par » Yanko Design – a Braille phone.
Vibrating touch screen puts Braille at the fingertips – tech – 31 March 2009 – New Scientist
