The Blind Buzz on Cycling

Some recent news stories – plenty more to come soon.

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Around the Bay in a Day® 2011 – Andrew Devenish-Meares – support Andrew, who I believe is a visually impaired tandemist, in his bid to raise funds for educationally disadvantaged Australian kids on Sunday, October 16th, 2011.
Bupa Around the Bay Event Details

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 9/8- 9/14/11 | Austin On Two Wheels – among the events is the "Lend Your Legs" scheme for the Texas School for the Blind.

Austria Celebrates One Year To Go until the Paralympic Games

Cycling an exercise in trust for blind Sonoma County riders | PressDemocrat.com – the need to place trust in your pilot as a blind cyclist. Revolution fund-raising ride coming up on Sept 24th may attract a small number of blind cyclists. Also visit
No limits for Blind Power bicycle team – Bicycling Sonoma – The Press Democrat – Santa Rosa, CA – Archive

Require Motivation? – Ride a Tandem Bicycle | motivation | require motivation | tandem bicycle | grand union canal – Articles 20VN – the pleasures, more or less, of a couple going for a weekend tandem ride.

Blind Bike Trials Video 1 | BMX Online Web Community – Matt Gilman is blind because of diabetes. Here he directs you to his web site and YouTube videos.

Ken ready to raise funds in tandem with Pedal event – Scotsman.com – Ken Reid , who is registered blind himself, will undertake a ride this Sunday to raise funds for blind and partially sighted people as part of the Pedal for Scotland event.

[Video] Kiwi Paralympic Cyclists Preparing for London

Hy-Vee Triathlon: It takes two, but he’s No. 1 | The Des Moines Register – Aaron Scheidies, who is sight-impaired, uses guide to win championships.

Riding in tandem – Israeli blind and sighted bike riders teach each other a few things | Israel21C

WINNIEL & THE LAUGHING HOUSE : Inspirations from Helen Keller – evidently tandem cycling is one of the many things she did.

The Blind Buzz on Cycling

Cycling an exercise in trust for blind Sonoma County riders | PressDemocrat.com – the need to place trust in your pilot as a blind cyclist. Revolution fund-raising ride coming up on Sept 24th may attract a small number of blind cyclists. Also visit
No limits for Blind Power bicycle team – Bicycling Sonoma – The Press Democrat – Santa Rosa, CA – Archive

Require Motivation? – Ride a Tandem Bicycle | motivation | require motivation | tandem bicycle | grand union canal – Articles 20VN – the pleasures, more or less, of a couple going for a weekend tandem ride.

Blind Bike Trials Video 1 | BMX Online Web Community – Matt Gilman is blind because of diabetes. Here he directs you to his web site and YouTube videos.

[Video] Kiwi Paralympic Cyclists Preparing for London

Hy-Vee Triathlon: It takes two, but he’s No. 1 | The Des Moines Register – Aaron Scheidies, who is sight-impaired, uses guide to win championships.

Riding in tandem – Israeli blind and sighted bike riders teach each other a few things | Israel21C

WINNIEL & THE LAUGHING HOUSE : Inspirations from Helen Keller – evidently tandem cycling is one of the many things she did.

The Blind Buzz on Cycling

You’ll be relieved to know that this entry has a sensible, small number of links in it!

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London 2012 Paralympics will leave us with more lasting memories than Olympics – Telegraph Blogs

London 2012 Paralympics: one year to go guide – Telegraph

Used Tandem Market Offers Up Some Nice Hardware.. « The TandemGeek’s Blog – tandems for sale in USA. Details here about how to follow up these offers.

Working in Tandem: Elmhurst Cyclist’s Ride Might Surprise Some People – Elmhurst, IL Patch -
Ed Hill is blind, and completed the Chicago to Milwaukee Road Tour, with assistance from his brother, Bruce. 
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Danger zone | Go To The News – some disabled people want to push the limits – and some can’t be bothered. You may also like to read
Why do so many disabled people embark on dangerous feats? | Benefits of fish oil

[Video] Trailblazers, Toronto enable blind people to get into tandem riding. A little of what’s involved in taking part.

The Blind Buzz on Cycling N to Z

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Nathan Hale Foundation not peddling tandem, yet – Plymouth, MA – Wicked Local Plymouth – veterans’ outreach centers plan to acquire tandems.

[Video] New patented system allows people with disabilities to ride bicycles – Huelva (Spain), 11 Aug (EFE), (Camera: Julian Perez).- Inventor Faustino Blanco, who himself is visually impaired, has presented a patented system to connect two bicycles in tandem, which allows people with disabilities to ride them. The system could also benefit the elderly and people undergoing rehabilitation. Also visit
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No Vision, No Problem for Ironman Competitor – That’s Fit – Jack Chen, now 36, has been blind since age 16. He wanted to take part in Ironman to show that visually impaired people can do whatever they want to do.

Nottinghamshire Royal Society for the Blind are looking for volunteer tandem-pilots – 20/8/11 – 10.30am or 1pm, Forest Rec, Nottm.

NYC Triathlon Report | Blind Athlete – first hand account of taking part.

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| Palaestra: Cycling camps held for paralympic hopefuls and riders with disabilities | Find Articles at BNET – USABA hosted its first development camp for athletes with disabilities.

Paralympic Cycling – Track – cycling seems likely to be one of the most popular sports at London 2012.

Pedaling around North County – Santa Ynez Valley Journal – Tailwinds Bicycle Club, Santa Maria, Northern Santa Barbara County, donates bicycles for children in need, and has provided a tandem for blind riders as part of its community activities.

Profile of blind cyclist in Gran Fondo to premiere at MorristownGreen.com Film Fest – a short film chronicles Jim Kutsch’s preparations for the Big Ride.

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Racing Blind – Shoreline-Lake Forest Park, WA Patch – Patricia Walsh talks about what it’s like to be a blind triathlete.

RAGBRAI is for everyone | Blind Living – so who in their right mind would want to go through this? Read on.

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Scheidies fearless despite blindness – The Denver Post, – people say funny things when they see Aaron Scheidies taking part as a blind triathlete.

Shona changes gear to raise charity cash – Edinburgh Evening News – Shona Black is planning to raise funds by a gruelling program of kayaking, climbing and cycling, despite blindness.

Stuart Block Supports Right to Sight | Right To Sight – Stuart Block is riding a tandem from Cape Town to London to raise funds and awareness for Right to Sight.

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Tandem piloting for blind stoker – - Cycling Forums UK – discussion thread on new pilot piloting for new blind stoker.

Team Trainright Blog: An Enlightening Triathlon Experience, by Randy Mast | Carmichael Training Systems – the author meets up with a blind partner for the Denver Triathlon.

Trailblazers Tandem Cycling Club – Serving VI Cyclists in Toronto, Canada « The TandemGeek’s Blog- blind members meet up with sighted volunteers to ride tandems. 

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Urban Active to Hold Cycling Class to Benefit the Visually Impaired -Columbus Local News – Urban Active Fitness has recently sponsored an indoor cycling event for blind people.

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Volunteer cyclists needed for new tandem group – Community – Ulster Star – Lisburn in Focus needs you if you could be a tandem pilot.

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[Video] 2B2R Intro – Tauru and Christi, both legally blind, plan to ride their tandem bike unsupported from the bottom of South America to the top of North America in 2012-13. Their goal is to raise awareness about the abilities of the visually impaired, and they will be visiting schools for the blind along their route to share their story and to learn of new stories from others. .

60 PLUSS MPH – My Greenspeed GTT recumbent tandem trike – the author, Graham, has lost 80% of his sight already, and prepares for the time he can no longer ride solo.
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Annapolitan Clark Rachfal Awarded Paralympic World Cup | Eye On Annapolis

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Blind bike trials 2 – More highly skilled bike stunts from Matt Gilman; blind bike rider.

Blind Biker Brings It BACK Home To San Diego – Jeremy Poincenot was a student when Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) made him blind. He takes part in an annual tandem ride (the CURE Ride) to raise awareness of the condition. 

More on the CURE Ride.

Blind Riders Take On RAGBRAI -It’s called the oldest and largest bike touring event in the world, and takes place in Iowa. 2 blind people took part this year. Also visit
Tour de Iowa? Bicyclists Hit Hawkeye State for RAGBRAI, Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa – ABC Newsand
Munson: Disabled riders push ahead, with a bit of volunteer aid | The Ds Moines Register – the inaugural Adaptive Sports Iowa RAGBRAI team..

Blind teenager’s on track for Olympic challenge – This is Scunthorpe – Jack Garner and his guide will take part in a paratriathlon event in London.

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CHECT UK (ChectUK) on Twitter – Childhood eye Cancer charity wants to hear from any keen cyclists willing to pilot a blind cyclist from Brighton to Weymouth. Sorry if this is too late.

College Supports Blind Dave In Top2Toe Challenge – South Birmingham College is supporting local blind man Dave Heeley in his Top2Toe Challenge, which sees him run and cycle from one end of the country to the other in ten days to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Also visit
Good luck Blind Dave! – Sandwell Council

Cycling For Sight 2011 – Roesink Photograhy — Chris Roesink –
RSS Feed – these photos have earned Chris a thank-you from the Blind Stokers’ Club.

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Door County Triathlon: Overcoming extra challenges | Door County Wisconsin | doorcountyadvocate.com – helpers enable people with disabilities to take part.

Don’t miss Sci-Bono’s Dialogue in the Dark | nothing to do in joburg besides… – one of the guides for this exhibition, which is conducted completely in the dark, is a keen tandem cyclist.

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East TN cyclists share tandem bikes with the blind | wbir.com – VIBES runs a monthly tandem bike ride in Sequoyah Hills.

Enough is Never Enough | J-Wire – Did round the world cyclist Jinji Sadan get a sleep-in on his first Sunday morning after a 65,000 km trip? No, he had a 6:30 start for something else…. Also visit
He’s cycled the world | The Jewish Chronicle

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Family Service of Morris County recognizes outstanding volunteers | NJ.com – Friends of the Blind Program helps blind people do everything from getting the groceries to riding a tandem.

Find Your CORE: Incredible Use for Bungee Cords – those cords hold blind triathletes and sighted guides together.

First Legally Blind Cyclist To Take On Pan-Mass Challenge « CBS Boston – Chris Smith wants to raise money for the cancer charity benefiting from the event, and to make a statement about blind people not retiring to the couch

Fitness – My Life as a Low Vision/Blind Soldier – the author goes into the barriers to fitness imposed by facilities and by himself.

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Greg Birch: Helping out is a tandem affair – Pomerado News – he has taken part in Cycling for Sight with blind 80-year-old stoker Jim Miller.

Guide Dogs appeal for challenge help – Community – Forfar Dispatch – Guide Dogs Scotland have formed the Full Circle 2011 Team to take on the Guide Dogs Coniston Challenge on Saturday, September 10. At least one participant duige dog owner is taking part on a tandem.

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Hey Wilson Meet Joules and His Electric Tandem Bike – a wife who doesn’t much appreciate riding a tandem bike with her husband welcomes Joules, a robot that can take the place of a human on a tandem.

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Legally blind mountain bike racer risks his life to compete | Matador Network – Bobby McMullen can barely see but he trains and competes on some of the most challenging downhill mountain bike courses in America.

London to Brighton Cycle – tandem ride from London to Brighton, 11th September 2011. Blind people from tandem clubs across London are hoping to take part, but they need more front riders / captains / pilots. Could you volunteer?

Long Branch Duathlon Race Report | Blind Athlete – New Jersey event involving running and cycling included a blind athlete on a tandem.

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Meet the best in the West – Evening Times – Visibility Volunteers in Glasgow enable blind people to take part in activities, tandem cycling included. The group has been shortlisted for a Community Champions Award.

[Video] Matt King, blind cyclist – Paralympic tandem cyclist racing and motivational speaking introduction.

Mellis on wheels – Community – lep.co.uk – Jack Mellis from Preston, Lancs, is 92 and describes himself as ‘short-sighted’. He is one of the UK’s oldest cyclists.

Mike Nightingale’s driving force is people | Stuff.co.nz – Mike, 72, of New Plymouth, has piloted tandems for blind people, and has been involved in much more besides.

The Blind Buzz on Esref Armagan, blind Turkish painter

Eseref Armagan was born in Turkey without eyes. Without any formal tuition, he taught himself to paint, discovered perspective for himself and puzzled many scientists who are interested in studying his brain processes. However, Mr Armagan says he wants to be known for his art, not the way he does it.

For more on Esref Armagan, please visit

Vince’s Parallax: Esref Armagan, Blind Turkish Painter

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Amazing Paintings by a Blind Man – Visboo

[Video] Blind artist paints all new Volvo S60 – Esref was invitied to the Volvo Car Co., where his work depicting the new model was filmed.

Esref Armagan – Lost At E Minor: For creative people

see with your fingers | k.t. blue designs – a master class with Esref Armagan.

[Audio] The Blind Brain: Part 1 of 2 – "A completely blind artist paints perfect replicas of the world he’s never seen. An Indian child born with cataracts miraculously gains full visual capacity at age 12. People born blind experience their ‘seeing’ mind in different ways, and are helping scientists challenge the dogma of a brain rigidly hard-wired for vision. And, Zoltan Torey, blinded 56 years ago in an industrial accident, shares his own wildly vivid experience of an ‘inner eye’. (An interview with Dr. Amir Amedi)" From ABC (Australia). 

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RNIB Penfriend Audio Label Maker

Having bought a Penfriend today I thought I’d give some first impressions, which on the whole are very favourable.

Let’s suppose you have a bunch of items that are hard to tell apart, such as CDs, canned foods, packets of seeds, letters from the tax people… Up to now I’ve tried to struggle through by trying to read the existing labels on items, and, if necessary, scribbling a label of my own in very large marker pen. This doesn’t always solve the problem, as I’m finding it harder to read my own writing, even if it’s in large capitals. I don’t know much Braille, so Braille isn’t an immediate solution. Well, here’s one very easy alternative – audio labels.

The Penfriend looks like a microphone, which is partly what it is. On the side there are controls for power, output volume and recording. There are sockets for a USB cable (which is supplied) and headphones (which are not supplied). The device is powered by 2 standard triple-A batteries.

You attach a special kind of label to an item, then record yourself speaking about what it is. You can include a large amount of detail if you want to, as the Penfriend has a gigabyte of memory. When you swipe that label with the Penfriend, you hear your recording, and so you can identify the item. Your recording is an mp3 sound file, and the label simply has a bar code embedded in it that tells the device which mp3 file to play.

Here’s a neat feature. If you have a set of the same item, say 4 cans of tomatoes, you only need to create one label, then you can cut it into 4 to label the whole set of items.

You could, if you wanted, put some music mp3s on to the device as well, but don’t expect fantastic sound quality, at least not from the built-in speaker.

Although I had a strange problem getting the Penfriend to spit out any audio the first time I tried to use it, the device seemed to right itself after a few minutes, and has been very easy to use since then. I started by labelling my aromatherapy oils, which are very hard to tell apart by sight, and the idea really worked.

Operating instructions are built-in, or can be played over USB on another device, such as your computer.

Frozen food can be marked, which is really good news – no more wondering what that lump of something or other was, or how old it is – you can put all that info on an audio label when you first put an item into the freezer. How cool is that?

Unfortunately, the labels at the moment are not washproof, though the RNIB is looking into labels that can be attached to clothing and survive the wash.

One possible limitation is the lack of a pause button, so while you can record up to an hour of sound on one label, e.g., a meeting, it may not be very comfortable playing it back on the Penfriend itself. However, you can copy files to your computer, or play them with your regular media player via USB. How well the microphone picks up in a room full of people I don’t know, but in principle you should be able to use the device as a regular voice recorder.

the Penfriend is marketed by the RNIB in the UK, but is available elsewhere, certainly in the USA. It also, it won a CNIB award, so I take it that it must be available in Canada.

Links on the RNIB Penfriend

RNIB PenFriend audio labeller – RNIB

Video demonstration of Penfriend

Penfriend Hints and Tips Guide (Word doc)

Download Penfriend manual (doc file)

Suggestions For Uses For The RNIB PenFriend Labeler – Accessible Devices

Penfriend on Trial – Bristol City Museum and Shropshire Libraries put the device through its paces.

The Blind Buzz on Charles Bonnet Syndrome

This is a bunch of links concerning Charles Bonnet Syndrome, a condition in which people with failing sight see visual hallucinations, and do not have a mental illness.

For more on Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS), please see
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A full-dressed Canadian Mountie! – Everyone’s a Critic – some background info on CBS, and a example.

Acute Charles Bonnet syndrome secondary to eye patching. [Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2011 May-Jun] – an unusual instance of CBS where hallucinations declined when an eye patch was removed.

Charles Bonnet syndrome: are medications necessary? [J Psychiatr Pract. 2011] – PubMed result

Charles Bonnett Syndrome leaves visually impaired seniors scared of hallucinations – TwinCities.com – unsettling experiences of the syndrome.

Commentary on visual hallucinations and Charles Bo… [J Psychiatr Pract. 2011] – PubMed result – the author looks at several causes of visual hallucinations, including CBS.

Eye-related visual hallucinations: consider ‘Charles Bonnet Syndrome’ [Indian J Ophthalmol. 2011 May-Jun]

Flashes and Paisley Prints « Kate’s blog – the author experienced floaters and CBS while losing her sight.

Ghosts we see from day to day – discussion topic. Hallucinations experienced by people who have sight loss, dementia, Parkinson’s.

[Video] Hallucinations and Reality – Degeneration X Trailer – Degeneration X is an original multimedia theatrical experience that follows a young man on his journey with a rare and visually stimulating syndrome. The concept of the story is presented through the show’s multimedia aspect using a blend of live theatre, film, motion graphics, illustration, and music to chronicle the different pockets of one man’s neurosystem. With this, we provide the audience a front row seat through a surreal and rousing ride through the human mind, witnessing the battle between hallucination and reality. Some strong language.

Health Talk: Charles Bonnet Syndrome – The Tartan Online

Indifferential Diagnosis #1: Visual Hallucinations – Blogus scientificus: – the author is not a doctor, but tries to explain the differences between types of visual hallucination, and the conditions that may cause them. The author admits that there’s no such word as ‘indifferential.

Low-dose aripiprazole resolved complex hallucinations in the left visual field after right occipital infarction (Charles Bonnet syndrome)

Musical Ear Syndrome | The Daily Omnivore – the equivalent of Charles Bonnet Syndrome in those who are losing their hearing.

Vision problem has people seeing things | Detroit Free Press | freep.com – Dr. Lylas Mogk, an eye specialist, wants to get the word out that CBS is benign.

The Blind Buzz on Braille

Apologies that this is such a lengthy entry. I will try to post on this topic more often, and in proportion!

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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.

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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 Music Code 1997

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.

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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.

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DOTS for Braille Literacy – American Foundation for the Blind – DOTS is Development of Teacher Support. You can subscribe to the newsletter.

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EASY INTRODUCTION to BRAILLE – American

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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.

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Goa govt to make available all info in Braille – Chennaionline News

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HooleonBraille Computer Keyboard and stickers to add large print and Braille symbols to keyboards

How to Learn to Read Braille Books | eHow.com

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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.

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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.

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Kester Braille – teaching program for children aged 4-8. American.

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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.

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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.

 

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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

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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.

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Q&A: How do blind people who lost their sight later in life, learn braille? | Really Useful Information

Questions about learning braille. « Youtube’s “Living Blind” Blog – for beginners.

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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.

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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

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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

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[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.

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The Blind Buzz on Cycling

Bicycling. – Great things about being blind – the author describes getting into cycling as a child.

[Video] Blind Cyclist Metro News Story – Jayne Parsons, champion paralympian cyclist.

Blind rider wants to ride Brighton-Weymouth, 2-3 Oct. Anyone with tandem & 2 days spare for a great cause?

Cyclists prepare for first Gran Fondo in Morristown | Daily Record – Jim Kutsch is the president and CEO at The Seeing Eye. He and his wife, both of whom are blind, are participating in the Gran Fondo, part of the proceeds of which will be donated to the organization that trains guide dogs.

Fundraiser Michael’s inspiring charity ride » North Shropshire Chronicle – Michael McCarthy has been blind since the age of 8. He has completed a London to Paris tandem ride in 24 hours.

Group for Visually Impaired Youth Raises $3.5M, Looks Ahead – Clayton-Richmond Heights, MO Patch – Delta Gamma supports visually impaired and blind children and youth from birth to high school age. a tandem bike team is one of many facilities for older clients.

Kind of Random Musings – Living With War-Related Illness and Injury – Sean faces up to the dilemmas of being newly disabled while doing all kinds of positive things.

The sports we choose. – great things about being blind – Kim Kilpatrick sings the praises of multi-sensory experiences, such as swimming, canoeing and tandem cycling. 

Great Things About Being Blind RSS Feed.

World’s best blind triathletes coming to Peterborough – Peterborough Examiner – Ontario, CA – Ironman event coming up. You may also like to read
Blindness doesn’t slow down these triathletes – Peterborough Examiner – Ontario, CA.

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