In the small field of assistive technology, it is big news when a well-known person jumps from one company to a competitor. Jonathan Mosen, formerly product manager for HumanWare's BrailleNote family of products, will now be working for Freedom Scientific—Deborah Kendrick
Reading By Hand: A Review of the Kurzweil-National Federation of the Blind Reader
The world's first portable OCR reading system is here. Does it bring the promised independence?—Darren Burton
We reveal the story behind the development and testing of the new Reader, the fulfillment of a prediction by a legendary inventor and his collaboration with a national blindness organization—Deborah Kendrick
Magnification in Hand: A Review of Two Handheld CCTVs
We test two small, highly portable CCTVs. Get the big picture on these small products —Lee Huffman
This dual review explores the features and performance of this navigation aid and evaluates its training guide—Deborah Kendrick
Making the Grade: An Overview of Accessible Testing
Standardized testing is assuming an ever-increasing role at every level of education. We describe past efforts to make these tests accessible to visually impaired students and explore possible future test adaptations—Janet Ingber
Legends and Pioneers of Blindness Assistive Technology, Part 3
In the continuation of his review of assistive technology history, Candela chronicles the development of electronic braille, synthetic speech, CCTVs, and OCR systems—Tony Candela
| Editor in Chief | Jay Leventhal |
| Contributing Editors | Paul Schroeder, Founding Editor Deborah Kendrick, Senior Features Editor Darren Burton Crista Earl Mark Uslan |
| Managing Editor | Ellen Bilofsky |
| Associate Editor | Rebecca Burrichter |
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