The Digital Images and Graphic Resources for Accessible Materials (DIAGRAM) Center is a U.S. Department of Education-funded project, conducted by Benetech, with the US Fund for DAISY and the WGBH National Center for Accessible Media.
DIAGRAM is conducting a brief survey to track trends in how people with print disabilities obtain and access reading materials electronically.
Often I'm asked which screen reading program is best for users who are blind or have low vision. My response is always the same: It depends.
It depends on what computer tasks the person is trying to accomplish, and the type of environment in which he or she is working.
Our cable boxes might not be accessible, but the good news is that there is something we can easily navigate using built-in voiceover: Apple TV.
By now you've likely heard that AT&T wants to merge with T-Mobile to become the biggest cell phone provider in the United States. This proposed merger must get approval from a couple of government agencies before it is final, and there will be lots of arguments for and against the marriage of these two big carriers.
Earlier this month a friend sent us an interesting article from the Carnegie Mellon newspaper about a new technology developed on campus to make it easier for people who are blind to go shopping. According to the school's paper, the technology works as follows:
