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Announcing the 2018 Scholarship Recipients

… Samantha recently co-authored a paper regarding the use of braille in Orientation and Mobility with one of her … library serving people with vision loss where she developed braille kits for young children. Rebecca will continue …

Employment Matters: Chris Peterson, CEO of Penny Forward

… birth, Chris Peterson is an avid user of technology and braille. Daily, he uses a Windows-based PC (purchased for … Computers for the Blind), JAWS screen reader, a Mantis Q40 braille display, an iPhone, and a variety of software …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld Winter 2024

Calling People “IN” and the “Advantage of a Good Light”

… One example they gave was when someone printed visual braille without making it tactile, a significant oversight, … feedback with clarity and care. The example of visual braille illustrates this perfectly: even though it was …
Kristen Reed

Biography

… rise of fascism in Europe, and atomic energy. Helen used a braille typewriter to prepare her manuscripts and then … Permanent Blind War Relief Fund, later called the American Braille Press, was founded. She was a member of its first board of directors. In 1946, when the American Braille Press became the American Foundation for Overseas …

Powerful Health Care Reform Message

… size, audible labeling technologies, tactile markings or braille, or other methods calculated to provide alternatives … Washington, DC Blind Services Planning Council, Chicago, IL Braille Institute of America, Los Angeles, CA Cabell-Wayne … Association of Audio Information Services, Detroit, MI Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School, Vinton, IA Iowa Statewide …

BARD Express: NLS Talking Books and Magazines When and Where You Want Them

… can run several days, at best. Cartridges arrive labeled in braille, but as a newly blind individual, perhaps you do not read braille yet. Each book or magazine arrives on its own … from your regional library, except they do not have braille labels, and they use a USB cable to connect to your …
Bill Holton
AccessWorld February 2017

An Overview of Apple WatchOS 7

… also adds the VoiceOver Rotor, the ability to use a braille display, and the ability to have VoiceOver speak … Delete and Cancel buttons will then be on the screen. Braille In a major accessibility update, braille displays can now be connected via Bluetooth to the …
Janet Ingber
AccessWorld December 2020

Employment Matters: Jackie Ouellet: From Fashion Designer to Chiropractor

… and some, even if their eyes can see print, are fluent braille readers. Some drive a car occasionally; a few see … 8 am to 4 pm every day she wore sleepshades and studied braille, cane travel, and how to perform all those tasks of … she says, have been invaluable in every aspect of life—the braille that she uses for labeling (admitting that it was …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld June 2020

Focus on AFB: Spring 2017

… technology. She uses an iPhone synced to a 16-character braille display, a BrailleNote, and an electric brailler. David is a fan of AFB’s AccessWorld® and uses its …

Exploring Methods of Accessing Virtual Worlds

… conversion of web site content into synthetic speech or braille and users' ability to navigate a site with only the … by the screen-reading software and are then spoken or brailled as the user traverses them by keyboard. By … a user hits a hot key that causes the system to announce or braille a list of names of all the items within a 3-meter …
William Carter, Guido Corona
AccessWorld March 2008

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