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… X1 Talks: Comcast Launches Industry's First Voice Guided TV Interface Comcast announced the industry's first … visually impaired, navigate the X1 platform . The "talking guide" features a female voice that reads aloud selections … into every aspect of students' lives. Funded by a gift from the Grousbeck Family Foundation, and inspired by …
AccessWorld December 2014

A New WayAround Object Identification for People with Visual Impairments

… use WayTags to mark and identify everything from holiday gifts to condiment bottles to over-the-counter medications … NFC reader elsewhere on the device. Consult your owner's guide.) If your iPhone is an older model or you use an iPad … Author Bill Holton Article Topic Product Reviews and Guides Share …
Bill Holton
AccessWorld February 2019

AccessWorld News

… complete the pre-screening interview receive a $15 Amazon gift card. To learn more about participating, please contact … expert Mentor Team and E-Advisory Council within program guidelines.” Announcing the Release of Version 3.7 of Aira's … (subscription in the UK, Ireland, France and Germany), Guide Dogs NSW/ACT (subscription in Australia), Seeing Eye …
AccessWorld August 2019

An Interview with Jonathan Mosen, Popular Broadcaster, Advocate, and Teacher

… working in the government relations field he did use a guide dog. When he started doing more international travel, … constant leaving and re-entering New Zealand made having a guide dog difficult, plus I don't think it's terribly fair … doubt, my answer is braille. Braille is the most priceless gift blind people have ever been given in history. It is our …
Janet Ingber
AccessWorld April 2018

Apple TV (2nd generation): Apple Continues to Set the Accessibility Standard

… and cable box, and now what do I do? Can I access the menu, guide, or on-demand features? Is the cable box accessible? … you to adjust the size and contrast of the text in the menu guide, but without speech or voice overlay I wouldn't call … iTunes account, with an associated credit card or iTunes gift card account if you plan on making content purchases. …
Joe Strechay
AccessWorld April 2011

Do the iPods Have It? A Review of Apple's iPod

… Few items were hotter as gifts this past holiday season than Apple's iPod audio … is a Read Me file in Microsoft Word format and a user's guide and tutorial in portable document format (PDF). Even when Adobe Reader 7.0 was used, the user's guide was not accessible. Some basic questions and answers …
Jay Leventhal
AccessWorld March 2005

From Canada With Love: Debbie Gleeson Changes Lives in Rwanda

… computer trainer (software training is another of the many gifts she has given during her Rwandan visits), and when she … friend in Elmira, a man who is employed, has a family, a guide dog, and advanced computer skills, they are amazed. …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld February 2012

Access Essentials for Your iOS Device: Must-Haves for People with Visual Impairments

… features for the print impaired. More from AccessWorld : A Guide to the Read2Go App for Apple iOS, from Bookshare ; A … Independence by Deborah Kendrick AccessWorld 2020 Holiday Gift Guide by Deborah Kendrick. More by this author: The …
Bill Holton
AccessWorld February 2021

The Second Career of Major Migel

… when, having brought a braille book from England as a gift for one of the home's residents, he found to his … French veterans and, once it was in full operation, made a gift of it to the French government. As disbursing agent for … at Rest Haven for 18-day stays. The question of guides was ingeniously solved by including a few sighted …

Barry Scheur: Reinventing Himself in Retirement

… afford to buy pretty much anything he needed. He had a gift for making conversation with just about anyone … world. At the top of that list was KaeAnn Rausch and her guide dog, Melanie, who made the trip (using buses, taxis, … seeds of a new idea began to take root. KaeAnn loved her guide dog and was addicted to searching for and testing new …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld February 2019

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