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The I.D. Mate Galaxy from En-Vision America Takes the Hassle Out of Scanning Bar Codes

… not want to spend a lot of time fiddling with an iPhone app to get the needed information. The speed and ease with … for me to keep track of several folders I use in the music appreciation class I teach. I could record a bar code for … unit. Simply hook the Galaxy up to your computer, find the appropriate folder on the unit's 8GB micro SD card and place …
Jamie Pauls
AccessWorld August 2016

Choose the Right Electronic Magnifier, Part 1: Identify Your Priorities

… of magnifiers also give you the ability to view what's happening across a room, such as what is being written on a … with a camera that flips gives you the option to use it to apply makeup, style your hair, or just take a look at … of smaller blocks of text, such as mail, package labels, or appliance instructions. To read and process long text …
Shelly Brisbin, Lee Huffman
AccessWorld June 2016

2016 AccessWorld Gift Guide for Recipients with Visual Impairments

… price from free to a bit luxurious, and the response was so appreciative that some of those ideas bear repeating in … temperature. The TCL Pulse, operated via a smartphone app, vibrates to wake you up in the morning, and other … new options available with audio description to enhance the appreciation of a TV show or movie by someone who can't see …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld December 2016

Using Legislation and Advocacy to Respond to a Changing Technology Environment

… increase in mobile information technology and associated apps, the emergence of cloud computing, and the rapid rise … into the technology at no extra cost to the consumer, as Apple has done, by providing comprehensive, built-in … Section 504 program access complaints. Unfortunately, it appears that relatively few individuals have brought …
Paul Schroeder
AccessWorld February 2012

Who Accesses Technology? A Random Sampling of Consumers with Vision Loss

… he teaches JAWS, Window-Eyes, Kurzweil, OpenBook, and other applications. He has just begun exploring System Access from … Kennedy Jenny Kennedy, 34, of Wichita, Kansas, was the Apple advocate in class. The mother of two small children, … and VictorReader Stream. Jenny had three separate GPS apps on her iPhone and was learning to use them while we …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld May 2011

National Disability Employment Awareness Month: Employment Resources that Work—Revisited and Updated

… week of October as National Employ the Physically Handicapped week in an effort to educate the public about hiring … comprises training for employment; researching employment; applying for a position; interviewing, accepting, and … the technology they do have. The move toward online applications has some benefits, such as the ability to …
Joe Strechay
AccessWorld October 2011

A Tale Of Two Ereaders: The Good News Launched By NLS

… to all. Fast forward just five years to an amazing appropriation by the United States Congress, a one-time appropriation of five million dollars in order for NLS to … HumanWare. I'll first provide an overview of their physical appearances, and then a more detailed analyses of features …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld March 2023

Braille Codes and Characters: History and Current Use - Part 2

… character so the braille translation is not correct. This happens frequently with symbols such as the degree sign or … which transform character sequences in the source text and apply these transformations based on rules which consider … VoiceOver detect language, and choose which language(s) appear on the rotor. The current VoiceOver language is used …
Judy Dixon
AccessWorld February 2023

Narrative and Findings

… and Technology (NIST) risk management framework ought to be applied to AI systems in education before adoption. The … mitigate harm, they unanimously recommended that AI used in applicant screening should be disclosed to all job applicants to promote transparency, and that a human should …

Practical Accessibility Tips Inspired by "Big Tech"

… organization, achieving perfect accessibility standards can appear nearly impossible. The sheer volume of guidelines, … accessibility features at scale, we can extract practical approaches that work for teams of any size and take … of the tools that have been created for us. Companies like Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon have blazed trails in …
Nathan Race

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