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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

Getting Started With NVDA's Object Recognition

… windows at that level of the tree. It’s unclear why this happens, but I assume it has something to do with how the … that isn’t keyboard-accessible in the Windows Settings app, making it invaluable if I want to change or review …
Aaron Preece
AccessWorld Fall 2025

Letters to the Editor

… document author, how will I guide this author to the appropriate resources? For a webpage, it's not so simple. … or organization who puts up a site, there might be an appropriate contact, but we ordinary folk don't know how to … by Intuit and My Blind Spot by Aaron Preece , I am happy to see the progress that the Intuit and My Blind Spot …
AccessWorld August 2014

Getting the Most out of Sighted Computer Assistance: How to Help the Helpers

… and perhaps Microsoft Office and a few other popular applications, but in nearly any work or school environment … compile a list of questions about both access and the application itself, and forward it to the trainer a day or … "Begin with the Tab key, which often moves you from application control to control," suggests Steven Kelley, …
Bill Holton
AccessWorld July 2017

AccessWorld News

… of the video rental market. Redbox DVD rentals account for approximately 34 percent of the DVD rental market … graduate study in any full-time program in any field.     •Applicants need not be US citizens, but must reside in the … or graduate study in classical or religious music.     •Applicants must be female. Karen D. Carsel Memorial …
AccessWorld February 2012

Popular Web Conferencing Programs Part 1: WebEx

… all my work using the Web version of WebEx. The desktop application appears to be much less accessible than the Web app. Everything discussed from this point on will be from …
Jamie Pauls
AccessWorld October 2020

Employment Matters: Jackie Ouellet: From Fashion Designer to Chiropractor

… her good eye was blurring, she flew home for an ophthalmic appointment. The complex surgery that was performed turned … ready to work. She had all her new skills and no job! She applied for positions with the federal government, but was … since it is all hands-on. “I’m really looking forward to applying for licensure and setting up my own practice,” she …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld June 2020

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