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Choose the Right Electronic Magnifier, Part 3: Handheld Magnifiers

… text everywhere during the day—on restaurant menus, on appliance labels, and in handwritten notes. If you have low … matches up with the size of a small tablet computer, like Apple's iPad Mini or the Google Nexus 7. In the middle are … larger devices, and you won't see numbers like "1080p" that appear in monitor and TV fact sheets. More often, the best …
Shelly Brisbin, Lee Huffman
AccessWorld September 2016

Bring Your Best Cards to the Battle: A Review of Hearthstone and Hearthstone Access

… a difference, and I wholeheartedly agree. He especially appreciates watching players stream games online and hearing … Game To run Hearthstone, open the Battle.net Launcher. This app presents itself as a webpage. If the Hearthstone tab is …
J.J. Meddaugh
AccessWorld October 2021

Focus on AFB: December 2020

… single person participating in the process to make it happen.” Back to top Chef Christine Ha Brings Her Unique … student who was having accessibility issues. “Many of the apps and websites both general and special education … by starting at the very beginning of the process: the application. According to William Reuschel, director of …

Productivity

… the process to submit an expense report (n=67) Used an app or OCR to view and organize receipts (n=58) Required … to [visually] distinguish the title bars of open/active applications/windows from others. Windows 7 was much easier … close box, and I am frequently closing the wrong window application. With Microsoft Office products and some other …

AFB Town Hall #3: Education Across the Lifespan

… Trust, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and LHH. So we really appreciate them sponsoring all three of these town halls and … so shine through for me. But what about you Tina, what happened with you when you were looking at the data? Dr. Tina … we call that AP exams. Even for students who already had approved accommodation requests for braille exams and …

AccessWorld Podcast, Episode 4: Welcome 2024 and a Deep Dive on Usability

… Episode Notes Happy New Year and welcome back to another episode of … as well is- Aaron Preece: I'm you're editor Aaron Preece. Happy to be here. Tony Stephens: Thanks. And that's editor in … that umbrella, they've been fantastic. The interns, the apprentices. It's like a learning hospital, but all things …

ScanSnap SV600 Overhead Scanner from Fujitsu: Turning the Page on Text Recognition

… is a rental textbook or a library book. Fujitsu took a new approach with its latest model, the ScanSnap SV600 Overhead … a head that hangs over the text to be scanned. The base is approximately 8.5 inches wide and 3 inches deep, and it sits … before using the scanner. The black scanning mat unrolls to approximately 21 inches wide by 17 inches deep, with a …
Bill Holton
AccessWorld July 2014

An In-Depth Look at the ScripTalk Station from En-Vision America

… Particularly if you are elderly and your memory isn't as snappy as it once was, it can be very difficult to remember … is which by feeling the size and shape of the pills." Happily, technology has provided at least one solution to … to the information privately. I tried this feature with my Apple EarPods and was disappointed to discover the …
Bill Holton
AccessWorld June 2013

2012 Employment Resources for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired

… have realized that people with disabilities are an untapped resource. Technology and the Employment Process: … The employment process includes training, researching, applying, interviewing, getting hired, starting a job, and … the access technology they do have. The move toward online applications has some benefits, such as the ability to …
Joe Strechay
AccessWorld October 2012

Educational Resources and Tips from the AFB Information and Referral Center

… Google Meet here . In addition, pressing "?" when using the application on a desktop platform will launch a list of keyboard shortcuts for the app, something of particular use to someone with a visual …
Aaron Preece, Tara Annis, Lee Huffman
AccessWorld July 2020

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