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Video: Supporting Individuals with Visual Impairments in the Healthcare Setting, Part One

… who is deafblind might be an adult who comes in for an appointment and may need to look up close at written … to indicate a communication system. This could include tapping twice on the body to indicate you're about to pick … It could be something such as an iPad that has an app that verbally speaks for the person, or it could be a …

Running Windows on Your VoiceOver Enabled Mac

… desk with two CPUs and keyboards, or two laptops. But, happily, there is a better way. It is possible to run both OS … is by creating a virtual machine using a third-party Mac application called VM Fusion. Running Boot Camp A few years … Boot Camp Assistant is located in the Utilities folder in Applications. The assistant will partition and format a …
Bill Holton
AccessWorld September 2014

CDesk from Adaptive Voice: An Intuitive Accessible-Desktop Program that Makes a PC Easier to Use

… and logical interface that gives you access to important applications such as e-mail, word processing, Internet … was easy-to-use while giving the user access to important applications. Randyce and Michael made a lot of friends who … for technical support. According to Wechter, there are approximately 1,800 active users of CDesk, ranging in age …
Janet Ingber
AccessWorld September 2013

2013 Employment Resources for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired

… have realized that people with disabilities are an untapped resource. As groups like the United States Business … 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 2013

Inform & Connect Special Episode: Dr. L. Penny Rosenblum, AFB Director of Research

… kinds of questions. Dr. Penny Rosenblum: So Troy Otillio approached Kirk Adams, who is our CEO here at AFB and said, … up in the morning. We have a choice on how we're going to approach that day. And part of it, whether you have a visual … is mindset, making your own destiny, creating your own happiness, and the perseverance so you do have the choices to …

Accommodations and Accessibility

… being a 'managed device,' it was very difficult to obtain approvals to get ZoomText installed as it required ADMIN rights and wasn’t on their list of approved software. Getting IT to assist and bypass approvals was very difficult at the time." —White male who …

AFB's Comments on Accessibility of Web Information

… policy objective of any proposed rulemaking concerning application of the ADA to covered entities' Internet … to this docket, it is that there seems to be a piecemeal approach being taken. In other words, DOJ is singling out … types of equipment for coverage by the ADA and seemingly applying categories of analysis to various forms of …

AccessWorld Podcast, Episode 18: Connecting Dots with Dr. Joshua Miele

… turning or scrolling, listening to voiceover or whatever app you're listening to it on or using Audible. But one of … in being blind. I was interested in doing cool stuff and I happened to have to do it as a blind person. So that's kind … stronger. And I think that that's basically luckily what happened to me. There's a bunch of, not just lack of …

Keeping It Portable: Comparing Braille Displays on iOS Devices, Part III

… people may wish to have an integrated suite of productivity applications for basic tasks such as reading books, taking … as an iPhone 7, though longer and wider. The VarioUltra appears to be constructed of aluminum with a plastic bottom. … at transferring data from its internal word processing application to iOS than either the Smart Beetle or Braille …
Scott Davert
AccessWorld January 2018

Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments

… family. Many TVIs reported that online instruction was not appropriate for their students with additional disabilities … included that classroom teachers were: Using websites, apps, or online programs that were not accessible to … braille literacy skills, it is imperative that they receive appropriate instruction and adequate time with the braille …

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