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Can an Android Make Your Mobile Phone Accessible?

… phone accessibility, you've come to the right place. Along with my fellow lab rats at AFB TECH, I've been investigating … app has been designed properly, these features will allow a person with vision loss to use them independently. Marvin, … How Do You Dial a Phone Number? Although most of us who use smartphones usually place calls from the contacts …
Darren Burton
AccessWorld May 2010

Braille Sense U2 Mini from HIMS: Good Things Do Come in Small Packages

… small refreshable braille products in the past, but none with such an impressive combination of power, speed, and … in access technology products promoted as notetakers or personal organizers, but the U2 Mini offers a number of … Sendero GPS functionality designed for navigators who are blind. (The dictionary and GPS programs are …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld May 2014

ATIA 2006

… and more than 120 exhibitors showed products for people with a range of disabilities. This conference offered better access for people who are blind than did previous conferences. The hotel staff … refreshable braille display that is designed to give persons who are blind wireless access to their PCs, PDAs …
Jay Leventhal
AccessWorld March 2006

Complete Text of Cogswell-Macy Act

… quality special education and related services to students with visual disabilities or who are deaf or hard of hearing or deaf-blind through … Infants and Toddlers and Their Families SEC. 111. QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. SEC. 112. NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. SEC. 113. CONTENT …

The Silver Linings of the Pandemic

… grand adventure.” —English-speaking parent of an 8-year-old who is blind “I think overall, COVID has been good for us. The time I’ve had at home with my kids has given me a lot of time to think and learn … hole for us that I didn’t know was a hole because in person she could successfully complete her work. Until I had …

Accessibility and Distance Learning: An Overview

… For instance, an instructor may develop a web site with course materials and links from the web site to other … remember that distance learning courses may also require in-person meetings, proctored examinations, and printed … by participating in discussions, sharing their work, interacting in small groups, and so on. Content developed by …
Debbie Cook, Mark Harniss
AccessWorld March 2007

Adaptive Technologies for Learning and Work Environments (2nd ed.), by Joseph J. Lazzaro

… myriad assistive technologies (ATs) that are available to persons with sensory, physical, and cognitive impairments. The book, … replete with useful advice for the user with disabilities who is preparing to buy his or her first computer; for … assistive technologies (ATs) that are available to persons with sensory, physical, and cognitive impairments. The book, …
Dawn Suvino
AccessWorld September 2002

Inform & Connect Episode 9: Scott Hansen, Sr. Director, Guest Technology, Global Operations at Marriott International, Inc.

… series created to foster togetherness and camaraderie within the blindness community through informal storytelling … how do you minimize touching things and how do you minimize interacting with people? Those are the top two things that I … you. Scott Hansen: I would have full discretion to put that person in any room that I wanted, and it was based on …

When Hearing Loss Causes More Vision Loss

… way by the combination of vision and hearing loss, can, with practice and resourcefulness, be circumvented. There … equal or greater importance, identifies you to others as a person who simply does not see very well. Your other senses can be … way by the combination of vision and hearing loss, can, with practice and resourcefulness, be circumvented. There …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld February 2017

Review of the Brave Words Course by Brian Hartgen

… is a very different experience from that of a sighted person when it comes to using a computer. Everything from … is presented to the way a blind person interacts with their environment using a keyboard rather than a mouse … manner, their services tend to be in high demand. One man who has been teaching the blind community to use computers …
Jamie Pauls
AccessWorld March 2023

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