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Barbie® Introduces First Blind Barbie Fashionista Doll

… doll, including the placement and writing of ‘Barbie’ in braille on the package. Eye Gaze: The doll is designed with …

The Loneliest People

… could cook, sew, knit and crochet in addition to reading braille and using the typewriter. Later she married Lydia … to supply deaf-blind individuals with such items as braillewriters, no further efforts were made on a national … to supply hearing aids, vibrator alarm clocks, typewriters, braillewriters, and other tangible aids that could encourage …

The Large Challenge of Small Devices: A First Look at the Mobile Device Landscape

… designed for people who are blind, such as the PAC Mate or BrailleNote. While the Pocket PC is in the sleep mode, … as are special-purpose devices, such as the PAC Mate or BrailleNote. In addition to downloadable manuals from Code … and a shrink-wrapped print manual and Pocket PC CD. No braille, large-print, or recorded documentation was included …
Bradley Hodges
AccessWorld May 2007

Reading by Hand: A Review of the Kurzweil-National Federation of the Blind Reader

… to the Reader itself. Each is also available in print and braille and in an audio tutorial on a CD. This documentation … with a screen reader costs about $2,000 and a PDA with a braille display costs about $5,000, the Reader has a …
Darren Burton
AccessWorld November 2006

The Liberty to Use a Computer: A Review of the FreedomBox

… in the same direction. FreedomBox does not currently offer braille support and is not available in other languages, but … there are plans to include a Spanish version and limited braille support. Calvo says that the product is going to …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld May 2006

Now They're Talking! A Review of Two Cell Phone-Based Screen Readers

… 6620 from Nokia in large-print and cassette formats, but braille and CD-ROM versions were not available at the time … access. We'll be releasing both Bluetooth QWERTY and braille keyboards to enable the end user to effortlessly …
Darren Burton
AccessWorld November 2004

Part 4 of 4

… say for the tape that I may be mistakenly thinking that the Braille 'n Speak and Braille Lite series is getting phased out. Jim Fruchterman: …

Preguntas y Respuestas con una Experta: Educación Especial y de Ensayo para Aprendices del Idioma Inglés

… read this article in English Un niño utiliza un escritor braille en su salón de clases Del escritorio de …

What Screen Readers Can Learn from Audio Games

… music, lots of weapons and monsters, realistic sounds, braille printer-ready maps, and easy-to-use keyboard …
Chris Hofstader
AccessWorld March 2006

George Kerscher: A Pioneer in Digital Talking Books Still Forging Ahead

… HumanWare was announced in the fall of 2000 to render the BrailleNote, a Windows CE-based notetaker, compatible with … E-books and read them through synthesized speech and braille. At this point, however, no product has been shown. …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld May 2001

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