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ATIA 2006

… The hotel staff were well trained and helpful, and braille menus were available in hotel restaurants. Red … packets. In addition, the covers of the volumes of the braille conference program contained only raised print. This … format was convenient for sighted people, but meant that braille readers had to open the volumes to find out what …
Jay Leventhal
AccessWorld March 2006

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… are blind themselves and who bring expertise in the use of braille and speech technology. Another feature of Optelec's … from Optelec's holdings, the Tieman line of refreshable braille displays, along with Dolphin's screen-reading … 30, 2004, Optelec and Dolphin are promoting a package of Braille Voyager plus Supernova at a considerably reduced …
AccessWorld July 2004

Learning to Play a Musical Instrument: Resources for People who are Blind or Visually Impaired

… play an instrument and/or learning to read large print or braille music is the Music Section of the National Library … Handicapped (NLS). At the NLS, you'll find large print and braille books available for instruction in reading print or braille music. The library has audio cassette, large print, …
Janet Ingber
AccessWorld June 2012

Holiday Gifts Continued (December 2021)

… Alexa, it is completely accessible and entertaining. Some braille displays can be paired with a Fire tablet, thus … Access audio tutorial as part of your gift. All about that braille Readers and writers of braille love anything connected with braille, and there are …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld AccessWorld Premium Content

History of Education of People Who Are Visually Impaired

… writing) for use by French soldiers at night. 1809 Louis Braille is born in Coupvray, France. 1817 The American … first U.S. patent for a typewriter is issued. 1829 Louis Braille publishes an explanation of his embossed dot code, … the United States, is printed in Philadelphia. 1834 Louis Braille perfects the literary braille code. 1835 Acts of the …

Accessible Toys for the Young and Young at Heart with Vision Loss

… such toys are tactile in nature, and some even come with braille or other tactile markings. Lindenwood, Inc. has manufactured the popular Uncle Goose braille blocks for over 20 years. These wooden blocks include embossed braille letters or numbers, depending on the set chosen, and …
J.J. Meddaugh
AccessWorld November 2010

A Profile of Dr. Daniel Zingaro, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

… a computer (not yet one that could speak to him or show him braille) and crafting a math game that played a happy tune … college students to develop computer programs. With a braille display in his hands, he rapidly types code that a … of their responses are available to him on the same braille display, enabling him to adjust the pace of …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld August 2019

Screen Readers

… on the computer screen with a speech synthesizer or braille display. A screen reader is the interface between … different combinations of keys on the computer keyboard or braille display to instruct the speech synthesizer what to … the applications you plan to use? Does it work with your braille display? What keystrokes or gestures are used for …

AccessWorld News

… including Semantic HTML, audio, ePub, and electronic Braille. It provides educators with guidance for improving … for using iOS with accessibility features Amazon Adds Braille Support to VoiceView for Fire Tablets and Magnification to Fire TV Amazon has added support for braille displays through the VoiceView screen reader …
AccessWorld October 2017

Letters to the Editor

… Editor, The article, Making the Transition from English Braille to UEB by Jamie Pauls, mentions use of contractions that look different to those in English Braille American Edition (EBAE.) I've read British contracted braille for many years and suspect that the decision to use …
AccessWorld February 2016

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