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2016 AccessWorld Gift Guide for Recipients with Visual Impairments

… AccessWorld try to help jumpstart your creativity each year with some ideas that will be fun to give to people with … cane, however, is entirely free of charge to any blind person requesting it. Actually, it is more than one, since … of games and toys designed for children as well as adults who are blind. Here are some of my favorites available in …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld December 2016

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… organization that recycles computers for use by people with disabilities. Dr. Rizer replaced Dr. Harry J. Murphy, who retired on March 31, 2000. For more information, … manage, and format documents and tables, use Word Help, and personalize Word for Microsoft Word97 and 2000. The tutorial …
AccessWorld January 2001

Untold RPG for iOS: Playability and Accessibility

… have been games created originally for sighted players, with accessibility for the blind coming later. Often, the … not only possible, but also a real pleasure for players who are blind. One such game is Untold RPG , a role-playing … Through the course of the game you meet another person who has also shared your experiences of being …
Jamie Pauls
AccessWorld May 2021

Don't Touch That Dial: Interviews with People in Radio

… work both in front of the microphone and behind the scenes. With assistive technology, it is possible for a person who is visually impaired to do a variety of jobs … favorite part of the job was listening to the music and interacting with the listeners. "We used to do little focus …
Janet Ingber
AccessWorld July 2005

Legends and Pioneers of Blindness Assistive Technology, Part 1

… The conference was devoted to instructing professionals who work with people who are blind or have low vision to use the … began to think, wouldn't it be wonderful to hear the first-person account of the history of blindness assistive …
Anthony Candela
AccessWorld July 2006

Chase Crispin: Becoming Employed As a Blind Adult

… way in his 23 years on the planet. That technology, along with a lot of hard work and attention to detail, has enabled Crispin to become a gainfully employed young man who just happens to be totally blind. In the following … another college, a professor expressed doubts about a blind person being able to successfully teach music. NWU had no …
Jamie Pauls
AccessWorld October 2020

CSUN 2004

… For a number of years now, the Technology and Persons with Disabilities conference, hosted by the Center … certainly is one of the friendliest conferences to people who are blind or visually impaired. Conference materials are …
Jay Leventhal, Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld May 2004

AFB Town Hall #2: Employment and Technology

… a wealth of information on timely topics important to those with visual impairments, family members, educators, … bring home my desktop or reload it on my laptop that is my personal laptop?" Or "Hey, employer, I'm used to going to … Those are some of the ways that participants were interacting with new technologies to maintain their social …

Control Your Thermostat from Almost Anywhere? There's an App for That: An Evaluation of the Nest Thermostat

… some mainstream products together that would allow a person who is blind or visually impaired to control the temperature … sound like little more than wishful thinking. Today, with the proliferation of smartphones and more than half a …
John Rempel
AccessWorld December 2012

Mobile Connected Health Devices: The Future of Health Technology?

… televisions, and medical devices used to be controlled with analog knobs and switches. These controls each had a … using the app visually as well. Overall, a determined person could use most of this app's features with a screen … Flex in the The Fitbit Flex Offers Access for Blind People Who Want to Track Their Fitness . The Fitbit One is very …
Aaron Preece, William Reuschel
AccessWorld November 2014

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