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… In addition to a PC, the service can be used with most braille notetakers and Apple computers. More information is … was new. The voice-only version of the Apex with either a braille or QWERTY input was introduced the Friday before the … are physically identical to Apex offerings that include a braille display. According to HumanWare, voice-only versions …
AccessWorld August 2010

In This Issue

… and read books on their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Braille News First Ever Braille Summit: Review of an Extraordinary Conference from … that had a definite focus and that netted results. National Braille Press Presents the 2012 Touch of Genius Prize for …
AccessWorld August 2013

Accident in the Workshop

… Close-up of the wooden sign on the side of Louis Braille's house. The sign reads "Braille Bourlier." Bourlier means harness maker. No date. …

Letters to the Editor

… Editor, I enjoyed the article, The Quest for "The Holy Braille" Full-Page Refreshable Braille Display: An Interview with Alex Russomanno , by … you very much for sharing this information.? We just got a Braille Note Touch in the office last fall and I like it a …
AccessWorld February 2017

The HumanWare BrailleNote Touch: A Braille Tablet for the 21st Century

… assistive technology device for blind people known as the BrailleNote. Based on the Windows CE platform, and overlaid with an interface known as KeySoft, the BrailleNote took notetakers for the blind to a whole new level. Students used the BrailleNote in school, and professionals used it in the …
Jamie Pauls
AccessWorld August 2016

Scratch That: A Review of Scratchpad, the New Notetaking Feature on the Focus Fifth Generation Braille Displays

… , I reviewed the new Focus 14 and 40 Fifth Generation braille displays from the VFO Group. In May 2018, the VFO … the convention first established with the release of the Braille N Speak. I was able to type as fast as I liked in contracted braille without experiencing lag or mistakes. Editing what I …
Scott Davert
AccessWorld July 2018

GPS...I don't remember that fraternity

… online technology magazine—review< of Sendero GPS 3.5 for BrailleNote. Now, back to school. Florida State University … In order to use these systems, students must have upgraded Braille Note notetakers which are basically small computers with a one-line Braille display and a Braille-input keypad. Then they can …
Carl Augusto

Going to the Dogs Doesn't Mean a Life Without Computer Access

… dormitory, one immediate highlight was a quiet room whose braille signage reads simply Computer Room. Here, students … to a laser printer, and another is linked to an Index Basic braille embosser. (All the stations include Duxbury Braille Translation software.) Finding Your Identity To …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld July 2002

Seven Blind Women You Should Know About for Women's History Month

… for the Blind. She was coauthor, with Gertrude T. Rider, of Braille Transcribing: A Manual (1925), which they created to … the Library of Congress, where Hoyt served as director of braille transcribing. In 1930, Hoyt testified before a … of the Pratt-Smoot Law, which created federal funding for braille books. She trained and certified more than 2,000 …
Elizabeth Neal, Helen Selsdon

64 Oz. Games Promotes Braille Literacy and Fun At the Same Time

… kit for each game. He uses a 3D printer to place braille on dice, adhesive braille labels to be placed on game cards, and sleeves for … each card if the blind player does not wish to place the braille label directly on the card itself. The cost of each …
Jamie Pauls
AccessWorld November 2015

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