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Jim Bliss

… Plus calculator, the first talking calculator; the VersaBraille, a computer with a braille keyboard and braille display; the Vantage, a black-and-white …

Employment Matters: Audrey Joy Levine: Self-Employed Music Professional

… retinitis pigmentosa. Her mom was dating someone who made braille blocks when Audrey was only two years old, so her braille instruction began. When she was three, her mom … school, she was enrolled in a public school, and learned braille and all the other necessary skills a blind child …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld May 2020

Out and About: Our Favorite iOS Travel Apps, by Judy Dixon and Doug Wakefield: A Book Review

… even if you don't want to leave home at all—the National Braille Press, with the superb talent of authors Judy Dixon … awesome power of your iOS device. The small-format 80-page braille book (also available for download for braille and non-braille-reading fans alike) is aimed at …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld May 2015

AccessWorld News

… accountable for vital services and instruction, such as braille, orientation and mobility, the provision of low … instruction in communication and productivity (including braille instruction and assistive technology proficiency … HumanWare, in partnership with Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille (INLB), has unveiled the HumanWare Communicator, the …
AccessWorld August 2012

Nothing 'Wimpy' About Including Customers with Vision Loss

… African burger chain, "Wimpy," cleverly promoting their braille menus . It really is pretty neat—they've created braille text on their burger buns using sesame seeds. The braille spells out phrases such as "100% pure beef burger …
Joe Strechay

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… Training in such skills as braille and use of assistive technology is essential for … to participate in society and to find and hold a job. A braille reader has direct access to the spelling of new … in Atlanta and AFB's representative on the board of the Braille Authority of North America, evaluates Speech …
AccessWorld November 2003

AccessWorld Recognizes February as Low Vision Awareness Month and Encourages Seniors to Adopt Technology

… celebrated the birthday and life's work of Louis Braille. I hope everyone had a chance to visit The Louis Braille Museum on the AFB website , and read The Reading … full text of Jean Roblin's classic 1952 biography of Louis Braille, and Braille, the Magic Wand of the Blind , Helen …
AccessWorld February 2018

AccessWorld Recognizes February as Low Vision Awareness Month and Encourages Seniors to Adopt Access Technology

… celebrated the birthday and life's work of Louis Braille. I hope everyone had a chance to visit The Louis Braille Museum on the AFB website , and read The Reading … full text of Jean Roblin's classic 1952 biography of Louis Braille, and Braille, the Magic Wand of the Blind , Helen …
AccessWorld February 2016

AccessWorld News

… are not displayed on the screen for review, or for use by braille users. Users can select an image from their device's … for blind and visually-impaired pedestrians. 2016 Louis Braille Touch of Genius Prize for Innovation?Award of Up to $20,000 The 2016 Louis Braille Touch of Genius Prize for Innovation will be awarded …
AccessWorld December 2016

Speech for the Sorbonne, delivered before the Sorbonne at Paris, France (June 21, 1952)

… In our small way we the blind are as indebted to Louis Braille as mankind is to Gutenberg. It is true that the dot … the world's literature, philosophy and science. But Louis Braille's magic wand of six dots has conjured up for us … up among the blind in all lands, and through international Braille they weave words of kinship with each other and with …

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