… Deborah Kendrick's April article entitled The Future of Braille Technology: Perspectives and Implications . I have been a braille reader since I was four years old. I much prefer it … output. In fact, I would not care if everything was in braille instead of speech output. I imagine braille costs a …
AccessWorld May 2013
… "More than a Line: What the Future Holds for Refreshable Braille." For many years at AFB, the tech department had a dream under its director Doug Mauer of a full page braille display. It was seen by him and others (i.e. the … chalice for people who are blind. Now, the multi-line braille is so fast. Do we really need a full page? The cost, …
AccessWorld March 2013
… on the wrist. What made it extraordinary was that it was a braille watch, a watch whose crystal lifted up discretely, … with added accessibility features. Besides large print or braille playing cards, the NFB Independence Market sells a number of games with braille and high-contrast markings including Cribbage, Phase …
AccessWorld November 2017
… directing all incoming phone calls. He uses JAWS, two QBraille XL displays, and a system called Accessaphone. The … egg cartons line the walls and his desk holds a laptop, braille display, and his Matias keyboard for controlling the … the biggest challenge early on was figuring out how to read braille without the act of reading being heard! Back in 1993 …
AccessWorld April 2020
… Reader software with the newest version of Pulse Data's BrailleNote, a personal data assistant based on Microsoft's … free software is designed to provide immediate speech or braille output of e-books, which can be downloaded from … more information, contact the North American distributor of BrailleNote: HumanWare; phone: 800-722-3393 or 216-381-8106; …
AccessWorld March 2001
… when a friend's parent signed me up for a subscription to a braille magazine for preteen girls. Every month, through the … you might consider signing them up for one of the dozens of braille and audio magazines available free of charge through … (audio) or PC World, Parenting, Playboy or Spider (braille), and many others for both kids and adults. If your …
AccessWorld December 2018
… a line of low vision and blindness products, including braille displays and magnifiers, but the single combination … many times as you might want it to be—on an Index braille embosser. In other words, this was a combination of … emboss. Images can be labeled in contracted or uncontracted braille. For additional or in-depth labeling, the software …
AccessWorld November 2014
… some similar initiatives under consideration. Ideas about Braille Displays I enjoyed the articles about cell phone access and refreshable braille in the November 2004 issue. I would like to share a … which has the unique feature of having a second vertical braille display which shows which lines of the screen have …
AccessWorld March 2005
… Who may require enhanced magnification. Who are braille readers. Who has access to Internet resources. Who … Internet access. Provide consumer medication information in braille or refer to service that provides braille "translation" for individuals who can read braille. …
… varying learning styles, too. You can read lessons from a braille book, listen to a friendly voice on tape, or sit at … for Windows Quick and Easy , also available from National Braille Press. For blind users already comfortable with … Intermediate Guide for Blind Users is available in either 3 braille volumes or one floppy disk in Portabook format. The …
AccessWorld July 2001