… Orbit Reader 20 Plus , an update of the company's initial Braille display offering, was demoed with several new … alarm clock, and calendar. It also features on-board Braille translation with support for over 40 languages. … it was not possible to translate between print and Braille without using a computer or another device. Now you …
AccessWorld April 2020
… Kendrick The Device That Refreshes: How to Buy a Braille Display If you're thinking about spending several thousand dollars on a refreshable braille display, you'll want to check out these tips, the … assistant) may be just the thing for people who don't use braille and who want their lives to be more organized—Janet …
AccessWorld November 2004
… division of the Library of Congress, which has distributed braille and recorded books nationwide since it was founded … are contained on a single cartridge bearing print and braille label information, which can be popped into the … are large, distinctly shaped, brightly colored, and have braille indicators adjacent to them. Play/stop, for …
AccessWorld August 2010
… (NLS) released their BARD Mobile iOS app in September. The Braille and Audio Reading Download service offers both recorded and braille versions of popular books and magazines. Before the … when Sendero charged $1,600 for their GPS program for the BrailleNote or the nearly $900 original cost of a Trekker …
AccessWorld January 2014
… been accessing books via synthetic speech and refreshable braille for well over three decades. I can still recall my first exposure to an electronic book and using a Versa-Braille to access it. It's equally ironic that many of the … for those who are low vision as well as for speech and braille users. While it is not the intent of this article to …
AccessWorld July 2012
… he lost all of it. Growing up in California, Jim learned braille at an early age and his academic prowess was matched … became Jim’s fulltime reader. Although Jim became an avid braille reader at an early age, he never became proficient with a braille slate and stylus. In law school, he recorded …
AccessWorld May 2021
… captured the imagination of the mainstream media, including braille personal digital assistants (PDAs) and portable … great enough to warrant such an outlay of cash. What About Braille? Why did the Reader receive so much attention from … of media coverage was the occasional false assumption that braille would now be replaced. Independence and a good …
AccessWorld November 2006
… that play DAISY and other digital talking books. Think of a braille notetaker/personal organizer that revolutionized the way braille users can manage files, access e-mail, and read … shook up the nascent notetaker market by introducing the BrailleNote and VoiceNote in 2000, the first PDAs based on …
AccessWorld May 2005
… <www.carroll.org>. Make Sense of Microsoft XP National Braille Press recently released two books about XP, the … for configuring Word XP to work well with speech and braille. The publication is available in braille (one small volume) or PortaBook for a cost of $5. …
AccessWorld March 2004
… that ran on Apple computers. Term-Talk, File-Talk, and Braille-Talk will be familiar names to blind and visually … to get it right than to do it quickly. The addition of braille support to Window-Eyes is one example. GW Micro recognized the importance of braille support in a Windows- based screen-reading program, …
AccessWorld January 2002