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The BrailleSense Polaris Mini from HIMS: A Big Product in a Small Package

… In the January 2018 issue of AccessWorld , we reviewed the BrailleSense Polaris from HIMS Inc. , a 32-cell braille notetaker running Android Lollipop 5.1. Just a few months later, the company announced the release of the BrailleSense Polaris Mini , a 20-cell version of its …
Jamie Pauls
AccessWorld March 2019

EMPLOYMENT MATTERS: NEFERTITI MATOS OLIVARES, AUDIO DESCRIPTION NARRATOR AND WRITER

… Career Change She is a lifelong reader and writer of braille, and at 36, a lifelong user of access technology. … and close walls. When she is reading a script from a braille display, that comes into the closet studio with her. Alternatively, if she’s reading from hard copy braille, that comes in. Most often, she is reading by …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld June 2022

Recording Technology Moves On

… In other cases the buildings were damaged by gunfire. Braille slates and other metal were confiscated to make munitions. Braille books were used for fuel. A number of the workshops … a little toward their support. In several countries the braille printing plants were so completely demolished that …

Product Features

… gauge Yes Internal modem No Accessories External infrared braille or QWERTY keyboard Dimensions 4.5 inches by 2.7 … standard Yes Can function as a speech synthesizer or a braille display for a computer No Plays MP3 files No …
AccessWorld July 2005

Product Features

… Yes. Internal modem: No. Accessories: External infrared braille or QWERTY keyboard. Dimensions: 4.5 inches by 2.7 … standard: Yes. Can function as a speech synthesizer or a braille display for a computer: No. Plays MP3 files: No. …
AccessWorld July 2005

Selecting Products for seniors with Vision Loss

… your recordings in four chapters divided by subject matter. Braille Senior citizens can absolutely learn braille—it is never too late to start! If you find standard braille materials difficult to work with, you might find …
Tara Annis, Lee Huffman
AccessWorld May 2011

The Second Access and Engagement to Education Survey

… and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired Braille Institute of America CNIB Foundation Council for … of Schools and Services for the Blind Humanware National Braille Press National Organization for Albinism and … Objective Ed Perkins School for the Blind Seedlings Braille Books for Children Texas School for the Blind and …

Letters to the Editor

… When I went to Holy Names Academy in 1960, I had all of my Braille and typing skills. I was fortunate enough to have a mother who learned Braille and did a lot of brailling for me.  Belief in …
AccessWorld December 2021

Editor's Page

… Word, Excel, and other applications exclusively with a braille display. Read about the process of creating these … in Atlanta, presents Part 2 of a review of the Mountbatten Brailler, an electronic braillewriter and printer used mainly in schools. In this …
AccessWorld March 2005

Problem Solving

… Options If you%27re having trouble seeing large print, braille records may be a viable option for you, and it may only be necessary to gain fluency in elementary braille—numbers and the alphabet—to log adequate records. If … long-term complication of diabetes), learning standard braille may be difficult. Jumbo braille , the braille …

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