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Always Moving Forward:An Interview with Larry Lewis

… putting his hands on information delivered by refreshable braille. He was an eighth grader visiting his resource … children when his teacher showed him a tape-based VersaBraille. "You could read the whole World Book Encyclopedia … to play in the delivery of information through refreshable braille to countless blind people, but two things would …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld May 2002

Guidelines for Prescription Labeling

… Appendix 6. Blindness/Vision Loss Organizations Appendix 7. Braille Transcription Services Links Appendix 8. Vision … CMI. Who may require enhanced magnification. Who are braille readers (only a small percentage of people with … Internet access. Provide consumer medication information in braille or refer to service that provides braille …

Elevator Control Systems

… you couldn't read the buttons or see which floor you're on? Braille markings, mandated by law, have helped people who … but not everyone with vision loss knows how to read braille. A few small adjustments can make elevators easier …

KeySoft 6.1: A Noteworthy Upgrade for Your HumanWare PDA

… who had grown up with only a slate and stylus and a Perkins Brailler were grateful. The liberty afforded by electronic … even more sophisticated. Rather than writing exclusively in braille, devices at the turn of the 21st century gave us the … all--to carry around the equivalent of multiple shelves of braille volumes almost effortlessly. The most serious …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld July 2005

ATIA 2020 Wrap-Up: What's New and Noteworthy at the Assistive Technology Industry Association Conference

… will be presented with a list of product categories such as Braille Displays or Video Magnifiers. When viewing products, … the app as possible were still being formulated. HIMS: The Braille Sense Polaris Sees a Major Update In addition to a recent update for the HIMS QBraille, a 40-cell braille display that includes QWERTY-like …
Aaron Preece
AccessWorld February 2020

New Design for Medicare Cards Raises Accessibility Questions for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired

… be made available in a variety of formats including braille, large-print, audio, and electronic text so that the … with the new Medicare card, letters will be sent out in braille and large print to anyone who CMS identifies as … let them know that you would like to have this material in braille or large print. The new patient portal where you can …
Jamie Pauls

Creating Tactile Books

… a flat side that can easily be labeled with a color word in braille. A screen board (a piece of window screen securely … your child. Verbalize sounds and words as you write on the braillewriter. Let your child write a "word" or a "sentence" below yours by pressing random keys on the brailler. Or, if he already knows some words or letters, he …

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… at the American Foundation for the Blind, reviews two braille displays—ALVA's Satellite Traveler and Pulse Data/HumanWare's Braille Star. Several new braille displays have come on the market in recent months …
AccessWorld July 2002

Book Review: Getting Started with the iPhone: An Introduction for Blind Users, by Anna Dresner and Dean Martineau

… with the iPhone: An Introduction for Blind Users (National Braille Press). It struck me that reviewing the book as a … other resources. The book is available as three soft-bound braille volumes or as three corresponding digital files that can be loaded into any braille-aware device. Even before turning on my iPhone 4, I …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld June 2011

Book Review: iOS Access for All (iOS 12 edition) by Shelly Brisbin

… begin absorbing information. Seldom do I hold a hard-copy braille volume in my lap anymore. These days, I either read with my refreshable braille display, or using audio whether it be … or two you may not know. For example, I am an avid fan of braille screen input when it comes to typing on my iPhone. …
Jamie Pauls
AccessWorld March 2019

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