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Open Channels

… in inkprint, cost $30 to $40 in embossed type. Within 24 hours, Holmes' letter evoked a reply: "I saw your communication today and as I am interested in doing … of hope and encouragement. He filled its pages with success stories about blind people making good, not merely in such …

You Can Take It with You: A Review of Three Portable CCTVs

… even further, to give the user more flexibility, and to encourage better reading posture. The Bottom Line The Olympia … on screen size). Weighing less than 2 pounds, with a 2-hour rechargeable battery (also runs on AC), the Traveller is … to make it clear how to use Pico for writing. In addition, our research and development team is evaluating product …
Carol Farrenkopf
AccessWorld July 2004

The New Breed

… sent on leaving the hospital. A short intensive training course is proposed, in which the man would continue the … vending stand sales, or agricultural activities. It is our feeling that every opportunity should be given the … out at the highest government level and formalized in a four-party agreement approved by Franklin D. Roosevelt on …

The Workshops

… over a century. The workshop was "not intended to be a source of gain to the Institution; on the contrary, it must … for the blind; its major product was brooms. In the course of pressing for passage of the Act, he had met and … labor practice codes, including minimum wages and maximum hours. The sheltered workshops, both those for the blind and …

Don't Touch That Dial: Interviews with People in Radio

… WQHR is a contemporary station," Rebscher said. "A lot of our material is satellite fed." Caption: Andy Rebscher is … Administration] because that's one of the things you do if your power lights fail. We have 15 days to fix it." … group meets four times a year, has dinner, and discusses stories, and they went to London several years ago. In …
Janet Ingber
AccessWorld July 2005

The Birthright of Every Child

… school, l'Institution Nationale des Jeunes Aveugles. Then four decades old, it had been founded a few years before the … who had also improvised ways of educating themselves. Encouraged, Haüy sought out a promising seventeen-year-old, … the children wore these blindfolds when Howe took them on tour, as he soon began to do. His school was only four years …

Press Room

… media queries or to arrange an interview with one of our experts, please contact: Tony Stephens AFB … In her new role, Ms. McGonigle will oversee all of AFB’s resource development with a focus on bolstering philanthropic … Virginia. AFB Announces Editorial Transition for Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness WASHINGTON, D.C. …

The Showcase of the Blind

… supported by philanthropic or tax funds. There were, of course, exceptions: mettlesome souls who broke out of these … people in the belief that their example would not only encourage others but would persuade society to open new doors … the Twenties that failed to feature one or more success stories. Two of the Foundation's first published pamphlets …

Stepping Over The Threshold: Windows 10 in 10,000 Words, Thoroughly Reviewed

… another year that we once again face the cycle of upgrading our computers. You're probably familiar with this cycle: You … part of the action center, making it a more unified design. Our Journey, Together How have these problems been addressed in …
Tamas Geczy
AccessWorld August 2015

Language of the Fingers

… print medium for the blind in the United States for four or five decades, served for secular literature as well. … in 1854, Dr. Simon Pollak, one of the founders of the Missouri School for the Blind, was traveling in Europe. He … at Evergreen, where she trained volunteers to braille stories, news reports, and anything else the trainees asked …

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