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AccessWorld Takes you Back to School

… may also have some assistive technology for loan, such as braille notetakers or video magnifiers. The DSS office can … also be able to transcribe textbooks into large print or braille, or make tactile diagrams. In addition to the DSS … novels and poetry for your English classes. You can find braille-ready electronic files and digital audio versions of …
AccessWorld July 2018

Book Review: Getting Started with Android by Ana Garza and JJ Meddaugh

… TalkBack screen reader. The book is published by National Braille press and can be purchased for $24 in plain text, EPUB, DAISY, BRF, hardcopy braille, and Word format and for $26.50 in TXT, DAISY, BRF, … sort of accessible electronic technology, whether that be a braille notetaker, personal computer, tablet or other …
Aaron Preece
AccessWorld May 2017

What Is it and Where Did it Go?: Object Identification Solutions

… individual medications in bottles of different sizes. Braille labels are a popular way to label items. And you don't have to be a proficient braille reader to use these techniques. Spend a few hours learning and practicing the basic braille alphabet, and you're well on your way to using a …
Bill Holton
AccessWorld February 2017

Access to Technology and Its Challenges

… some of these high-stakes tests are only accessible with a braille display and third-party magnification, which is not … Chromebook. There are issues with ensuring our students get braille notetakers at younger ages instead of waiting until … who had been exposed to specialized devices such as braille notetakers, or to mobile devices, but who had …

Paris: Institute for Blind Youth

… an explanation of our Institute... The school where Louis Braille was to spend the rest of his life—as both pupil and … institute for blind people, and Haüy resigned. Next » Braille Invents His Code Share …

In This Issue

… named Jack. Keeping it Portable: Comparing Braille Displays on iOS Devices, Part I by Scott Davert This … series of three articles covering some of the most popular braille displays on the market discusses the Smart Beetle from HIMS and the RefreshaBraille 18 from the American Printing House for the Blind …
AccessWorld November 2017

AccessWorld Is Listening!

… your thoughts and opinions on everything from the future of braille and braille technology, to video description, to television …
AccessWorld May 2016

Reading into the Future: An Overview of the National Library Service's Digital Talking Book Test Program

… people who are blind or have low vision. In addition to the braille and audiocassette books sent by mail through the … and read via synthetic speech, magnified print, or braille. And one of the most popular sources of the past decade has been Web-Braille, the NLS site that offers the translated braille …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld November 2007

The Open Source Course: An Overview of Linux

… services. Linux is certainly a viable option for the braille or synthetic speech user today. Most of what you … you are writing in your favorite editor. Brltty, the Braille Terminal application, available at … supports many of today's refreshable braille displays. It also can be used to install Linux, and …
Janina Sajka
AccessWorld March 2003

Book Review: Learn to Use the Mac with VoiceOver: A Step-by-Step Guide for Blind Users, by Janet Ingber

… Ingber. The book is available for $20 from the National Braille Press in text, Braille, eBraille, DAISY, or MS Word. Getting Started If you ask any …
Bill Holton
AccessWorld August 2014

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