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FCC Program Connecting Deaf-Blind Americans through Technology

… flash or vibrate to indicate the ringing of a telephone, braille notetakers that connect to the Internet,and refreshable braille displays that connect to computers for e-mail and …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld May 2013

Book Review: Across Two Novembers: A Year In The Life Of A Blind Bibliophile, by David Faucheux

… a real life unfolds. We learn about his 20-year-old trusted braille notetaker and his special Dvorak keyboard (purchased … he tells us), after having grown up in the 1970s when braille books were, by today's standards, precious and rare. …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld September 2017

The Accessible Home: Is This Shampoo or Conditioner?

… the job done, and it was a lot faster than trying to get braille labeling or shepherding a complete package redesign … in the shower when your hands are wet and soapy, and braille reading skills are not required. The bottles can be …
Bill Holton
AccessWorld July 2019

National Agenda for Education

… compensatory skills and adaptive techniques—such as using braille or optical devices for written … of low vision devices, instruction in reading and writing braille, use of technology, and instruction in using graphic … at the right time." This statement is true today. Receiving braille texts several months late can make a potentially …

Helen Keller's Life and Impact

… education, and the life-changing knowledge of her beloved braille. The Helen Keller Archive includes correspondence, …
Helen Selsdon

In This Issue . . .

… Jonathan Mosen, formerly product manager for HumanWare's BrailleNote family of products, will now be working for … Huffman Finding Your Way: A Review of Sendero GPS 3.5 for BrailleNote with a New Training Guide from De Witt and … history, Candela chronicles the development of electronic braille, synthetic speech, CCTVs, and OCR systems—Tony …
AccessWorld November 2006

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… speech. The synthesizer was an Echo, and the software was Braille Edit. I continued to use that combination till 1991 …
AccessWorld May 2004

Using Technology for Reading

… work, pleasure, or just to get through the day. Learning braille and becoming proficient can take years, and at best …

Four Ways Google Is Building a More Accessible World for the Visually Impaired

… shortcut model, a new caption panel to display speech and braille output, and a new set of navigation sounds. Creating …
AFB Staff

Save the Helen Keller Archives: Day 6

… lobbied the government to print and distribute books in braille for use by the adult blind across the United States, …
Helen Selsdon

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