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View Post: Blind Assistive Technology - Disaboom
20 Aug 2009 by Lori Batcheller  
Information about various kinds of blind assistive technology to help people with vision impairments with daily life. ... Other Blind Assistive Technology In addition to computers and other devices, talking clocks and thermometers, specialized bar code scanners, and palm pilots all make daily life, education and employment more accessible for people with vision impairments. For More Assistive Technology Information Access Watch by Jamie Pauls ...
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View Post: Inclusivity and technology
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View Post: 10 Simple Web Accessibility Tips You Can Do Today
21 hours ago by Jacob Gube  
Perhaps the best way to fully understand universal design on the web is to see an actual person use a website with assistive technologies. If you don't know of a person with a form of disability that affects their ability to use the web, there are many simulators online that will help ... To see if the colors you've chosen are universally accessible to individuals with vision impairments, check out the list of tools for evaluating colors I've put together a while back. ...
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View Post: FWD/Forward » Question Time: Fantasy Assistive Devices
26 Nov 2009 by lauredhel  
In the rewrite of Metroid Prime in my head, Samus Aran has mobility impairments and the Zero Suit is a standard-model assistive device. The Varia Suit is what it looks like when she's done modding it so she's a bad ass super hero. Blam! .... Oh, I entirely forgot to list the blindness-related devices I'd want. Give me Samantha's GPS device please. (By the way, pedestrian GPS devices already exist, but they aren't yet too good and rather expensive. ...
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View Post: Press Releases/Advisories - A Visionary in Vision Restoration Research
30 Aug 2009
The center supports multidisciplinary research and clinical programs dedicated to discovering and delivering new cures for blindness and vision impairment through basic and clinical research, especially for those with problems affecting ... BrainPort, manufactured by Wicab, Inc., is an investigational assistive device for orientation, mobility, object identification and spot reading. It enables perception of visual information using a tongue-and-camera system as a paired ...
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View Post: UK: Point, Shoot, Listen
17 Nov 2009 by webadmin@intel.com  
In the UK alone, there are an estimated six million people with dyslexia and two million people with visual impairments such as partial sightedness or blindness, for whom reading printed words is difficult or impossible. The Intel® Reader works by pointing it at a page of text, ... Both the British Dyslexia Association and the Royal National Institute of Blind People have announced their support of the Intel® Reader as an important advance in assistive technology. ...
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View Post: Friday News Feed (12.04.2009) « The ASSET Blog
7 hours ago by Joel  
E-reader technology is changing fast, and manufacturers are aiming to address the devices' drawbacks. “If you have the disposable income and love technology — not books — you should get a dedicated e-reader,” says Bob LiVolsi, the founder of .... Assistive technology solutions are expanding at a phenomenal pace to meet the needs of those faced with physical and developmental challenges. At The Key Connection, we began developing new products for low vision in 1991. ...
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View Post: abledbody: news, insights and reviews on disability and assistive ...
16 Nov 2009 by abledbody  
The Kindle, for example, is widely used and should be redesigned to make it more useful for people with vision impairments. A company should not, instead, design a Kindle just for the blind. And, let's keep up with the technology evolution, please. ... Even better, open source assistive technology, which can be used by everyone regardless of their device or location (typically with a jump drive) — so students can take the assistive technology home with them. ...
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View Post: Intel® Reader Launches in the UK: Bringing Printed Text to Spoken Word
17 Nov 2009
In the UK, there are an estimated six million people with dyslexia or other specific learning difficulties and two million people with visual impairments such as partial sightedness or blindness, for whom reading printed words is difficult or impossible. The Intel Reader, which is about the size ... The British Dyslexia Association (BDA) and the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) both support the Intel Reader as an important advance in assistive technology. ...
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View Post: iPod nano Vs. iPod touch: Which Is Better For Blind Users?
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5 Nov 2009 by Kyle Buckley   ...
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