Archive for April, 2012
Battery Life with Flash Drive
Thursday, April 26th, 2012If the battery life of a digital player when used with a flash drive suddenly reduces in hours, it’s because of constant communication between the digital player and the flash drive. Whenever a flash drive is plugged into the digital player, players with the latest software upgrade will automatically report 10 fewer hours of battery life. The increased […]
Battery May Falsely Report Hours
Thursday, April 26th, 2012There have been issues with the digital player falsely reporting how much battery power it has. These players will indicate a full charge after only a couple of hours of charging, but they are only partially charged. To remedy this problem, Talking Books Plus members are recommended to leave their player plugged in as often […]
Seeking participants for text readability study
Friday, April 13th, 2012Seeking participants for text readability study Shawn Henry is studying users’ needs for customizing text (for example, increasing font size) for readability. She would like to talk with people who can see and can read, yet have difficulty reading “normal” text and thus need to specify different text characteristics in order to read effectively — […]
AFB expands website
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), the national nonprofit that expands possibilities for people with vision loss, has launched a redesign of its main website, www.afb.org. The new site offers a more interactive, engaging experience, making it easier for visitors to locate information on the topics that interest them. Like the former AFB website, […]