Accessibility
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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 — […]
Free app replaces cell phone keyboard
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012Entering text on an accessible phone has become easier. Soon to be released, an app has been developed at Georgia Institute of Technology called Braille Touch. It speaks letters aloud. This touch-screen Braille keyboard allowed a visually impaired person to type at a rate of 32 words per minute. Virtual keyboards and soft keyboards such as Apple’s voice-over keyboard tend […]
Accessible phone to read eBooks
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012A librarian from Iowa Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped says “one of the best resources for a new user of the iPhone and VoiceOver is the book written by Anna Dresner and Dean Martineau, called Getting Started with the iPhone. It’s available from National Braille Press in electronic text and Braille.”
HTML version of Facebook
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012The following is quoted from a Librarian. There’s an HTML version of Facebook that’s really easy to use without the pop ups. I’m totally blind and when I first started using facebook I hated it until I found that link. Now I love it.
Facebook for the Blind
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012Ever wonder how to use Facebook. There are 2 sites that help those who don’t have a clue or have a screen reader and need some help. One site is on Facebook and the other, keystrokes for getting around on Facebook , was found by way of a talkng books librarian’s listserv. Be sure to check out […]
Screen Reader Intro
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011There is a plethora of assistive technology links listed on Disability.gov. The first in a series of selected links from the list is posted here. Watch for future postings of links on this blog or visit the Disability.gov site to browse the entire list. An Introduction to the Screen Reader – A 6 minute video demonstrating how screen readers assist people who are […]
White House Accessibility Initiatives
Friday, May 6th, 2011Obama’s executive order is “recruitment, advancement, and retention of employees with disabilities.” His administration has made the federal government the leading employer of people with disabilities. For more information, visit the White House website on disability issues.
Access Mini-Grants
Friday, February 4th, 2011The Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities at Rhode Island College announces the 2011 Sherlock Center AAA (Access for All Abilities) mini-grants. Applicants must be organizations and businesses offering social, recreational, leisure and cultural actitivities in RI communities. The application is available on the Sherlock Center website or call (401) 456-8072 .
Edison and Disability Employment
Thursday, October 15th, 2009October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The Library of Congress has a display of items from its collection regarding the contributions of persons with a wide range of disabilities. This exhibit has been displayed annually since October 2006. Did you know that Thomas A. Edison held the record for obtaining the most U.S. patents in his time? He […]
Equal and not separate Reading Rights
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009The Reading Rights Coalition is a collaborative effort by 30 nationally recognized organizations that represent those who cannot read print. The coalition members believe access to the written word is the cornerstone of education and democracy and that new technologies must serve individuals with disabilities, not impede them. Ths group protests the threatened removal of […]
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