CrowdViz – Video Streaming Assistant for the Blind Join us for a live demonstration on August 1, 2016. Noon-1 pm EST @ Workforce and Technology Center, Room T-130 2301 Argonne Drive Baltimore, MD 21218 CrowdViz, an innovative mobile application for both Android and IOS, gives individuals who are blind or visually impaired the ability to immediately connect with […]
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This well-rated app is worth trying out, especially because it’s FREE! Color Blind Pal helps people who are color blind see the colors around them. It also lets people with normal vision see what it’s like to be color blind. Want to know what color something is? Now you don’t need to ask a friend – […]
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Schools are out (or almost out) and it’s that beautiful season of reading! Whether it’s deck reading, beach reading, or long-car-drive reading, there’s options for everyone. And for those cannot access standard print, Bookshare still makes it possible to access books! How can you read Bookshare books? Listen to books with high quality text-to-speech voices […]
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Keeble – Accessible keyboard (iOS, $19.99) Keeble is an iOS keyboard that allows users with fine motor-challenges, switch users and users with vision impairments to type in any app. The keyboard offers word prediction, timing options, Select on Release, Select on Dwell, auditory feedback and other accessibility features. It also fully supports Switch Control and […]
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Accessible Websites, Made Accessibly An Introduction to WordPress July 25, 3:00-5:00 PM Your new blog, your portfolio website, your online store – they don’t have to lock out customers. What’s more, there is no reason that you need sight to build it. WordPress is one of the most commonly used platforms for building sites, and […]
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Converting Printed Text to Digital Text: Optical Character Recognition In the Office and On the Go June 23, 8:00-10:00 a.m. Optical character recognition (OCR) has been around since the seventies, but it has only recently started to resemble the convenient, no-holds-barred conversion from a slice-of-tree page to a digital file that makes it live up […]
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