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Posted in Assistive Technology, AT News, Blind/Low Vision Aids , Tech Tip Tuesday on Mar 24th, 2015
A weekend with the Blaze EZ Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP First, HIMS made the BookSense. It was a fine little device which could play all of your books and media. It’s the pocket-sized version of the large, but free, Digital Talking Book player available from the National Library Service for the […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT Events, AT News, Conferences, Education, Tech Tip Tuesday on Mar 17th, 2015
CSUN 2015 Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP During the first week of March, MDTAP staff attended the 30th Annual International Conference on People with Disabilities. Everyone in the know seems to simply call it “CSUN,” referring to Cal State North Ridge. CSUN brings together thousands of participants from around the world. It […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT Funding, AT News, Blind/Low Vision Aids , Information Technology, Tech Tip Tuesday on Feb 24th, 2015
NVDA 2015.1 Has Arrived Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP Keeping to their regular milestone schedule, the folks at NV-Access (Non Visual Desktop Access) have released the first official release of the popular NVDA screenreader of 2015. The unimaginative yet descriptive title of NVDA 2015.1 can’t lead you astray. If you are […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, Blind/Low Vision Aids , Education, Tech Tip Tuesday on Feb 10th, 2015
Turning Your iPad Into a Braille Writer Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP Writing Braille on an iDevice is not new. It all started back with BrailleTouch, which would copy text you had written into any app. Then there came mBraille, which expanded upon this idea with many powerful features. With iOS7 came […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT News, Education, Tech Tip Tuesday on Feb 3rd, 2015
There’s a new book on the market that might be of interest to the AT Blog readers – The Home that Watches over Your Parents Product category: Activity tracking home sensor systems. Goals: Do these products work? Which ones are best? And for which types of people are they suitable? For whom is this work useful: Friends and […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, Blind/Low Vision Aids , Information Technology, Tech Tip Tuesday on Jan 27th, 2015
Sighted Assistance From BeMyEyes Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator I just used BeMyEyes for the first time. It is a straight forward utility app which connects a sighted volunteer with a blind user. Through use of the back camera of an iPhone and the microphone, the sighted volunteer can give spoken guidance in […]
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