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Monthly Archive for November, 2013

Got an Android? Like free apps? Then we’ve got you covered. Especially if you’re looking for an easy-to-use, FREE currency identifier. Google recently released the IDEAL Currency Identifier with support from NIDRR, the Wireless Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center, and others. Available for identifying U.S. currency for anyone with vision impairments, the IDEAL ID’er app requires that text-to-speech […]

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It’s our favorite time of the week, and I don’t just mean that because it’s Friday…AT in the news for 11/11 – 11/16 Military caregiving webinar on assistive technologies slated for Dec. 12 An advocate and a broker for the disabled Disability technology: Is the future already here? It’s Wounded Warriors Month at V-Linc and […]

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It’s that time of year when we start thinking about all those wonderful holiday presents, especially all the goodies that we can buy for the children in our lives. But for many families that have children with disabilities, simply affording necessary medical equipment can be a challenge – things like adapted strollers, pediatric gait trainers, […]

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Decorative Images Difficulty: Advanced Category: Content Presentation In some cases images are used to convey a mood, feeling, or non-literal content – something to make the page more friendly, personable, or visually pleasing. It is often difficult to convey meaningful alternative text for such images in a way that is useful for someone that cannot […]

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Odin Mobile – Mobile Phone service for the blind and visually impaired Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP At MDTAP, we are frequently asked about cellphones which are accessible to the visually impaired.  While the iPhone and even many Android phones are accessible, the high cost and complexity of smart phones, can, in […]

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AT in the news for the week of 11/4 – 11/8 Extending the Accessibility of Multimedia Content Titan arm assistive exoskeleton wins 2013 James Dyson award Simulators bring real world results Online vocational program debuts for developmentally disabled Tablets For Blind Children Program Broadway’s Gershwin Theater in New York Installs Hearing Loop from Listen Technologies […]

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