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Windows 8 and Accessibility

Many of us are aware that Microsoft is preparing the next version of its Windows Operating System (OS). for those of us interest in assistive technology the big question is what they are building in the the new OS in terms of its accessibility. Here’s a few...

Comparison of screen readers from Wikipedia

Assistive Technology, Jaws for Windows, Screen Readers, visual impairment

Found this on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and thought it might be useful for you, my website visitors.Screen readers are a form of assistive technology.Contents1 Contemporary screen readers2 Unfinished Screenreader Projects3 Historical interest4...

Refreshable Braille display

Assistive Technology, Screen Readers, visual impairment

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaRefreshable Braille displayBraille display combined with a keyboard.A refreshable Braille display or Braille terminal is an electro-mechanical device for displaying Braille characters, usually by means of raising dots through holes...

Rebecca liberated me from the indignity of being relegated to the group of the unteachable

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Learning to use the computer is difficult enough for anyone with good vision talk less of me with blind eye and partial vision in the other. I was lucky to have Rebecca as my coach who liberated me from the indignity of being relegated to the group of the unteachable....

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