Watch as Brian demonstrates how to use the PlexTalk digital reader device. It reads, records and bookmarks important information.! Having trouble viewing the video? Click here! Click here to visit our archived videos. To view Closed Captioning, click on the “CC” in the lower right corner of the video.
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Friday Podcast: National Library Service, David Dikter, Adding accessibility to the mainstream, Hunger Games and Universal Design for Learning, Apple iPad’s textbooks don’t go far enough, social media and disability, Hadley School for the Blind Podcasts
Information from the INDATA Project is now available via podcast! Every Friday, the INDATA Project will release two podcasts featuring new assistive technology projects. The podcasts are available for viewing on the INDATA Project website and on iTunes. The “Assistive Technology Update” is a fast-paced weekly update for AT professionals and enthusiasts. The “Accessibility Minute” is designed […]
Groovy glasses: Google to introduce augmented reality goggles
In the recent past, people have become quite used to seeing people talk to themselves in the street. Watching individuals talking with their hands, shouting or having heated conversations with apparently no one have become the norm for those who use headphones, with microphones, attached to their mobile device. Hands free, it’s all the rage. […]
Cochlear implants change the meaning of deaf
A deaf diagnoses used to mean no other option. Hearing loss was permanent. Today, children who were born deaf, are now hearing adults thanks to a little device called the cochlear implant. Surgically implanted into the ears, cochlear implants take sound waves and transform them into electrical codes the brain can read. That code is […]
Books without boundaries
Currently, fewer than five percent of the books needed by people with print disabilities are available in digital text or in Braille text formats. One online library , Bookshare, has a mission to raise the level of access of reading materials for those who have print disabilities so that they too can have a wide […]
Monday Tech Tip: Labeling buttons on an iOS device
Watch as Wade Wingler demonstrates how to label an app button on his iPhone using voiceover’s “label elements” feature. Having trouble viewing the video? Click here! Click here to visit our archived videos. To view Closed Captioning, click on the “CC” in the lower right corner of the video.