What a surreal year 2020 has been so far! I never thought I’d miss something as simple as sitting in a restaurant or going shopping at the mall. Anywhere you go, you see individuals covering their faces with medical and handmade masks. Prior to seeing everyone in masks, I had no idea how much I relied on […]
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Color-Dots Tactile Key Locators
If you’re looking for something to help orientate your hands on a keyboard, check out the Color-Dots Tactile Key Locators! These raised tactile dots are ideal for individuals with visual impairments. According to MaxiAids’ description, the Color-Dots Tactile Key Locators are an “inexpensive, reliable key location system that allows you to easily and accurately orient […]
Zooming Into a New Era
For me personally, I won’t be able to reflect on the time I was quarantined due to the Covid-19 pandemic and not think about Zoom. Zoom is a cloud-based online video communication platform that can be used for online video conference meetings, webinars, and group collaboration. In today’s world, for many of us, it has also become a platform for online school and socialization while we are under stay at home orders. Zoom is a very useful […]
Monday Tech Tip: Braille Buddy
Cody Mitchell from Irie-AT shows us the Braille Buddy, which is a Braille Embosser. Check it out here: Click here to learn more about the Braille Buddy.
SEREONIC TV Soundbox
Are you looking for a way to hear your TV with more clarity without disturbing others? The SEREONIC TV Soundbox “brings TV or audio sound directly to you.” The volume control works independently of your TV, so you are able to adjust the volume or turn it ON/OFF without it affecting volume for other viewers! […]
insideONE – Tactile Braille Tablet
Traditional tablets may be hard if not impossible to use for individuals with visual impairments. Special Needs Computer Solutions, Inc. offers many solutions, one of them being the insideONE Tactile Braille Tablet. The insideONE Tactile Braille Tablet is a “touchscreen braille PC tablet with 32-cell refreshable braille display for individuals with visual impairments.” It unites […]