12 really cool reasons to get OS X Snow Leopard | News | TechRadar UK, including support for about 40 Braille displays.
‘BrainPort’ research project seeks nationwide for participants | savannahnow.com – Pittsburgh medical research targets blinded veterans.
CALVERT TRUST KIELDER Kielder, Northumberland. – on the whole highly praised as a holiday/vacation destination for disabled people, but lack of induction loops and braille signage.
‘Caterpillar’ the first Arabic Braille children’s book – Daily Newws, Egypt
Clock Sheet tells you the time | Gadgets and Technology – and it’s tactile.
CodeProject: See your name in Braille. Free source code and programming help – some Javascript to convert text to braille.
Code Factory: Products – Screen readers – Overview – here you can find out which screen reader is compatible with your mobile device.
Computer mice for the blind: Feeling in the dark | The Economist tactile mouse helps blind people to feel graphs and graphics.
Culture: Braille, To See the Unseen The Foreign Exchange – challenges and advantages of using Chinese Braille in Taiwan.
Dolphin Computer Access major upgrade for all version 11 users of SuperNova Screen Reader Magnifier, Hal Screen Reader, Lunar Screen Magnifier and LunarPlus Enhanced Screen Magnifier
Downloadable Braille Materials – educational files.
DR on dealing with GOJ border fingerprinting: sandpaper down your fingers – debito.org Blog Archive – confuse the Japanese Government’s mass fingerprinting operation, and feel Braille more accurately too.
Elves send letters from Santa — in Braille — baltimoresun.com – don’t tell the kids the NFB dealt with them, though!
Experience what is on screen with Sense | Wyrd – multi-sensory device allows experience of smells, tastes, textures, and can handle Braille.
Faithful volunteers make Braille Bibles possible – DailyBulletin.com – Lutherans in Canada produce large print and Braille Bibles for free distribution world-wide.
Feel by Blend Apparel [hands-on review] :: Hide Your Arms – Braille t-shirt that says “feel”? Surely some discretion needed?
Flat World Knowledge announces partnership with Bookshare – The CITE: – this will make textbooks easier to obtain by students with visual impairments.
For Those with Special Needs | Information-Online – some USA venues and the provisions they make for disabled people.
Fox Creek Wines Pty Ltd | News / Events – launch of large print and Braille wine labels by this Australian wine company.
Future Aids – The Braille Superstore with toll-free US phone number.
Handy Tech North America – Handy Holiday Specials 2009 – deadline extended to December 31st. Offers include Code Factory and GW Micro products.
Honea Path woman aiming to go back to college after losing her eyesight» Anderson Independent – when Andi Mills lost her sight, all else seemed to be lost – but not for long.
How is braille produced? – Resources – Vision Australia Website – everything from manual to electronic methods explained.
How to Cope With Being Blind – wikiHow – a beginner’s guide. It’s a wiki, so you can edit it.
[Podcast] Importance Of Braille blind academic praises the versatility and accuracy that Braille gives her at work and in life generally.
Index Braille – Braille embossers, software and accessories. Based Sweden, distributed world-wide.
Innovation: Award-winning product design of 2009 – Image 2 – New Scientist – the design excellence awards included the Haptic Reader from Korea, a device that can scan text and convert it instantly to Braille or speech.
Lees Mee braille stamps by René Put – Dezeen » Blog Archive – Dutch award for designer.
Liblouis 1.8.0 – An open source Braille translation and back-translation library – download from Softpedia
libbraille – Library for Braille Display – free computer library that enables the development of Braille for displays in many languages. Free Braille translation tool. Braille alphabets for several languages.
Library goes digital for visually impaired – Global Times – visually impaired people in China can get hold of e-books, music and lectures through the China Digital Library.
Lights for the blind – Craft and Design Happenings – Australian designer has made a device that represents Braille as LED lights. Totally blind people can use it to read Braille in the regular way.
Livescribe Talking Braille Periodic Table « Livescribe Smartpen Applications – to be released early 2010?
Mac OS X v10.6: VoiceOver manuals available in Braille
Making Museums More Accessible – Museu Picasso Barcelona » Blog Archive – recent conference explored how to make art more accessible to people with a wide range of disabilities.
Mitra Jyothi – Changing the lives of visually impaired – this organisation in Bangalore, India, enables visually impaired people to find jobs and facilities they need for an independent life.
Multilingual Braille Output For Snow Leopard | ATMac – while VoiceOver can speak several languages, SnowLeopard Braille is in standard English. Archie Robertson has addedseveral languages at Grade 1. Anyone who can help him advance this work into other languages and higher grades of Braille can e-mail conseil at anarchie dot org dot uk.
No More License Plates: Mo. prison inmates transcribe books for the blind « ResourceShelf
OBR – Optical Braille Recognition -using an ordinary scanner, non-readers of Braille can get ordinary text from Braille documents.
Open Content Textbooks Available to All Without Proof of Disability – No Limits to Learning – thanks to US Government funding Bookshare.
Orca 2.28.2 (Stable) – SourceWell – Open Source Software Announcement & Retrieval – provides speech, magnification and braille.
Pact Aims to Reduce Cost of Braille Displays: US, China, Hope Affordable Technology Will Expand Braille Literacy
Perkins Brailler – American Foundation for the Blind
Rightfully theirs – Financial Express – India proposes fair deal law to enable books to be produced in alternative formats.
RoboBraille.org – converts text to Braille and mp3 audio online.
Squibble Portable Braille Interface – concept device could result in mobile phones accessible by Braille interface.
The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media – "A non-profit R&D organization dedicated to achieving media access equality for people with disabilities."
Using a Braille Font – Louis Braille School
What To Do When You Meet a Sighted Person
Who Invented Braille And How Does It Work? – from The Eye, a site about vision loss – there are more advanced Braille topics here, too, such as contracted Braille symbols.
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