Podcast: Play in new window | Download Hey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at Assistive Technology, those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs! Are you in the market for a new Braille embosser? Check out Irie-AT’s Braille Buddy! According […]
Author: Laura Medcalf
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 […]
Extra Large Button Talking Clock
Are you looking for a simple talking clock to tell you what time it is? The Extra Large Button Talking Clock from LS&S Products is a simple timepiece option for individuals with (or without) visual impairments! The Extra Large Button Talking Clock is nothing but a large, blue button, which makes it “extremely easy to […]
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 […]
HomeAware Smartphone Signaler with Bed Shaker Kit
Harris Communications, Inc. was established as a mail-order catalog company in 1982. “Since that time, the customer base has expanded to the national and international levels.” One of their newer products is the HomeAware Smartphone Signaler with Bed Shaker Kit. The HomeAware Smartphone Signaler with Bed Shaker is ideal for individuals with hearing impairments. Once […]