Indiana’s annual Vision Expo will be held on September 29, 2012 at the Indiana State Library from 10:00am-3:00pm. The Vision Expo is the Midwest’s largest trade show connecting people with vision loss and their family and friends to assistive technology vendors and low-vision service providers. The event is brought to you by the Indiana Talking Book […]
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Guest Blogger: What do cost trends mean for the AAC industry?
Kevin Tyler, President and Co-Founder of Give Speech, wrote today’s blog about the cost of augmentative and alternative communication devices. This mission of Give Speech is simple. The New York nonprofit wants to make augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technology better, cheaper, and more accessible. Kevin writes: At Give Speech, we have been […]
Monday Tech Tip: Adaptive Chairs
Brian Norton, Clinical Manager of the INDATA Project explains how adaptive chairs help people with physical disabilities. You can find more information at Salli.com or Ergoquest.com. 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.
Friday Podcast: Cat Bouwkamp (Paralympic Fencer, London 2012) JAWS 14, Apple iOS and Mac Accessibility, V-Draw, Deaf-Blind Communication Device from Humanware, Learning Ally App, Umbrella Today, Google+ Hangouts with Captions for the Deaf,Accessibility and the 2012 Olympics in London
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 […]
Focus 40 Blue
The Focus 40 Blue is a portable Bluetooth wireless Braille display designed by Blind people, for Blind people. The maker, Freedom Scientific, consulted it’s employees for feedback about how to improve the product. It allows people with visual impairments to read and edit documents on their computers, check email and surf the web. Think of […]
ReadSpeaker is a Product that Makes Content on the Web be Read Aloud
ReadSpeaker is a product that makes it easier for companies and organizations to make their websites more accessible to people with disabilities. This product is useful for people who may have visual impairments or physical impairments that make reading a computer screen difficult. It uses a few lines of coding to turn a website’s […]