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NFB 2015 Creative Writing Contest | Jan 22, 2015 | The 2015 Youth Writing Contest from NFB (National Foundation of the Blind) is an annual event to... more |
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Goodbye to Natalie Barraga | Dec 30, 2014 | It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of Natalie Barraga. Born in Texas in... more |
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Refreshable Braille Gets and Engineer's Touch | Nov 21, 2014 | Katie Cagen, a student at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, invented a device... more |
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Study to Determine Needs of Educators of Students Who Are Deafblind | Nov 07, 2014 | As an educator of students with sensory disabilities, we would like invite you to participate in... more |
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Low-Cost Braille Printer Gets Intel Backing | Nov 04, 2014 | Middle School student 13-year-old Shubham Banerjee received back from Intel Capital for his... more |
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77 Perkins Students Participate in Read for the Record | Oct 31, 2014 | Recently 77 students and staff from Perkins School for the Blind participated in Read for the... more |
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Is Access2Books Useful to Your Work? | Oct 21, 2014 | Can you tell me if your work has a use for our books at http://www.access2books.org/? It would... more |
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Is e-Reading Story Time or Screen Time? | Oct 18, 2014 | The benefits of reading aloud to young children is well documented, but as tablets and eBooks... more |
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The UEB Reader | Oct 16, 2014 | BANA (Braille Authority of North America) has announced the release of The UEB Reader. This is a... more |
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Bugs Affecting Accessibility in iOS 8 | Sep 19, 2014 | Before upgrading to iOS 8, you may wish to review this information from AppleVis about reported... more |
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APH Looking for Input on Customer Satisfaction | Sep 08, 2014 | Each year, the U.S. Department of Education seeks input from vision professionals on the... more |
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Pilot Testing the iBraille Challenge app | Sep 07, 2014 | New project seeks teachers of students with visual impairments and their students to pilot test the... more |
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New Titles from Seedlings | Sep 07, 2014 | Seedlings Braille Books for Children announces the publication of new braille books with fiction,... more |
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New Print-Braille-Picture Books from Seedlings - 2014 | Aug 29, 2014 | Seedlings Braille Books for Children has announced their list of new books as of August 2014. ... more |
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Picture Books Using 3-D Printing | Aug 18, 2014 | This article on 3-D Printed Books for the Blind discusses the use of three-dimensional printing to... more |
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Why Americans Stink at Math | Aug 06, 2014 | A recent article in the New York Times magazine discusses the challenges that many American... more |
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Indian Smartshoes Help Users Find Their Destinations | Aug 05, 2014 | Indian startup Ducere Technologies Pvt. will begin selling its Bluetooth enabled Lechal shoes for... more |
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Cherokee Language Now Available in Braille | Jul 22, 2014 | The Cherokee Nation has worked with the Commonwealth Braille and Talking Book Cooperative earlier... more |
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DOTS Summer 2014 Issue | Jul 20, 2014 | DOTS (Development of Teacher Support) for Braille Literacy is a free online newsletter published... more |
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Dr. Robert Smithdas Passes Away | Jul 19, 2014 | Dr. Robert J. Smithdas passed away on July 17, 2014 at the age of 89. He was an author, lecturer... more |
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U.S. Currency Reader Program | Jul 15, 2014 | The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced... more |
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Paths to Literacy Featured in RNIB's Insight Magazine! | Jul 10, 2014 | We are honored to be featured in the July/August 2014 issue of RNIB (Royal National Institute of... more |
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FingerReader Increases Access | Jul 09, 2014 | The FingerReader from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) scans text and uses a synthesized... more |
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Accessible Books Consortium Launched through WIPO | Jul 03, 2014 | WIPO (the World Intellectual Property Organization) and a group of key partners launched the... more |
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Pediatricians Help to Promote Reading Aloud | Jun 25, 2014 | The American Academy of Pediatrics has announced that they will help to promote reading aloud to... more |
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Accessibility and Google | Jun 12, 2014 | An article in the Braille Monitor titled When Just Listening Is Not Enough: Google Falls Short on... more |
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Early Numeracy Materials | Jun 03, 2014 | APH would like to know your thoughts about early numeracy materials. Combining math into... more |
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New ZoomText in Beta Needs Feedback | May 24, 2014 | Ai Squared announced that ZoomText 10.1 for Windows 7 is now available in a beta version and ready... more |
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The iPad as a Learning Tool for Students with Visual Impairments | May 16, 2014 | Blogger Tara Mason talks about ways in which the iPad is an ideal learning tool for students who... more |
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A Young Composer is Motivated to Learn Braille | Apr 28, 2014 | A recent article in Perkins Perspectives looks at the role of music in motivating a teenager to... more |