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Apple iPad accessibility features - part 1 - low vision. How Blind People Use The iPhone 4S - Accessibility, Twitter, You Tube, Siri. AccessApps an overview. ‪apple ed accessibility iphone navigation us 20090909 r640 9cie‬‏ Read the Words Tutorial Video. Chicago Lighthouse | The Chicago Lighthouse. WonderBaby.org: Resources for Parents of Blind & Disabled Babies & Children. Welcome to TSBVI! Low Vision Aids | Hard of Hearing | Magnifiers | Assistive Technology - LS&S Products. American Foundation for the Blind - Home Page. Touchscreen Braille Writer Lets the Blind Type on a Tablet | Gadget Lab. One group of people has traditionally been left out of our modern tablet revolution: the visually impaired. Our slick, button-less touchscreens are essentially useless to those who rely on touch to navigate around a computer interface, unless voice-control features are built in to the device and its OS. But a Stanford team of three has helped change that.

Tasked to create a character-recognition program that would turn pages of Braille into readable text on an Android tablet, student Adam Duran, with the help of two mentor-professors, ended up creating something even more useful than his original assignment: a touchscreen-based Braille writer. Currently a senior at New Mexico State University, Duran arrived at Stanford in June to take part in a two-month program offered by the Army High-Performance Computing Research Center (AHPCRC). “How does a blind person orient a printed page so that the computer knows which side is up? How does a blind person ensure proper lighting of the paper?” ZoomText. Low Vision Aids | Magnifiers | Talking Watches | Low Vision Watches - Independent Living Aids. Welcome to GW Micro. American Printing House for the Blind.