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Go Read Android App. Free e-Book Readers Enters Public Beta Testing: Go Read is a free e-book reader app that brings Bookshare titles to Android mobile devices. Benetech, the app's developer, launched Bookshare in 2002 to make books accessible to persons unable to read standard print due to a visual, cognitive, or physical disability. The nonprofit's online library of over 140,000 titles is the largest in the world. Any reader with an individual or institutional Bookshare membership can use Go Read to download content, which includes popular fiction, nonfiction, and educational titles in DAISY audio or Braille Refreshable Format (BRF) files. Those with documented disabilities -- including legal blindness or dyslexia -- can join Bookshare for free.

Go Read App Features & Requirements Go Read is a pared-down version of Benetech's Read2Go app for Apple iOS devices released in 2011. Go Read's current version is 3.8.0. Using Go Read to Download Books Once you find the book you want, tap the screen to download it. Is Apple Configurator The Right Tool For Your Business? Apple Configurator - Is it right for your school or business? One of the first things most IT folks will think about Apple Configurator is that it’s pretty limited compared to some of the mobile device management suites on the market (including Apple’s Profile Manager in Lion Server).

MDM suites are designed to make device management as easy, automatic, and wireless as possible. Most include robust monitoring and reporting features – virtually all can use Apple’s push notification system to update a managed device at any time. Configurator, on the other hand, requires connecting each iOS device to a Mac using a USB cable to perform any administrative tasks like configuring device settings, assigning a device to a user, installing apps, or updating iOS. That means that Configurator isn’t appropriate for a lot of businesses or workplace situations. Yet, for some organizations, Configurator is a more ideal tool than most MDM suites because of its hands-on approach. Related. Web 2.1.

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TypeIt ReadIt Download. WAI-ARIA Overview. Quick links: WAI-ARIA, User Agent Implementation Guide, FAQ See also FAQ: What is the current status of WAI-ARIA development? Introduction WAI-ARIA, the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Suite, defines a way to make Web content and Web applications more accessible to people with disabilities. It especially helps with dynamic content and advanced user interface controls developed with Ajax, HTML, JavaScript, and related technologies.

Currently certain functionality used in Web sites is not available to some users with disabilities, especially people who rely on screen readers and people who cannot use a mouse. WAI-ARIA addresses these accessibility challenges, for example, by defining new ways for functionality to be provided to assistive technology. With WAI-ARIA, developers can make advanced Web applications accessible and usable to people with disabilities.

This page describes the problems that WAI-ARIA addresses, and introduces the WAI-ARIA suite of technical documents. Text reader for your PC - TextAloud is the text to speech converter that reads emails, documents and more. iPad for Teaching & Learning. Mind Mapping.

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Why would MyTalk make their software available at no cost to every support professional in the world? : MyTalk Tools Help. iPod fathers unveil their next project, the Nest Learning Thermostat (hands-on) Over the summer, we got word that a couple of unnamed ex-Apple engineers were getting ready to unveil an unnamed product, under the guise of an unnamed startup. As it turns out, that startup was Nest Labs, and those Apple alums were none other than Tony Fadell, longtime SVP of Apple's iPod division, and lead engineer Matt Rogers. And yes, the product they had to share makes fine use of a click wheel. But if you thought they'd be cooking up a next-gen music player, you'd be wrong.

Instead, the pair have been designing a thermostat, of all things, dubbed the Nest. In addition to being the most stylish model ever to grace a dining room wall, it promises the kind of intelligence we've come to expect in other household appliances -- just not thermostats, per se. It'll go on sale next month for $249 in places like Best Buy, but we managed to snag an early sneak peek. Find some photos below and when you're done, join us past the break where we'll explain how it works. Nest Learning Thermostat. Government State Agency Health Safty Workforce Rehabilitation Medically Safe - Salem Oregon Access Technologies.