Posts In: Access Technology

Press Club—Washington, D.C. May 14, 2014

Those of you who have an interest in tactile graphics will be interested to know that some of the presentations from last year’s Tactile Graphics Conference here at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute have made it into articles in the Tactile Graphics Issue of the Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research (JBIR).

CSUN is always an exciting time for the Access Technology Team.

It's been busy for the Access technology team in the last few weeks. Unbelievably, it has been less than a month since we returned from the CSUN conference. In that time we've seen some pretty exciting things going on around the world of accessible technology and we wanted to share a few of those things with you.

For all of you who attended, or were unable to attend but are interested in the talk Amy Mason and I gave on talking feature phones last week at the 29th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference (CSUN), I am posting the presentation slides for your information. Let us know what you think!

By Scott Davert  

For those of you who will attend, have attended, or are unable to attend but interested in the "3D Printing and 3D Creation for Tactile Graphics" talk I will be giving at the 29th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference (CSUN) this Friday, I am attaching the presentation slides and resource sheet for your reference.  

Introduction A common question I receive as a power user of Braille devices on iOS who works with the deaf-blind population is what apps do I find most helpful, and which are most accessible to Braille only users? With over 150 apps on my iDevices, I certainly can't or won't try to list them all.

There is, without a doubt, a shortage of accessible simple feature phones for blind and low-vision users. We’ve discussed some of the options available currently on this blog, and I’m happy to be adding the Convoy 3 to the list.

After a little delay, I am happy to report that the winning session in the poll for the final access technology seminar session at convention is 3D Printing and 3D Creation for Tactile Graphics. 3D printing is an ever-growing trend that promises great things for the availability of tactile models in schools, universities and workplaces.