Posts In: Access Technology

The Therapeutic Research Foundation (TRF), with input from the access technology team at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the only research and training institute developed and directed by blind people, has created a survey on health, mobility, and navigation.

For those of you who have an interest in web accessibility, but were not able to attend the Web Accessibility Training Day on September 9, the recordings of those sessions are now available at https://nfb.org/web-accessibility-day. There were some really great talks, and I especially recommend Eve Hill’s keynote.

The recently passed Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) made changes to the appointment process for the National Council on Disability (NCD), an independent federal agency that advises the president, Congress, and federal agencies on matters of disability policy.

In two weeks, the team here at the NFB Jernigan Institute will be conducting the second iteration of Train the Trainer.

Introduction It's fall, that means it's time for another iOS update to fall onto your iDevices. That is, if you are running the iPad 2 or later, iPod Touch 5th generation, or iPhone 4s or later.

In the latest version of Apple's iOS, four Braille-related developments not only greatly improve the experience of using Braille with mobile devices, but also serve as a model for how the use of Braille can be integrated into today's digital technology. Three of these improvements relate to the interaction of iDevices with external refreshable Braille devices.

ACE Plus is the latest personal multifunctional assistant from ABISEE.  It scans and reads printed materials out loud, and it saves OCR-converted text on its internal hard drive or on a USB flash drive.  It does this quickly and accurately.

The Kyocera Verve, like the Kona reviewed on this blog previously, is an addition to Sprint’s line-up of accessible phones. It is listed on the Sprint accessibility page as such, but oddly enough the text-to-speech built into the phone is not listed as an accessibility feature.

One of the founding principles of International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP), and one of the aspects that was most important in the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) in joining IAAP, is the great need for clarity and education in web accessibility.

There is a new answer to the recurring question about accessible feature phones that is worthy of a blog post.