Editor’s note: STC member Anne Gentle kindly contributed this personal account of temporarily losing vision in one eye while recovering from an injury. This story, first published on her own blog, illustrates how a simple event can have complicated consequences. Anne writes, “I’d just like to get the word out and have others learn from [...]
Archive for the “Vision”
Sightless Works
Posted by: kmardahl on February 18th, 2009
Working with technical communication means keeping our minds open to the diversity of our audience “out there” in the real world. This is especially the case when we spice things up with accessibility.
There are many stories that expand our horizon and make us rethink our attitudes. The New York Times posted such a story today [...]
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Charles Bonnet Syndrome (phantom vision)
Posted by: CynthiaL on January 23rd, 2009
For an informative article about phantom vision, which affects between 10 and 40 percent of people with low vision, read the article on Lighthouse International, “I See Purple Flowers Everywhere: The Many Visions of Charles Bonnet Syndrome” by Lylas G.Mogk,MD, and Marja Mogk, PhD; with Carol J. Sussman-Skalka,CSW, MBA.
Do you ever see things you know [...]
Braille – Revolutionary in its Inception, Is it Surpassed by Technology?
Posted by: Lisa Pappas on January 21st, 2009
In this BBC documentary, Peter White explores the history of Braille – from its revolutionary invention to its current decline in the face of modern digital technology. For information and Web service providers, what are the design and testing implications going forward? See http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2008/12/081230_doc_braille.shtml?s .
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Ban the Bulb?
Posted by: kmardahl on January 10th, 2009
Discussions about banning the incandescent light bulb have existed for some time. The incandescent light bulb is already phased out in some countries. The concept is to save energy and the environment, which is very praiseworthy.
Why is this news on a blog about accessibility and technical communication? We technical communicators who are not blind do [...]
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Persistent Memory in Cats is Created by Doing, Not by Seeing
Posted by: CynthiaL on January 4th, 2009
Cats remember where their paws have been. Researchers from the Department of Physiology at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, report that cats can create memories of their environment without having to rely on vision. Stepping over and touching a physical obstacle with their forelegs creates a memory of the obstacle that persists for [...]
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Age 50+ Persona for the STC Body of Knowledge
Posted by: LGillen on September 2nd, 2008
I was asked to prepare a persona on what users over the age of 50 may need to maximize their use of the STC Body of Knowledge portal.
The Society for Technical Communication (STC) is currently developing a Body of Knowledge (BoK) portal where Technical Communicators can share their areas of expertise with each other. This [...]
Reading for the Blind
Posted by: Web Diva on May 5th, 2008
DAISY Consortium The DAISY Consortium was founded in 1996 and consists of organizations around the world who are committed to developing the Digital Accessible Information SYstem (DAISY). DAISY is a digital standard for producing accessible and navigable multimedia documents. These documents are Digital Talking Books, digital text books, or a combination of synchronised audio and [...]
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Audio Game: Blind in a Virtual World
Posted by: Web Diva on May 5th, 2008
The Blind Eye is a hybrid audio game, like The Curb Game and Terraformers at http://www.audiogames.net/db.php?action=view&id=theblindeye. The game was the result of The Blind Eye Research Project, developed in Denmark in 2000, where the participant has the opportunity to experience the virtual world in a manner similar to being visually blind. Conceptually, The Blind Eye [...]
Braille Resources
Posted by: Web Diva on May 5th, 2008
A Universal Computer Braille Code For Literary And Scientific Texts by Durre, Karl P.; Tuttle, Dean W. and Durre, Ingeborg.
About Braille by Liz Gray, Braille Transcriber, Certified by the Library of Congress in Literary Braille.
The Braille Bug The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) created the Braille Bug web site to teach sighted children about [...]
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