STC AccessAbility SIG
A Blog About Accessibility

2008-02-12
Equipping pedestrian street crossings with acoustic and tactile signals to help disabled persons was a step forward. The problem is that they vary from one country to another. Now, a new ISO standard provides the basis for harmonizing such signals on a worldwide basis.
The aim of ISO 23600:2007, Assistive products for persons with vision impairments [...]

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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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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 [...]

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How Does a Screen Reader Work?
New Vision Technology: news about technology improvements to improve your vision such as mobile phones, screen readers, software for programmers, and more
Screen Access For All (SAFA), Screen reader in Indian languages

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The AFB Evaluates Cell Phones. The American Federation for the Blind (AFB) evaluated 11 of the top cell phones on the market to determine the accessibility of today’s cell phones for people who are blind or visually impaired.
Owasys 22C allows you to make and receive telephone calls using an easily understood speaking interface. They omitted [...]

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How We See: The First Steps of Human Vision
Newton’s Apple teacher guides: Human Eye. How does the human eye see? How does the eyeball work?
Sensitivity for global shape detection
Glossary of Lasik Laser Eye Surgery Related Terms
What do dogs see?

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Artificial Vision System
BehindTheMedspeak: BrainPort – See with your tongue and hear and touch as well.
NovaVision VRT: Vision Restoration Therapy – addressing vision loss after stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI), or optic nerve injury
Tongue Display Unit (TDU)

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American Macular Degeneration Foundation (AMDF) is committed to the prevention and cure of macular degeneration and offers hope and support to those afflicted and their families.
"UCSB Studies Link Alzheimer’s Disease, Macular Degeneration", by Josh Braun, Staff Writer. Published Wednesday, May 28, 2003. Issue 135 / Volume 83
Wet (Exudative) Macular Degeneration the American Macular Degeneration Foundation [...]

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Access Technology Tips from the National Federation of the Blind
Apple® Accessibility Features Vision built into all Macintosh computers provides adjustable keyboard, an ergonomic mouse, CloseView screen magnification software, Easy Access system software (StickyKeys, SlowKeys, MouseKeys), electronic documentation, key-repeat disable, text-to-speech synthesis and voice recognition (PlainTalk), sticky mouse, and visual alert cues. The VoiceOver spoken English [...]

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Color Blind Product Resources
Glasses for the Color Blind

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