Posted by: admin 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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Posted by: admin 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 [...]
Posted by: admin on May 5th, 2008
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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Posted by: admin on May 5th, 2008
ADA Guide for Places of Lodging: Serving Guests Who Are Blind Or Who Have Low Vision
All About Vision provides patient information about vision
American Council of the Blind
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
Armor-Tile provides detectable warning and wayfinding solutions for the visually impaired.
“Bibliography for Performance Systems Technology (PST) and Computer-based Instruction (CBI)” published in the ACM [...]
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Posted by: admin on April 17th, 2008
Accessibility: CHI 2001 and Beyond, Ariadne Issue 28
Action for Dystonia, Diagnosis, Education & Research (ADDER)
Artsline provides information on all the arts and leisure services available, both as audience or participants. The Artsline database provides updated data on the access to the arts and leisure venues and pursuits in the capital city of London. See their [...]
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