It’s that time of year again, when ACB members gather in Washington DC. Walking the halls of Congress to present the issues that are impacting people who are blind and visually impaired throughout the country.
An empowering 4 days, where a message of independence is delivered not only to our nation’s representatives, but all of those [...]
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Haiti’s been on my mind for the past few weeks like many of my fellow humans around the world.
I say my fellow humans because apparently there are some lacking the basic ability to identify with other human beings experiencing a tragedy.
Last week I made the mistake of letting myself get drawn into a series of [...]
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This week Amazon announced that they are developing accessible menu navigation for the popular Kindle I-Book Reader. The talking menus will allow people who are blind and visually impaired to independently use the reader.
As you may recall, Amazon’s Kindle contains a “Read to Me” feature that uses text to speech (TTS) to read books aloud [...]
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There’s probably no better day to begin blogging again. The rain is coming down as though it’s day 20 out of 40, as in Noah’s Ark.
I’ve had so much on my mind for the past few months, I figured I’d share a bit here.
ACB Convention: This summer I had an [...]
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I planned to write more about my experience with the iPhone using VoiceOver, but a few problems developed.
I purchased the phone a week prior to leaving to Florida for the ACB National convention, my first. I think further discussion on that is worthy of a separate post. That in itself is not a problem, [...]
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Thanks to Ron Graham from the AccessAbility Blog for giving RMM a shoutout!
He pointed us to a blog post by Marcus over at Engel’s Ensights titled
Pardon My Geekiness.
Ok, first, a lesson to all, never ever apologize for your geekiness! I don’t care what kind of Geek you are, it’s all good!
Marcus is trying [...]
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I think I got a message from my father this morning.
My Dad passed away in 96. My last dream right before I woke up this morning was so cool.
I ran into my parents bedroom to say bye to my Dad before I went out of the house with my mother and sister. I jumped on [...]
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Apple’s announcement that VoiceOver, there built in screen reader, is included in the latest version of the iPhone has the blind community buzzing.
Accessibility built in, I love it! I’m hoping to get my hands on one to test, especially since my current AT&T contract is expiring in August. More to come on that soon.
The news [...]
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I received the below email from the Author’s Guild in response to the Reading Rights Coalition protest held yesterday in NYC.
Based on their statement it still appears that the definition of audio rights will have to first be agreed upon. As someone who has been reading both books using TTS and audio narration, I have [...]
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This was one of the slogans chanted during Tuesday’s protest organized by the Reading Rights Coalition. The demonstration, held outside of the NYC office of The Author’s Guild, seemed to be well attended both in person and virtually.
Thanks to Mika Pyykhala and John Oliveira of the Association of Blind Citizens for streaming the event. [...]
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