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I received a call last week notifying me that the equipment at the Regal Theater has been repaired. Apparently, the initial service call may have repaired the equipment, but there was an undetected electrical problem. I have not been back to the theater, but thanks to the Regal my next visit will be on them. [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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I just signed the petition started by the  Reading Rights Coalition.   This organization began after Amazon released their latest version of their E-Book reader, the Kindle 2.0. The product which has built in Text to Speech has been attacked by the Author’s Guild. The Guild argues that this feature which uses synthetic speech to [...]

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In a prior post I wrote about my introduction to the world of Twitter.   There has been much talk in the press debating whether this micro blogging application is useful technology or  a waste of time.   So far, I think Twitter’s search function   is probably the most useful. In real time, you can [...]

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I’ve been a huge Stevie Wonder fan as long as I can remember. It’s not only his music, but his activism.   Last week in Vegas, Stevie used the Consumer Electronic Show to bring attention to the need for increased accessibility in electronic devices. He mentioned items such as those using touch screen interfaces.   [...]

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This week the Pennsylvania Council of the Blind will host it’s state convention in Johnstown, PA.   MCCB, a chapter of PCB, will be hosting a workshop during the convention. The subject, “Building Relationships with the Media.” The workshop will begin  at 4 PM on Friday 10/31.   As one of three presenters, we tried [...]

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This article, written by a IBM Research Scientist and Master Inventor, offers several excellent reasons for employers to be more receptive to employing more people with disabilities.   The author, Dimitri Kanevsky, says in the article: In my view, people with disabilities develop top-notch, problem-solving skills that are honed by their need to overcome many [...]

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In my last post I gave a big shout out to Lon from the Assistive Technology Blog Carnival for taking the position to stop using Blog Carnival’s service to manage the AT Carnival. I asked for those who participate in the Disabilities Blog Carnival to take a public stand on the CAPTCHA issue. In the [...]

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