Keep the Books TalkingCongress should fund the digitization of a vital audio library for the blind.Wednesday, May 30, 2007A HALF-MILLION Americans stand in danger of losing their public library. They arethe nation’s blind, and their library is Talking Books, through which the NationalLibrary Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress(NLS)… Finish Reading Keep The Books Talking
I am able to confirm, through my own testing as well as reports from others, that the Options dialogue box in this new version of Skype is now fully accessible with JAWS 8.0.2107 and System Access 2.3. The tree view of option categories is not spoken at all in Window-Eyes 6.1 at this time. Skype… Finish Reading New Skype Version 3.2.0.158 Fixes Options Dialogue Accessibility for Most Screen Reader Users
Shortly after posting my thoughts on the current state of the blindness assistive technology industry, I received a telephone call from a concerned friend. He expressed some worry about my assertion that I believed two thirds of the senior management of any blindness assistive technology company needed to be blind or visually impaired. After thinking about this… Finish Reading Thoughts on Building the Blind Community and Integration with the Sighted
I’m just taking a quick few minutes to pen my (probably oversimplistic) thoughts on the need of companies doing business in the blindness assistive technology industry to balance the benefits and consequences of their actions to the blind community (altruism) versus their need to turn a sufficient profit to make doing business worthwhile to their… Finish Reading My Thoughts on Altruism Versus Commercialism in the Assistive Technology Industry
Eric Damery, by way of his Skype status message, reports that JAWS 8.0.2152 is “coming soon”. Here’s hoping that Freedom Scientific will finally start addressing blank virtual buffers and other serious stability issues with this build.
This week on Main Menu, Rick Harmon from the Blind Geek Zone web site reviews the use of welcome center, ease of access center, media center, backup and restore center and speech recognition on Windows Vista with JAWS for Windows Public Beta 2. During the second hour of Main Menu Live, we hear an AccessWatch… Finish Reading Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the week of May 30
This is another amazing article from Blind Christian. He writes about much more than the need for many of us to run multiple screen readers on our systems. The concept of a blind person being fired over technology inaccessibility remains more than repugnant to me, and I would absolutely love to learn more about the… Finish Reading The Need for Multiple Screen Readers
US Net Radio legislation crosses the hundred member markMay 27th, 2007 – 11:45 UTC A bill that would save the Internet radio industry from a dramatic increase of fees webcasters pay to play music has gained the support of its 100th member of the US House of Representatives. Introduced by Representatives Jay Inslee (D-WA) and… Finish Reading Milestone in the Save Net Radio campaign
Today is Monday, May 28, when we observe Memorial Day here in the United States of America. On the last Monday of May each year, we honor those in the military, first responders and others who have given their lives in service to their country. These men and women are American heros who have paid… Finish Reading Memorial Day and the Concept of Accessibility
It sure would have been nice if the Carnegie Mellon University folks would've thought about accessibility when they invented CAPTCHA in the first place, or, at least, those who probably placed Federal and other funds into the work leading to the invention. I'm just glad that audio CAPTCHA is going to be a part of… Finish Reading Visual Verification: ReCAPTCHA System Improves Internet Security and Book Searchability