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I have just finished reviewing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and feel that it is a very good start in the international recognition of our basic human rights. I have signed this petition asking President Bush to sign the Convention, and would urge all of you to do likewise. It… Finish Reading Online Petition Asks President Bush to Sign the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Bank Technology NewsWednesday, May 30, 2007 Security: When Lock Downs Lock Out The Blind By Rebecca Sausner Banks and vendors are working to make online tools secure and usable for the visually impaired The Federal Financial Institution Examinations Council mandated that banks lock down their online banking applications as of January 1 of this year.… Finish Reading Security: When Lock Downs Lock Out The Blind

This week on Main Menu, we hear from Bill McCann of Dancing Dots about accessible solutions for notating and recording music and audio.  Their Lime Aloud and GOODFEEL products let you create musical scores in print and in braille.  their CakeTalking scripts and tutorial provides access to CakeWalk SONAR for users of the JAWS screen… Finish Reading Update: Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the week of June 6

This week on Main Menu, we hear from Bill McCann with Dancing Dots all about the company’s CakeTalking product which provides access to CakeWalk Sonar for users of the JAWS screen reader. During the second hour of Main Menu Live, Bill joins us to discuss CakeTalking and other Dancing Dots products. Feel free to call… Finish Reading Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the week of June 6

This is just too important and thought-provoking to exist only as a relatively obscure comment on a couple of blogs. Separation by definition means that the separated parties will develop in response to different factors and sooner or later inequality will result. That is why Serotek has always focused its mission on accessibility anywhere. Our… Finish Reading Mike Calvo: Separate But Equal is a Myth

In his post, Blind Advocates and Executives, Blind Christian states in part: In Darrell’s post, he suggests that two thirds of all AT executives should also be users of the products.  Referring back to the post I did the other day about the need for multiple screen readers, I’m not sure that this would be… Finish Reading BlindConfidential: Blind Advocates and Executives

NPR, Others Challenge Online RoyaltiesMay 31, 2007 – 3:12pm By SETH SUTELAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) – National Public Radio is teaming up with online radio broadcasters to appeal new music royalties that they say would put smaller operators out of business and force others to sharply scale back their online music offerings. NPR… Finish Reading NPR, Others Challenge Online Royalties

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

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

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