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via The New York Times Published: September 12, 2009 IN high school I took the train from my home in Briarcliff Manor, north of New York, into Manhattan to take dance lessons with Syvilla Fort in a studio over a bar on 44th Street. I danced with the Alvin...
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By Kevin Parks August 5, 2009 via ThisWeeknews He can't see very well. She can't see at all. Not exactly recruiting poster material, this couple. Nevertheless, Jenine and Kent Stanley of Minerva Park are members in good standing of the U.S. Coast...
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By Bob Canning via the Argus-Courier June 24, 2009 At 33, Steve Martin is a budding entrepreneur, but he’s taking it one cautious step at a time. He’s been a bicycle repairman for about 18 months, working out of his parents’ garage....
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New York, Jul 14 2009 1:10PM via US News Centre Speeding up access to copyright-related material can benefit over 160 million blind or visually impaired people around the world, participants at a United Nations-backed intellectual property gathering have...
Filed under: blind, print disabilities, altered balance, intellectual property, Visually Impaired Initiative, web site launching, proliferation of digital technologies, United Nations, expanding access, General Francis Gurry, World Intellectual Property Organization, VIP, copyright protection systems, copyrighted materials
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via Daily Mail Online By David Derbyshire Last updated at 8:00 AM on 06th July 2009 A revolutionary laser treatment could save the sight of millions, British experts claim. The process is said to stop the onset of age-related macular degeneration, one...
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By Allyson T. Collins NEI Science Writer/Editor Erik Weihenmayer wears sunglasses often. He was wearing them to protect his eyes when he reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in 1997. He had them on when he completed the 2003 Primal Quest, the world's...
Filed under: blind, Inc., assistive technology, seeing with tongue, Erik Weihenmayer, NEI, sensory substitution, custom-designed image modes, BrainPort inventor Paul Bach-y-Rita, apply for device approval from the Food and Drug Administration, FDA, Wicab, retinoschisis, National Eye Institute, BrainPort, everyday tasks, not meant to replace cane or guide dog
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By Eric Engleman May 20, 2009 via TechFlash Amazon Kindle 2's text-to-speech feature, which reads electronic books aloud, is sparking more heated words. Amazon, if you recall, said it would allow authors and publishers to switch off text-to-speech...
Filed under: National Federation of the Blind, blind, print disabilities, visually impaired, Kindle 2, 15 million print-disabled Americans, discriminatory, copyright concerns, authors' guild, Reading Rights Coalition, disabling text to speech, read aloud feature, text to speech feature, Random House, equal access to books
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By Michael Futch - The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer via AP May 18, 2009 FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Army Master Sgt. Dexter Durrante hasn't driven his Chevy Suburban in nearly two years, not since he was blinded during a training exercise at Fort Bragg....
Filed under: blind, Guide Dogs, blinded, soldiers, instructor, life-changing independence, training customized for each veteran, blast from improvised explosive device, training exercise, brain trauma, counselor for blind and visually impaired veterans, Fort Bragg, demolition training, newfound confidence, bond, IED, becoming an advocate for the blind and disabled, Guide Dogs of the Desert, missing driving
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via Orlando Sentinel Jason Garcia Sentinel Staff Writer April 16, 2009 Walt Disney World has rolled out a first-of-its-kind service designed to let even blind guests "see" its famed attractions. Called "audio description," the service...
Filed under: blind, infrared sensors, visually impaired, deaf, World of Coca-Cola museum, hard of hearing, Hall at Patriot Place in Foxborough, amplified sound, Softeq Development Corp, DisneyWorld, captioning, Mass, audio description, remote, hand-held captions
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via abledbody April 29, 2009, 10:07 am Bookshare, the online library for people with print disabilities, today announced a new program that will significantly increase college students' access to digital books and textbooks. The Bookshare University...
Filed under: blind, print disabilities, people with disabilities, BookShare, K-12, Chafee Amendment, digital books, visually impaired, HarperCollins, Jim Fruchterman, copyright exemption, online library, Hachette Book Group, college students, Benetech, pool resources, post-secondary students, digital textbooks, equal educational experience, Scholastic, cost-effective approach for schools
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via Scientific Blogging By Alex Antunes | April 28th, 2009 09:13AM Two days ago, I woke up blind. Couldn't open my eyes-- lids were fused shut. For that early morning hour, I had to question just what I would do as a blind astronomer. I'd had...
Filed under: blind, in-situ radio or magnetometer instruments, Courtney Smith, blind administrators, Goddard Space Flight Center, astronomer, NASA, 'Touch the Universe'-- an astronomy book for the blind, blind project managers, "Not Just Taking Up Space, " profiles on blind scientists, career, web accessibility, ' Walk on the Sun, Non-image measurements put through 'sonification' to help show patters in data, GSFC, translate STEREO sun data into sounds, blind theorists
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via District Dispatch April 28th, 2009 The American Library Association (ALA), the Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Association for Research Libraries (ARL) jointly submitted comments to the U.S. Copyright Office today on...
Filed under: blind, print disabilities, accessible formats, IDEA, same access as people who can see, encourage technologic innovations, misinterpretation about user rights in connection with text-to-speech, professional resources, ACRL, Association for Research Libraries, ARL, needs of visually impaired in foreign countries, fair use, comments, complex process, harmonize eligibility requirements, contract law, growing demographic of people losing sight in later years, local history materials, facilitating access to copyrighted works, NLS, copyright exceptions, Chaffee Amendment, Association for College and Research Libraries, Access for visually impaired readers, scholarly journals, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, American Library Association, research materials, ALA, U.S. Copyright Office, limit confusion between laws
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via The New York Times By Miguel Helft The featureless glassy screens of touch-screen phones may seem like a forbidding barrier for blind users, who often rely on tactile clues to feel their way around. But a pair of engineers at Google, T.V. Raman, who...
Filed under: blind, Google, dialer that works on relative positions, Phone aps, Android software, T-Mobile G1, Charles Chen, touch-screen phones, locator function that combines GPS with Google Maps and the G1’s compass, universal design, shell application, method for inputting text, T.V. Raman, phone can detect motion
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via The Justice Online , Brandeis University, MA, USA By Sam Datlof Posted: 3/17/09 Special Assistant to the President of Legal Seafoods Dr. David A. Ticchi, who has been legally blind since birth, discussed discriminatory attitudes shown toward people...
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via The Columbus Dispatch Sunday, February 8, 2009 3:38 AM By Deborah Kendrick When I was 10 years old, my mother packed my three brothers and me into her old Chevy and left my father. It was a traumatic time, to say the least, and reading saved my life...
Filed under: National Federation of the Blind, blind, National Braille Press, sharing braille books, Braille demonstrations, Wal-Mart, illiterate people, public readings, special events, commemorative silver dollar, Humanware, Louis Braille, unjust negative image, literacy, Braille Readers are Leaders literacy campaign, unemployed, braille, Braille memorabilia, product discount
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