October 23rd, 2011 by Rebecca
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If you are looking for a Braille Calendar for 2012 and you use Duxbury’s Braille Translator then you might like to know that you can download a 2012 Braille Calendar file file from the Duxbury Systems news page. It’s a zip file for download and will let you read 2012 at a glance in Braille [...]
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February 3rd, 2011 by Rebecca
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NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a free, open source, portable screen reader for Microsoft Windows. The project was begun by Michael [...]
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February 1st, 2011 by Rebecca
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Found this on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and thought it might be useful for you, my website visitors.
Screen readers are a form of assistive technology.
Contents
1 Contemporary screen readers
2 Unfinished Screenreader Projects
3 Historical interest
4 Software aids for people with reading difficulties
5 References
Contemporary screen readers
Screen reader
Creator
Supported platforms
License
Notes
95Reader
SSCT
Windows
Commercial
Japanese screen reader
Blindows
BAUM Retec (formerly Audiodata)
Windows
Commercial
Supports Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) and [...]
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September 1st, 2010 by Rebecca
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Refreshable Braille display
Braille display combined with a keyboard.
A refreshable Braille display or Braille terminal is an electro-mechanical device for displaying Braille characters, usually by means of raising dots through holes in a flat surface. Blind computer users, who cannot use a normal computer monitor, use it to read text output. Speech [...]
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July 15th, 2009 by Rebecca
Doplphin have just released version 11 of their Screen Reader and Magnification software suites (SuperNova, Hal, Lunar and Lunar Plus). I haven’t had a chance to look at it myself yet. However here’s a what caught my eye in the new version
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January 28th, 2007 by Rebecca
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For those of you not in the know, magnification software "does what it says on the tin". That is,it magnifies the details on the computer screen, typically from two times to 16 times. Most software packages will also allow you to magnify in different ways. For example, magnifying the whole screen as a whole, allow [...]
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January 27th, 2007 by Rebecca
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There is so much that Jaws can help you do on your computer and I can help you achieve it.
got the new version – want to know what you might be missing out on;
want to do an online shop at Tesco, Sainbury’s, Asda, Waitrose (through Ocado);
need to acces your organisation’s website and Intranet
get frustrated [...]
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January 27th, 2007 by Rebecca
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Looking for friendly personalised computer training?
Are you looking for training for somebody with a visual impairment?
Are you blind or partially sighted and looking for computer training?
Do have a disability and want help to make using a computer easier and more productive?
Do you use Jaws and want to shop on-line but don’t know where to start?
Afraid [...]
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