Braille Calendar for Embossing – 2012

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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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NonVisual Desktop Access

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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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Comparison of screen readers from Wikipedia

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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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Refreshable Braille display

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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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SuperNova v.11 Just Out

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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Magnification Software

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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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Jaws Training with Rebecca Ballard

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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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Computer Training and Assistive Technology

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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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