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Get your news how you want it from NFB Newsline 30 May 2010 | 12:12 pm
Fifteen years ago, I was still pretty newly blinded, and going to college, but this was before I was using a computer, much less understanding all the wonders of this fabulously interconnected world w...
2010 TAER conference: Presenting and being presented to 4 Apr 2010 | 08:08 am
Last week, I was in San Antonio to attend the annual conference of the Texas Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired, Or TAER. I was there to present with the V...
Review of Tom Sullivan's Adventures in Darkeness 27 Feb 2010 | 09:58 am
I’m at aloss for finding the right superlative to describe last night. It seems like “great,” “awesome,” or even “fantastic” just seem like overused modifiers in today’s digital world where everybody...
Inclusion: 2010 Consumer Electronics Show featuring off the shelf accessibility 9 Jan 2010 | 10:04 am
I’m a little geeky and get excited each year when the annual Consumer Electronics Show , or CES, starts. However, I’m more excited by two announcements from this year’s CES, currently going on in Las ...
Final thoughts on the iBill by Orbit Research 29 Dec 2009 | 03:00 pm
I must have been a really nice boy this year, because Santa was really good to me. I got a portable USB hard drive and the latest Jimmy Buffett CD, and I wanted both of these, but he also made sure I ...
Review of the iBill talking banknote identifier 18 Dec 2009 | 07:52 am
I previously posted the news announcing the introduction of the iBill electronic banknote identifier, and now, I offer my review of this latest piece of assistive technology for the blind and visually...
Amazon working on Kindle accessible for blind and visually impaired 8 Dec 2009 | 09:30 am
Well, its finally happening. Amazon is working to make an accessible Kindle book reader for blind users. Its not happening overnight, but is projected to be out by summer 2010. This is indeed good n...
Mom Not Otherwise Specified, a blog worth your time 1 Dec 2009 | 09:37 am
I've been meaning to write this for a couple of weeks, but a painful oral surgery whose effects lasted through the Thanksgiving weekend had me slowed down. Sorry about the delay in getting this here. ...
Why I've not been blogging as much: hint-- "tweet, tweet" 17 Nov 2009 | 09:32 am
I've not blogged as much lately as I'd like to and have noticed a downward trend in the number of posts among blogs I follow. I also follow many of the same bloggers on Twitter, where I notice many of...
New iBill electronic banknote identifier hits the mark on many fronts 21 Oct 2009 | 07:47 am
One of the first questions I had after realizing that I was blind was, "How will I be able to tell my dollar bills apart?" I soon learned about electronic bill identifiers, but they seemed large and c...
