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15 Jul

Posted at 03:18h in Uncategorized

Hi Friends, Family and new friends

Please fill this 14 question survey out? Computer use as an Adult
We need major research to prove how desperately  children need computer instruction in the school systems by proving what the adult population is using now or if retired, what you did use in your job. The hope is to present this information next year everywhere around the world and in particular at blind conferences in order to get computer instruction into the school systems.
Please pass this onto  family members, friends, colleagues, and adults you can think of and make a plea for them to fill it out. I need to collect as much data as I can in the next few months. Thanks for your help on getting the word out

12 Jul

Posted at 13:39h in Screen Readers, Uncategorized

Non-profit Computers for the Blind (CFTB), recognized last year with the 2017 Access Award by the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) for making computers affordable and accessible, has further enhanced it’s program.

All CFTB Computers now come with a home edition license of the consumer’s choice of JAWS, Fusion, or ZoomText. These home edition licenses can also be used for home businesses, and those who work from home.

Additional program enhancements include:
Typio talking typing tutorial. Only $10 due to generous grant. Retails for $100. Demo is free.
Availability of additional upgrades and add-ons such as additional RAM and bigger hard drives.
Credit cards, checks, and purchase orders from agencies accepted.
Bi-lingual customer service and technical support staff with expanded customer service hours.
More volunteers and more volunteer shifts for quicker turn-around of computers. Wait list in currently under 2 weeks.
Revamped website.

For more details check out the CFTB Fact Sheet or call customer service at 214-340-6328.

  CFTB is saving agencies thousands of dollars and consumers hundreds of dollars compared to retail costs due to generous grants from Communities Foundation of Texas and donated software from VF0 Group.  Read about us on AFB’s VisionAware website and an article about our partnership with FS on their blog.

David Jeppson
Executive Director
Computers for the Blind

28 Mar

Posted at 21:23h in Other Blind Tools

Source: LOUIS BRAILLE ONLINE RESOURCE – Home

Learn About Louis Braille and the Braille Method of Reading and Writing
charcoal portrait of Louis Braille

The Louis Braille Online Resource provides information about Louis Braille and the braille code he created.
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​Louis Braille was fifteen years old when he developed his raised dot method of reading and writing. He called it “my alphabet.” His alphabet is now called braille in honor of the young man who devised it. It has been ​adapted to hundreds of languages and ​dialects throughout the world.​​  ​
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