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19 May If Braille Were Print

If Braille Were Print–taken from the Braille Monitor 2016–an incredibly right on article about braille vs print

by Erin Jepsen

From the Editor: This article first appeared in Future Reflections, Winter 2016. Following is the way it was introduced by Editor Deborah Kent Stein:

Erin Jepsen is a low-vision homeschooling mother of four elementary-age children, one blind, one low vision, and two sighted. She is passionate about education for all kids and about teaching Braille. She and her family live in Idaho.

Read full story here: If Braille were Print

09 May Change the ways keys work on keyboard, get rid of FN key issues-work in BIOS

14 Apr JAWS and MAGic Student Edition Available on Quota!

WOW–this is great news for all our students. JAWS and MAGic Student Edition Available on Quota! See details at APH

Freedom Scientific and the American Printing House for the Blind have partnered to make a “JAWS® and MAGic® Student Edition” available to K-12 students in the U.S. using Federal Quota funds! These special software subscriptions will be sold exclusively by APH and will allow students to install full versions of JAWS and/or MAGic on ANY computer they access (up to three machines). This will allow students to have 24 hour, 365 day-a-year access to their computers at both school and home!

12 Apr Every Pixar Film Is Now Accessible with Mobile Audio Description from Disney

Every Pixar Film Is Now Accessible with Mobile Audio Description from Disney

Audio Description — the extra audio track that narrates film action for people who are blind or have low vision — has been around for decades, but even if you’re blind, you might not use it. Why? Ironically, often the problem with audio description is not really the audio description. The problem is in how AD is delivered — or rather, not delivered. For years, the LightHouse has heard and advocated for blind filmgoers who simply aren’t able to pay for their movie and enjoy it in the format of their choice. If you’re blind at the movies, you know about the broken receivers, the strange formats, poor public education and training, and the many other intervening factors that have continually stymied AD availability across movie theaters and in-home systems, ultimately stonewalling the blind film-watching experience.

Read all at: Pixar

31 Mar No more issues finding mouse–tricks here with keyboard commands and much more