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BlindCafe.net

BlindCafe.net: an accessible website with breakfast club, games, music rooms, trivia, Chess Chats, plays, talent shows, tech info, tutorials, described movies, classic T.V, comedy, and interactive chat.

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Toyota’s Project BLAID

Story about a cool assistive device being developed by Toyota....

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Vision Austrailia iPhone tutorials

iPhone tutorials at VisionAustrailia:...

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Eyes On Success

http://www.eyesonsuccess.net/ This half-hour weekly radio program and podcast discusses products, services and daily living tips for people with vision loss. It is available through radio reading...

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Accessibility Edit-a-Thon at the DC Public Library

Accessibility Edit-a-Thon at the DC Public Library https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/DCPL_March_2016

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Project Ray Smartphones for Blind

Project Ray Smartphones for Blind http://www.project-ray.com/ RAY devices and apps are communication tools designed for the visually impaired community to connect, communicate and socialize without...

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Tips on Being a Blogger with a Visual Impairment

https://fashioneyesta.com/2016/04/14/my-top-tips-on-being-a-blogger-with-a-visual-imapirment/

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Basic Training for NVDA (eBook)

Basic Training for NVDA (eBook) Costs about $20 http://www.nvaccess.org/product/basic-training-for-nvda-ebook/

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Top Tech Tidbits selections

Toyota's Contribution to Indoor Navigation for the Blind, and the latest updates to the latest updates to iOS for different devices: http://www.afb.org/aw/main.aspNational Federation of the Blind seeks...

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Vision Apps

Vision Apps is a blog that has a list of accessible apps for Android and iOs as its first entry: http://visionapps.blogspot.com/

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Zoomtext and JAWS Companies Merge

Breaking: VFO Group, owners of Freedom Scientific and Optelec, Acquires AI Squared https://www.blindbargains.com/bargains.php?m=15422

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Certified Assistive Technology Instructional Specialist

An effort is under way to certify assistive technology trainers. Learn what it takes to become a Certified Assistive Technology Instructional Specialist for People with Visual Impairments (CATIS):...

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Be My Eyes and BeSpecular

BeSpecular and Be My Eyes: Apps that Assist the Blind in Identifying Objects with the Assistance of Sighted Helpers

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Learn NVDA, Free Online Video Tutorials

AFB Announces Learn NVDA, Free Online Video TutorialsThe American Foundation for the Blind is pleased to announce the availability of Learn NVDA, a series of FREE online video tutorials designed to...

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From Top Tech Tidbits at flying-blind.com

1) August 2016 issue of AccessWorld http://www.afb.org/aw/main.asp2) AppleVis Unlimited: What's New in Accessible Apps for July 2016...

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NLS Reference Guides

The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped makes Reference Guides available online. Included are lists of organizations that produce calendars in braille, print/braille,...

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YourTube

YourTube is an accessible YouTube player which now uses HTML 5 instead of Flash. You can search for and watch videos in an accessible format from your computer or phone: http://www.povidi.com/yourtube/

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iPhoneTip

On the iPhone, in the "Health Data" app that comes already installed on the phone, go to the first item - named "All", there are some unexpected trackers that may be useful. Inhaler Usage Number of...

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Jonathan Mosen The Blind Side Podcast

https://soundcloud.com/theblindsidepodcast/episode12?fb_action_ids=1334465979937265&fb_action_types=soundcloud%3Apublish

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A Tech News

http://www.atechnews.com/John Williams is the managing editor of ATechNews.com.  He has been writing about disability issues since 1978 and, in 1982, coined the phrase “Assistive Technology,” which has...

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Veroniiiica

https://veroniiiica.com/ is an assistive tech blog complete with posts about accessible Android and iOS settings.Veronica is local to the DC/MD/VA area.

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Music for the Blind

www.musicfortheblind.com has beginner courses for piano, guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, drums, trumpet, violin, flute, saxophone, ukulele and penny whistle in all-audio format. No print, no...

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Verizon offers Text to Speech functionality for the Fios TV

Verizon offers Text to Speech functionality for the Fios TV on-screen guide to enhance accessibility for visually impaired customers. If you need help getting the Text to Speech feature working on your...

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Be My Eyes

Be My Eyes is a FREE mobile app that connects blind and visually impaired individuals to sighted helpers from all over the world through a live video call.http://bemyeyes.com/Use for:Finding lost...

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Check out AIRA

AIRAhttps://aira.io/Aira empowers the blind to experience their world and surroundings using smart glasses with a camera and a remote network of certified agents. Price: very expensive.

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