Top Tech Tidbits - Volume 326 The Week's News in Adaptive Technology A Flying Blind, LLC Publication http://www.flying-blind.com/
Read this Volume of Top Tech Tidbits on the web at: http://www.flying-blind.com/tidbits2011/11102011/index.html This Week's Featured Advertisement: Adaptive Technology Training with Dean Martineau Looking for affordable yet comprehensive Adaptive Technology Training? Dean Martineau provides such services in both English and Spanish, by phone, online, and on-site, with flexible arrangements, and at affordable prices. For more information, please email d...@topdotenterprises.com today. Top Tech Tidbits: 1) This Fred's Head article, entitled "The Works of Thomas Jefferson", is online and in ebook Format, may interest some: http://www.fredshead.info/2011/11/works-of-thomas-jefferson-is-online-and.html 2) The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) has recently released the second segment of a three-part article on the evolution of braille. In this piece, BANA focuses on the complexities of code building as well as on current challenges in transcription, translation, and backtranslation of braille. Parts One and Two of "The Evolution of Braille: Can the Past Help Plan the Future?" are now posted on the BANA website at: http://www.brailleauthority.org/ 3) For those wanting guidance on the use of the latest Apple products with VoiceOver, as well as with older versions, the adaptive technology podcasts from Vision Australia remain a consistent source of good information. http://www.visionaustralia.org/atpodcasts/ 4) Version 0.0.18 of the drawing program for blind users is now available: The new feature in this version is called by the author the AudioTack display. The AudioTac Display makes it possible for blind users to interpret drawings using sound in conjunction with touch, an embossed tactile grid (paper), and a mouse or a touchpad. It makes it possible for blind users to obtain hardcore quantitative information about a shape, such as the locations and values of the peaks and troughs in a graph showing the price of a stock, or the distance between two walls in the floor plan of an apartment. http://www.austincc.edu/baldwin/SWT-SVG/SVGDraw01.zip 5) Version 1.5 of TOBI is now available. This free tool is designed to Create Accessible DAISY Multimedia. http://www.daisy.org/daisy-news 6) Blind Access Tools and Service is an evolving site intended to assist those who are losing vision. http://www.blindaccessts.com/ 7) Here is the article: Top 10 Awesome Android Features that the iPhone Doesn't Have: http://lifehacker.com/5801862/top-10-awesome-android-features-that-the-iphone-doesnt-have 8) If you input November in the customer code field at this site, you get 25% off Kathy Ann Murtha's textbooks during November. http://www.blindtraining.com/shop/ 9) HumanWare is seeking input on the future of the Victor Reader Stream, and asks owners to complete a survey. Ten people who do will win an upgrade to the Stream's SoftPak. http://visit.humanware.com/e/3332/ream-User-Online-Market-Survey/8A4QK/308967938 10) The two latest installments of the Tech Doctor Podcast form a series, iOS5 Pushes the Accessibility Envelope http://www.dr-carter.com/ 11) Part two of the Annual Stocking Stuffers series on Tek Talk runs on GMT Tuesday, 15 November at 01:00, giving you more interesting shopping ideas. http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2 12) Gw Micro has released a portable reading device, the ReadEasy+, compact and powerful, but whose price is hard to ascertain. http://www.gwmicro.com/Reading_Systems/ReadEasy/ 13) The Hadley School for the Blind seeks to hire a highly qualified instructor for their technology related course offerings. http://www.hadley.edu/career *************************************** Tidbits is intentionally concise, and we know a lot of people may not understand some items because little explanation is given. If a particular Tidbit brings up a question in your mind, feel free to ask, and we will try to answer as time and knowledge permit. Visit the 2011 Tidbits Archive at: http://www.flying-blind.com/tidbits2011.html where you can grab back issues. All that welcome information for future issues can be directed to our editor, Dean Martineau, at d...@topdotenterprises.com. *************************************** Flying Blind, LLC | 955 Pembrook Road | Cleveland Heights | OH | 44121 -- "Focus on your abilities, not your disability." Warm Regards, Have a nice day Hozefa... Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
