This entry promised to go on forever, such is the volume of stories coming in at the moment. That’s why I’ve divided this entry into two entries, the first going up to the initial letter M, the other covering N to Z.
100 Killer iTunes Feeds for Serious Science Geeks | Online Colleges
A Day Through the Eyes of a Blind Woman and how technology might help to get her through.
A Chat with ABC News on Assistive Gadgets – abledbody: news, insights and reviews on disability and assistive technology – includes the Intel Reader and some iPhone apps.
A quarter of Welsh polling stations ‘inaccessible’ – BBC News
Accessible Online Surveys (fully CLF 2 & 508 compliant) – OnlyASurvey.com
Accessible Text CAPTCHAs: 157,500,799 logic questions – a possible way around the difficulties of visual and audio CAPTCHAs.
Accessible UK Train Timetables
Accessible Web Video: JW Player Controls – OSU Web Accessibility Center – provides an accessible front end to Flash videos.
Accessibility for e-books means audio, too – Media dis&dat
Alabama creates fitness center for deaf, blind people – Media dis&dat
Am I Taking the Right Pill? – Donna Jodhan – how are you going to tell one kind of medication from another?
Apple Releases Safari 4.0.5 « AccessTech News – and it still doesn’t play nice under Windows.
Apple’s iPad Will Read Books Out Loud, Support Free E-Books | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
Are touch screens accessible?
Astronomy HyperText Book – the University of Oregon provides a fairly accessible resource.
Australia struggles to provide better disability access for performing arts – Media dis&dat
Australia’s film and TV industry opening up to disabled performers – Media dis&dat
Becta collaboration: Sources of Specialist Equipment funding for IT in the home/other support
Best Free Portable Applications – techsupportalert.com
Book Port Plus – American Printing House for the Blind
Braille Labels from Auntie Arwen’s Spice Blends – Fred’s Head
Building on Patterns: Primary Braille Literacy Program First Grade Level – Fred’s Head from the American Printing House for the Blind.
Campaigners for blind criticise Cathedral Square fountains – Peterborough Today – lack of tactile markers makes life difficult for people with sensory disabilities.
Choice Magazine Listening – Fred’s Head from APH – free magazine audio for those with print disabilities.
Claro Software Download Site – Claro Software Range – Claro Read version 5.5 is just released. I’m a bit concerned that the e-mail alert from the company didn’t read properly in plain text (meaningless ‘click here’ links, which weren’t linked at all), and the forms on the site that are not fully accessible. Try the free trial anyway.
Clisk, the Command-Line Interface for Skype
Does HTML5 Really Beat Flash? The Surprising Results of New Tests
Effective Practices for Description of Science Content within Digital Talking Books / Introduction / NCAM – Experience + Learn / Educational Media. Also visit
TouchGraphics Video for an example of audio-tactile representation using the LiveScribe pen.
FCC Talks on Broadband for People with Disabilities – abledbody: news, insights and reviews on disability and assistive technology
Finding awesome stuff online with Google Reader Play – Official Google Blog – get your chosen topics played to you without sorting out all your own feeds. Videos and maximised images included.
First park designed for disabled people to open in Texas – Media dis&dat – Morgan’s Wonderland, near Austin, not only has wheelchair-accessible ride, but many sensory experiences as well.
Flash Satay: Embedding Flash While Supporting Standards – A List Apart
Freedom Scientific Reduces Price of Focus 40 Blue Braille Display by 38% to Support Drive for Braille Literacy – it’s a snip at $2,795.
Fully Accessible Talking Glucose Meter System – Fred’s Head – the Prodigy Voice claims to be the only device of its kind for diabetics.
Global Assistive Technology Encyclopedia – Global Assistive Technology Wiki
Guess This Gadget: Stereoscopic 3D Image Scanner | Blog | ZiggyTek – Real-View 3D have produced this consumer desktop viewer, based on medical equipment.
Guide Dog Training Survey – your chance to share experiences.
Handbook for Learning to Read Braille by Sight – Fred’s Head
Have I Ever Relied On my Vision When Completing any activities? « Youtube’s “Living Blind” Blog – seems like for some people vision can be more confusing than helpful.
How I Label Things – Donna Jodhan – using Braille labels and the Penfriend audio label maker.
IBM looks into easy cellphones: News24: SciTech: News – phones suitable for people with disabilities and elderly people.
If You Are Blind Or Have Low Vision – how we can help – electronic information from the U.S. Social Security system.
ILRC – San Francisco – the Independent Living Resource Center offers a number of services to enable disabled people to live independently.
In Canada, a group of disabled people complain about costly accessible transportation – Media dis&dat
Inaccessible Point of Sale Devices – Donna Jodhan
[Audio] KNFB Reader Seminar recording (nearly 3 hours
Little Things that Can Make a Big Difference – Fred’s Head from APH – as a blind person, you will still need to write things occasionally. Writing guides can be helpful.
McTwit Twitter client
McTwit Installer
Documentation – this is version 2.7
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