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Access World
- Periodical Web Site:
- http://www.afb.org/aw/main.asp
- ISSN:
- 1526-9574
- Published by:
- AFB Press
- Sponsored by:
- American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
331 articles listed on AbleData
- "Is This for Here or to Go?" A Series on Portable, Laptop-Compatible Video Magnifiers
- "Is This for Here or to Go?" A Series on Portable, Laptop-Compatible Video Magnifiers, Part 2
- “Is This for Here or to Go?” A Series on Portable, Laptop-Compatible Video Magnifiers, Part 3
- A Comparison of Three Low-Cost, Hand-Held, Camera-Model Video Magnifiers: Vision Booster Magnifier, Carson DR-200 ezRead, and Wireless Electronic Reading Aid
- A History of Accessibility at IBM
- A Library in Your Hand: A Review of the Book Port and the BookCourier
- A Mountain of a Machine: A Review of the Olympus DS-40 Digital Voice Recorder
- A New Look for the Book: Overview of Digital Talking Book Technology
- A New Way to Find Old Friends: A Review of the Accessibility of Facebook
- A Nonrocker From Motorola: A Review of the Rokr E1 Cell Phone With iTunes
- A Packed Day With My PAC Mate
- A Pocket Full of Access: A Review of Mobile Speak Pocket and Pocket Hal
- A Product of Innovation and Collaboration: The Story of the Kurzweil-National Federation of the Blind Reader
- A Range of Opinions: A Survey on the Accessibility of Today's Home Appliances
- A Review of Freeware and Shareware Screen Magnification Software for Windows
- A Review of Window-Eyes Classroom Training
- A Review of WinZoom 4 and the Windows 7 Magnifier
- A Rosy Future for DAISY Books
- A Site for Sore Ears: A Review and Tour of Audible.com
- A Study of Factors Affecting Learning to Use a Computer by People Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision
- A Tech Geek Talks Money: An AFB TECH Lab Rat Discusses the Accessibility of Financial Technology
- A Thorny Problem: Accessing the BlackBerry Device
- Access Issues: A New Page That Speaks Volumes
- Access Issues: Are We Ready for Vista?
- Access Issues: It's Your Call: Promising Practices in Wireless
- Access Issues: One State's Solution to Getting More People Online
- Access Issues: Please Describe What Just Happened
- Access Issues: Sounds of Science
- Access Issues: What's on Tonight?
- Access to Museums and Parks for Patrons Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
- Access to Prescription Information With ScripTalk
- Accessibility and Distance Learning: An Overview
- Accessibility at Popular Vacation Destinations: Accessibility in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia and the Busch Gardens Amusement Park
- Accessibility Check of the Yahoo Toolbars
- Accessibility Features of the Sanyo 4700 Cellular Phone
- Accessibility Report on Apple’s Latest iOS Update for iPhone, iPod, and iPad
- Accessibility Review: The Verizon Accolade Cell Phone
- Accessibility Wash: New, Usable Washers and Dryers Are Released
- Accessible Gaming: Shall We Play a Game? A Review of Two Accessible Gaming Platforms
- Accessible Pedestrian Signals: San Francisco Sets an Example
- Accessible Television for the Visually Impaired: Is It Only for the United Kingdom?
- Accessible Toys for the Young and Young at Heart With Vision Loss
- Accessing Adobe PDFs
- Accessing the Machine: Two Solutions for Using Large Multifunctional Copy Machines
- AccessNote: AFB's New Note Taker for Your iOS Device
- Accommodating Productivity: Allstate and Assistive Technology
- Ai Squared's ZoomText Xtra for Windows 95, 98, and NT 4.0
- All Aboard! Using the Amtrak and Greyhound Websites With a Screen Reader
- An Accessibility Review of the Verizon Haven Cell Phone
- An Accessible Phone Comes Calling: A Review of the Jitterbug Cell Phone
- An Accessible, Pricey Answer: A Review of the Mobile Phone Organizer
- An App for Wayward Fingers and Thumbs: An Evaluation of the Fleksy App from Syntellia
- An Easy-To-Use Talking Organizer: A Review of TADI
- An Electronic Magnifier That Gestures Toward the Future: A Review of Flick by Sight Enhancement Systems and Issist Assistive Technologies Inc.
- An Evaluation of C-Desk for Media
- An Evaluation of DocuScan Plus: A Read Anywhere Program
- An Evaluation of Kindle II and Sony Reader Digital Book Players
- An Evaluation of the HumanWare Victor Reader Stream (New Generation)
- An Image of Accessibility: A Review of the Icon
- An Introduction to JAWS Scripting
- An Introduction to Twitter
- An Update on myReader, HumanWare's Transportable Auto Reader
- And Then There Were Two: A Review of Notetakers
- Another Look at the Pitney Bowes Universal Access Copier System
- Answering the Call: Top-of-the-Line Cell Phones, Part 1
- Answering the Call: Top-of-the-Line Cell Phones, Part 2
- App Accessibility: A Collection of Accessible Apps for Your Android Device
- Apple TV (2nd Generation): Apple Continues to Set the Accessibility Standard
- AppReader Makes Proofreading Easier
- Are We There Yet? Another Look at the MobilePal+GPS
- Are You a BARD? The Long-awaited Switch to Digital Talking Books
- Books on Tape Without the Tape!
- Bookshare Reader 3.7.0 and Darwin Reader 1.22: Two Android Apps Provide Access to Books
- Bosch Puts New Spin on Washer and Dryer Controls
- Braille on Display: The ALVA Satellite Traveler and the Braille Star
- Braille, Ink, and Graphics from One Machine
- Breaking the Code: A Review of Two Portable Bar Code Scanners
- Can the iPad and an App Replace Electronic Magnifiers (CCTVs)? An Evaluation of SightTech’s EyeSight App
- Can You Get the Music? A Review of Music Download Sites
- Can You Make Me Some Copies, Please?
- Canada Stands Tall With Web-4-All
- Canon Extends Copy Machine Access with Its New Voice Operation Kit
- Cast a Vote by Yourself: A Review of Accessible Voting Machines
- CCTV Users Report Symptoms of Computer Vision Syndrome
- Cell Phone Access: An Accessibility Evaluation of the Samsung Gusto 2 From Verizon Wireless
- Cell Phone Accessibility: An Evaluation of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Using the Nexus 7
- Chase Expands "Right Relationship" with eATM: A Collaboration in Accessibility
- Class is in Session: A Review of the Telex Professor Desktop Audio System
- Combating the Small Visual Display Invasion: AFB Works to Set a Display Quality Standard
- Commentary: Apex and Intel
- Conference Report: ATIA 2007
- Connecting the Dots: A Brighter Spin on the Future of Braille
- Conquering the Code: A Review of the BrailleMaster
- Control Your E-mail with Your Voice: A Look at the Upcoming Talkler App from Talkler Labs
- Control Your Thermostat From Almost Anywhere? There's an App for That: An Evaluation of the Nest Thermostat
- Cool Stuff in Every Pocket: An Interview With Fred Gissoni
- Deane Blazie: Forging a New Path for Literacy
- Diabetes and Visual Impairment: An Update on Accessible Blood Glucose Meters
- Diabetes and Visual Impairment: An Update on the Blood Glucose Monitor Market
- Diabetes and Visual Impairment: Are Home Blood Pressure Monitors Accessible?
- Diabetes and Visual Impairment: Are Insulin Pens Accessible?
- Diabetes and Visual Impairment: Are Insulin Pumps Accessible?
- Diabetes and Visual Impairment: New Talking Blood Glucose Monitors Enter the Market
- Diabetes Management and Visual Impairment: Are People Aware of Accessible Home Blood Pressure Monitors?
- Dial Me In: The Latest on Off-The-Shelf Cell Phone Accessibility
- Dialing Up the Magnification: A Review of Mobile Magnifier
- Do Cell Phones Plus Software Equal Access? Part 1
- Do Cell Phones Plus Software Equal Access? Part 2
- Do the iPods Have It? A Review of Apple's iPod
- Dolphin LunarPlus Version 4.01 for Windows 95/98/NT
- Driving With a Bioptic System: One User’s Experiences
- Earl: An Evaluation of the Newspaper-Reading App from Angle LLC
- E-mail for Your Ears: A Review of the Fully Functioning Talkler iOS App
- Enlarging the View: LunarPlus Screen Magnification Software, Part 1
- Enlarging the View: ZoomText and MAGic Screen Magnification Software, Part 2
- Evaluation of the Go Read App: A Free DAISY and ePUB Reader From Bookshare
- Even More Ways to Communicate: A Review of Twitter and Google Voice
- Exercising Your Right to Fitness: An Overview of the Accessibility of Exercise Equipment
- Expanding the View: A Review of Mobile Magnifier and ZOOMS Screen Magnifiers for Cell Phones
- FCC Program Connecting Deaf-Blind Americans through Technology
- Feel the Music: A Review of Music Production Software
- Figure It Out: A Review of Virtual Pencil Arithmetic and Virtual Pencil Algebra From Henter Math
- Finding Your Way: A Review of Sendero GPS 3.5 for BrailleNote With a New Training Guide from DeWitt and Associates
- Focus on Screen Magnification, Part 1: A Review of ZoomText 9.0 and LunarPlus 6.5
- Focusing on Cell Phones: A Review of the Coupe and breEZe for People With Low Vision
- From the Birds: A Look at the Accessibility of Satellite Radio Receivers
- Full Stream Ahead: A Review of the Victor Reader Stream
- Geocaching: A "Treasured" Experience with GPS
- George Kerscher: A Pioneer in Digital Talking Books Still Forging Ahead
- Getting From Here to There: A Short Review of Trekker
- Getting From Point A to Point B: A Review of Two GPS Systems
- Getting Your Forms in Shape
- Going New Places: Bringing Sendero GPS to the Cell Phone
- Gone Shopping: An Update on the Accessibility of Kitchen Appliances
- Good News From the Big Box Store: Accessibility Features for Laundry and Kitchen Appliances Improve
- Good News on the Home Front: an Update on the Accessibility of Appliances
- GPS Made Simple: A Review of the Trekker Breeze
- Greeting Card Sites, Are They Accessible to People With Vision Loss?
- Grocery Pal: An Accessible Shopping Helper for Your Smartphone or Tablet
- High-Definition: Help or Hype? A Review of the IBIS HD Video Magnifier (CCTV) by Tagarno
- Highlights from the CSUN 2011 Conference
- How Accessible is Microsoft Office 2000?
- How Accessible is Windows XP?
- How Closed-Circuit Television Users Develop Computer Vision Syndrome
- How Do I Read Thee? A Librarian Expands the Ways
- How Shall I Scan? Mainstream Versus Adapted Products
- How to Buy a CCTV
- How to Get the Most Out of Assistive Technology Training
- Illuminating Thoughts on Popular Low Vision Task Lamps
- Increased Independence in the Palm of Your Hand: A Review of the Nemo and Compact+ CCTVs
- Internet Appliances That Use Computer Display Technology
- Is Technology Improving? Revisiting Four Video Magnifiers
- It’s in the Bank: A Snapshot of Accessible Online Financial Services
- It's Hard to Find Good Help These Days: A Review of Personal Data Assistants
- It's in Your Hands: A Review of the PAC MATE and the VoiceNote
- KeySoft 6.1: A Noteworthy Upgrade for Your HumanWare PDA
- Kindle 3: An Accessibility Evaluation … Is the Third Time the Charm?
- Kurzweil-NFB Portable Reader
- Legends and Pioneers of Blindness Assistive Technology, Part 1
- Legends and Pioneers of Blindness Assistive Technology, Part 2
- Legends and Pioneers of Blindness Assistive Technology, Part 3
- Legends and Pioneers of Blindness Assistive Technology, Part 4
- Let Your Fingers Do the Shopping: A Review of Seven Online Shopping Sites
- Lighting Up Your World: A Closer Look at Illuminated Magnifiers
- Lighting Up Your World: A Closer Look at Illuminated Magnifiers, Part 2
- Lighting Up Your World: A Closer Look at Illuminated Magnifiers, Part 3
- Lowering the Price of Braille: A Review of the Seika Braille Display
- M is for Mobile, and the Result is Empowering
- Magnification in Hand: A Review of Two Handheld CCTVs
- Magnification Is Going Places: A Review of the STRIX and Amigo Portable CCTVs
- Make the Web a Better Place
- Making Your Smartphone Smarter, Part 1: A Review of Mobile Speak Smartphone
- Making Your Smartphone Smarter, Part 2: A Review of Smart Hal
- Man versus Machine: A Review of Multifunctional Desktop Copiers
- Managing Diabetes with a Visual Impairment
- Marking the Road to MP3 Player Accessibility: A Review of the Milestone 311
- Money Talks: An Overview of Access to Automated Teller Machines
- More Than a Line: What the Future Holds for Refreshable Braille
- More Than a Perkins Brailler: A Review of the Mountbatten Brailler, Part 1
- More Than a Perkins Brailler: A Review of the Mountbatten Brailler, Part 2
- More Than One Way to Read: A Review of Kurzweil 1000 and OpenBook
- Musings on the Evolution and Longevity of Accessible Personal Digital Assistants
- My Trials and Tribulations Learning the iPhone With VoiceOver
- myReader Take Two: The Continuing Story of an Autoreader
- Navigating by Phone: A Review of Wayfinder Access GPS and Mobile Geo, Part 1
- Navigating by Phone: A Review of Wayfinder Access GPS and Mobile Geo, Part 2
- Need a Lift? Accessibility and the New Elevator Control Systems
- New Developments in Blood Glucose Monitoring
- New FaceToFace Communication for People Who Are Deaf-Blind
- New Features in JAWS 6.0
- No Second Fiddle: A Review of the Maestro
- No Static at All: A Review of Low-Power FM Transmitters
- NonVisual Desktop Access and Thunder: A Comparison of Two Free Screen Readers
- Not at Home on the Range
- Not Just Playing Around: A Review of Accessible Windows-Based Games
- Not Just Taking Up Space: Almost-Infinite Job Possibilities at NASA
- Not What the Doctor Ordered: A Review of Apple's VoiceOver Screen Reader
- Note-Taking 101: How Blind and Visually Impaired People Capture Information
- Now Speaking: Apple Adds Speech Output to the iPod Nano
- Now They're Talking? A Review of Two Cell Phone-Based Screen Readers
- Oh Kapten! My Kapten! Where Am I? A Review of the Kapten PLUS Personal Navigation Device
- On the Move With MuVo
- On the Same Page
- Online Learning: What Works, What Doesn't
- Optelec's ClearView 700 Video Magnifier for Use with Computers
- Oratio for BlackBerry Is Now Available
- Organize Your Life: A Review of Voice Mate
- Out of the Blue: Usability Testing at IBM
- PenFriend and Touch Memo: A Comparison of Labeling Tools
- Podcasting: Content Available Anytime, Anywhere
- Product Announcement: AFB AccessNote Notetaker App Released!
- Product Evaluation of the Readit Scholar by VisionAid International
- Product Evaluation: A First Look at Windows XP
- Product Evaluation: Braille Sense OnHand Notetaker and PDA from HIMS, Inc.
- Product Evaluation: BrailleNote Apex From HumanWare
- Product Evaluation: CDesk COMPASS by AdaptiveVoice: A Low-Cost Screen Reading and Screen Magnification Solution for Windows
- Product Evaluation: Choosing a Screen Magnifier
- Product Evaluation: How Usable are Internet Appliances That Connect to a TV?
- Product Evaluation: Insignia Narrator, the Only Fully Accessible HD Radio on the Market
- Product Evaluation: Plextalk Pocket PTP1 DAISY Book Player and Digital Recorder From Shinano Kenshi
- Product Evaluation: Portable Video Magnifiers in Museums
- Product Evaluation: The PLEXTALK PTN2 DAISY and Audio Book Player From Shinano Kenshi
- Product Evaluation: The Trekker Breeze Way-Finding Device by HumanWare
- Product Evaluation: Victor Reader Stratus 12 M DAISY MP3 Player From HumanWare
- Product Evaluations: Can’t BrailleTouch This…or Can You? A Review of the BrailleTouch Prototype
- Product Evaluations: From Fevers to Cooking Temperatures: A Review of Three Talking Thermometers
- Product Evaluations: Glasses That Alert Travelers to Objects Through Vibration? An Evaluation of iGlasses by RNIB and AmbuTech
- Product Evaluations: What’s on This Page? A Review of the SayText, Prizmo, and TextDetective iOS Reading Apps
- Product Evaluations: ZoomText Reinventing Itself: A Review of ZoomText 10 and Its New Features
- Progress Toward Access: A Review of AOL 9
- Putting Words to Windows: A Review of JAWS for Windows and Window-Eyes
- Quite a Display: A Review of Two Video Magnifiers
- Raising the Bar: An Overview of the ID Mate
- Read All Day with Playaway
- Read Me, Read Me Not: A Review of Four DAISY Book Players
- Reading by Hand: A Review of the Kurzweil-National Federation of the Blind Reader
- Reading Into the Future: An Overview of the National Library Service's Digital Talking Book Test Program
- Reading Made Easy: A Review of the Digital Talking Book Machine from the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
- Recognizing and Rewarding: A Review of OpenBook and Kurzweil 1000
- Redoing Windows: A Guide for Customizing Windows for Users With Low Vision
- Refreshabraille Portable Braille Display and Keyboard: A Product Evaluation
- Review of the Eye-Pal SOLO and Eye-Pal SOLO LV From ABiSee, Inc.
- Reviews of Two Low-Cost Specialized Web Browsers with Speech Output
- Scanning and Reading on the Move: A Review of Zoom-Ex and Zoom-Twix
- Screen Reader Boot Camp
- Screening Displays for Low Vision Access: A Look at Popular Audio Players and Book Readers
- Screen-Reading Alternatives: An Overview of Lower-Cost Options
- Seek and You Shall Find: Using Specific Search Engines
- Several Models in One: A Review of HumanWare's SmartView Xtend
- Show Me the Money: An Evaluation of the Note Teller 2 Money Identifier
- Simply Out Scanning: A Review of SARA and ScannaR
- Siri Substitutes: If You Don’t Have Siri, There Are Other Options
- Still Scanning After All These Years: A Profile of Kurzweil Educational Systems
- Surfing By Ear: Usability Concerns of Computer Users Who are Blind or Have Low Vision
- Take Me to myReader: An Evaluation of HumanWare's Transportable Auto-Reader
- Taking the Mystery Out of Microsoft Active Accessibility
- Talk Me Through It: A Review of Two Cell Phone-Based Screen Readers
- Talking About Accessibility: An Evaluation of the Panasonic KX-TG6591T Cordless Phone
- Taxing Both Income and Patience: Reviews of TaxACT and TurboTax
- The 40th Cell: A Review of the Focus Braille Display
- The 64-Cell Question: A Review of the Brailliant Braille Display
- The AFB Small Visual Display Project: Contrast Sensitivity
- The American Foundation for the Blind’s Small Display Project
- The Assistive Technology Act of 2004
- The Ballot Ballet: The Usability of Accessible Voting Machines
- The Bigger Picture: A Comparative Review of Magnifier for Windows 7 and Zoom for Mac OS
- The Braille Must Go Through: A Review of Two Lower-Cost Braille Printers
- The Braille Teacher's Pal: A Review of SAL
- The Challenge of Assistive Technology and Braille Literacy
- The Conundrum of PDF Accessibility
- The Device That Refreshes: How to Buy a Braille Display
- The First Accessible Windows-Based Notetaker: A Review of the BrailleNote
- The Future of Accessible Phone Technology
- The Great Screen Reader Race: A Review of the Two Leading Screen Readers
- The iBill Second-Generation US Currency Identifier From Orbit Research: A Good Thing Made Better
- The Jaws of Success: An Interview With Glen Gordon
- The Key to the Information Age: A Review of Three Screen Readers, Part 1
- The Key to the Information Age: A Review of Three Screen Readers, Part 2
- The Large Challenge of Small Devices: A First Look at the Mobile Device Landscape
- The Liberty to Use a Computer: A Review of the FreedomBox
- The LookAround GPS From Sendero and the Ariadne GPS: Two iPhone Apps That Increase Independence for Blind and Visually Impaired Travelers
- The Mouse That Soared: A Guide for Customizing the Mouse for People With Low Vision
- The Next Generation: A Review of Personal Digital Assistants, Part 1
- The Next Generation: A Review of Personal Digital Assistants, Part 2
- The Novel Experience of Reading: A Review of OPENBook and Kurzweil 1000
- The Open Source Course: An Overview of Linux
- The Quiet Touch: An Overview of Braille Access to Windows
- The Right (or Required) Tool for the Job: Microsoft Developer Tools and Screen Readers
- The SenseView Handheld CCTV Adds a Handwriting Feature
- The Serotek HoverCam: A Portable Reading Solution for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
- The Signal Gets Stronger: Three Cell Phones With Speech Output
- The Sound of Computing: A Review of Three Screen Readers
- The Sound, Sight, and Feel of Learning: An Interactive Tutorial from TECSO
- The Touch That Means so Much: Training Materials for Computer Users Who Are Deaf-Blind
- There's Gold on Those Old Tapes: Recording and Editing Digital Audio Files With GoldWave
- Thin and Sleek: A review of Two Flat-Panel Desktop CCTVs
- Tools of the Trade: Tips That Can Make You a Better Trainer Right Now
- Trainer’s Corner: Providing Students with the Best Possible Training
- Trainer's Corner: Assistive Technology Specialist Competencies
- Trainer's Corner: Shaping the Future of Assistive Technology
- Transforming Lives for People With Low Vision: An Evaluation of the Transformer, a Computer Compatible Electronic Magnifier From Enhanced Vision
- Turning the Printed Word Into Speech: A Review of Open Book Ruby Edition and Kurzweil 1000
- Two More Approaches: A Review of the LG VX 4500 Cell Phone From Verizon Wireless and Microsoft's Voice Command Software
- Two New Portable Digital Book Players Enter the Market
- Untangling the Web: A First Look at Microsoft's .NET Environment
- Untangling the Web: Exploring Methods of Accessing Virtual Worlds
- Useful or Frustrating Websites
- Versatility Is Bringing a New World Into Focus: A Shift in the Design of CCTVs Is Clear
- Vision Free HD Radio: A Radio Designed With the Blind in Mind
- We Think They Hear Us Now: Cell Phones with Speech
- Web Sites That Take You Places: Accessing Travel Web Sites with Low Vision
- Website Evaluation: Directions for Me, a Gift to People Who Can’t Read the Box
- We're Cooking Now: A Guide to the Accessibility of Major Appliances
- What Color is Your Pair of Shoes? A Review of Two Color Identifiers
- What Is This?: A Review of the VizWiz, Digit-Eyes, and LookTel Recognizer Apps for the iPhone
- What Screen Readers Can Learn From Audio Games
- What’s in a PDF? The Challenges of the Popular Portable Document Format
- When is a Little Magnification Enough? A Review of Microsoft Magnifier
- When the Only Window View is Braille
- Where Are We?: A Look at Global Positioning Systems on the Market Today
- Who are the Players: Reviews of Hardware and Software Digital Talking Book Players
- World's Smallest Portable Viewer
- You Can Bank on It, Part 2: Advocacy, Outreach, and Legal Authority for Talking ATMs
- You Can Bank On It: Features, Technology, and Locations of Talking ATMs
- You Can Get Mail: A Look at the New AOL Mail Web Interface
- You Can Take it With You II: A Review of Two More Portable CCTVs
- You Can Take It With You: A Review of Three Portable CCTVs
- You Get to Choose: An Overview of Accessible Cell Phones
- Your Accessibility Is Extremely Important to Us: A Look at the Usability of Technology at Call Centers
- Zen and the Art of Portable Players: A Look at the Zen Stone
- Zooming in on Magnification: An Evaluation of the CANDY and CANDY Grip Hand-Held Video Magnifiers From HIMS Inc.