Braille Monitor

Periodical Web Site:

http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Braille_Monitor.asp

ISSN:

0006-8829

Published by:

National Federation of the Blind

130 articles listed on AbleData

1. A Case for Teaching Braille
2. A Few Notes on Buying a Computer
3. A Guide Dog Consumers’ Bill of Rights: Shifting Paradigms in the Guide Dog Movement
4. A knfbReader for Christmas?
5. A Practicing Blind Physician
6. A Technology Bill of Rights for the Blind
7. Access at the Point-Of-Sale: The U.S. Netcom Solution
8. Access Technology and Disabilities in the Twenty-First Century
9. Accessibility Issue Comes to a Head
10. Accessible Cell Phone Technology: Mobile Speak
11. Accessible Cell Phone Technology: Screenless Talking Phone
12. Accessible Cell Phone Technology: Talks
13. Accessible Personal Data Assistance Reviews
14. Accessible Web Applications and the Implications of Technology in the Years Ahead
15. America Online: An Internet Service That the Blind Can Use
16. An Accessible and Highly Usable Webmail Service
17. An Examination of Four Stand-Alone Reading Machines
18. Announcing the Intel Reader, A New Mobile Handheld Device From Intel That Transforms Printed Text to Spoken Word
19. Appropriate Use of the Electronic Notetaker in School
20. Are Braille’s Days as the Great Equalizer Over?
21. Audio Description: Accessory or Accessibility?
22. Beyond Vision: Integrating Touch Into Museums - The Tactile Museum of the Lighthouse for the Blind in Athens, Greece
23. Blind Consumers Get the Gift of Audio Catalog Shopping
24. Blind Diabetics Can Draw Insulin Without Difficulty
25. Blind Driver: Ultimate Insult or Statement of Fact
26. Blind Voters Are Registered Voters
27. Bookshare.org and Braille Institute Partner to Deliver Hard-Copy Braille
28. Bookshare.org: Books Without Barriers
29. Braille Contractions: Are They Really So Hard?
30. Braille in the Museum
31. Braille Reading Speed: Are You Willing to Do What It Takes?
32. BrailleNote or Pac Mate: A Matter of Personal Preference
33. Building a Global Library for People With Print Disabilities
34. Building Braille Reading Speed: Some Helpful Suggestions
35. Can Braille Change the Future?
36. Choosing Your Braille Embosser
37. Computer Aids for the Blind
38. Consumer Electronics: Crisis at the Big Box Store, Part 3
39. Crisis at the Big Box Store, Part 2
40. Cruising Then and Now
41. DAISY: What Is It and Why Use It?
42. Deaf-Blind Communication Devices
43. Double Your Pleasure - Double Your Speed
44. Effective Technology
45. Engineering New Products for the Blind
46. Enhancing Pedestrian Safety: Ensuring the Blind Can Continue to Travel Safely and Independently
47. Fighting for the Right to Read: A Campaign to Preserve Unlimited Access to the Text-to-Speech Feature of the Kindle 2
48. First Step in Adding Accessibility to Google Books -- Was It Enough?
49. GPS Technology for the Blind, A Product Evaluation
50. Graphical Verification: Another Accessibility Challenge
51. GWConnect: A Free and Accessible Alternative to the Skype Client
52. How Braille Began
53. How to Get Access to Print: What It Takes to Succeed as a Blind or Low-Vision College Student
54. How to Select a Suitable Adaptive Technology Training Program
55. I Do Do It: Three Fundamentals of Cane Travel
56. Independent Laboratory Access for the Blind
57. Initial Thoughts on the Intel Reader
58. Just Saying No to Reading Braille (Part One)
59. Just Saying No to Reading Braille, Part II
60. Kenneth Jernigan's Prophetic Vision
61. Laptop Computers and Electronic Notetakers for the Blind: A Comparison
62. Leadership in Nonvisual Accessibility in Consumer Electronics: A Report on the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show
63. Learning Braille as an Adult: Read Until You Bleed
64. Leveling the Playing Field for Students With Disabilities
65. Leveling the Playing Field: Providing Blind Students with Accessible Textbooks in Higher Education
66. Light for the Blind in the Philippines
67. Looking into Artificial Vision for the Blind
68. Low-Cost Screen Readers
69. Magnification Software
70. Making CAPTCHA More Accessible for the Blind
71. Making Cell Phones Accessible: Computers in Our Pockets Must Talk
72. Medical Doctor Takes Up Braille After Retirement
73. Meet BARD
74. Mobile Devices
75. National Literacy Braille Competency Test: New Partnerships, New Possibilities
76. Net Surfing for Those Unable to See: Often Web Sites' Designs Hinder Navigation by the Blind
77. New Computer Programs to Assist Blind Mathematicians
78. New Virtual Audio Computer Game for the Blind
79. Newly Designed Count-A-Dose to Be Released in April
80. NFB-NEWSLINE Online Offers Blind Readers More Options for Accessing the News
81. Omni 1000, A Comprehensive Review
82. Optical Character Recognition and High-Volume Book-Scanning
83. Perkins School for the Blind Sues Maxi-Aids
84. Report on the Plight of the Blind of Iraq
85. Sales Soar as Talking Books Mark 75 Years
86. Saying No to Detectable Warnings Everywhere
87. She Makes Braille Look Easy
88. Shopping for Braille Notetakers? Take Note
89. Striving for Excellence: The Role of Technology and More
90. Striving for Goals With the Help of a Ball
91. Swimming in the Lanes
92. Tactile Access to the iPhone Is Here
93. Tactile Images and You: A Comparison of Thermal Expansion Machines
94. Talking Bank Machines
95. Talking Blood Glucose Monitoring Systems
96. Talking Turkey About Household Appliances and Consumer Electronics: Crisis for the Blind at the Big Box Store
97. The Blind Man's Harley: White Canes and Gender Identity in America
98. The Braille Literacy Crisis in America: Facing the Truth, Reversing the Trend, Empowering the Blind
99. The Challenge of Change: Freedom Scientific Responds to Customer Input, Unveils New, Leading-Edge Products
100. The Demand, the Crisis, the Solution in Education for the Blind
101. The Evolution of Braille: Can the Past Help Plan the Future? Part One of a Three-Part Article
102. The Instructional Materials Accessibility Act: Reviewing the Long Road to Passage
103. The Interface That Touches the Mind: Advancing Beyond Autonomous Vehicles
104. The KnfbReader Mobile: An Individual Perspective
105. The KnfbReader Mobile: Concepts, Misconceptions, and the Future
106. The Kurzweil-National Federation of the Blind Reader: The Revolution is Here!
107. The Milestone 311: The Epitome of Accessibility
108. The New GED Tests
109. The New iBill(R): Is It Worth the Extra $20?
110. The Road Runner(R), A Review
111. The SAL (Speech Assisted Learning): A Review
112. The Topography of Technology, Blindness, and the Luddite
113. The Variables of a Blind Person's Math Experience
114. The Victor Reader Stream: More Than an iPod for the Blind
115. The Voice Mate: An Aural Organizer that Really Works
116. Top Ten Tips for a Successful Convention Trip with a Guide Dog
117. Training Our Way to Business Opportunities
118. Training Reflections
119. Trends in the Use of Braille Contractions in the United States: Implications for UBC Decisions
120. Two Weeks at the Center
121. UI Eyes More Accessible Website
122. Using Pipe Cleaners and Clay Classmate Helps Blind Student See Geometry Lessons
123. What Is the NCLB?
124. What It Means to Walk With a White Cane
125. When to Stop Relying on Low Vision and Low-Vision Aids
126. Why I Bought a PAC Mate
127. Windows 95: Removing the Screen
128. Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007
129. Woman’s Mission Helps Sight Impaired See the Universe
130. Working to Empower Blind Students to Participate Fully and Independently in Science Classrooms and Laboratories

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