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Tag Archives: partially sighted
Blind Photography
I never really showed much interest in photography until I graduated from high school and got my first digital camera. After that, my love for photography really took off. My favorite type of photography is scenice: flowers, waterfalls, mountains, sunsets, you name it. I guess I can consider myself a blind photographer because I am [...]
How E-Textbooks Can Benefit People with Disabilities
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) recently introduced a Kindle textbook purchase program. Since the Kindle platform is available on many different devices that include accessibility features, this is a huge help for people who are blind or partially sighted. I’ve already praised the iPad for its VoiceOver, font adjustments and color contrast features. The Kindle itself includes [...]
Accessibility, Assistive Technology
Also tagged accessible format, Amazon, backpack, blind, bookbag, braille, color contrast, e-book, e-reader, font size, iPad, Kindle, kindle apps, mac, pc, rollable backpack, text to speech, textbook, voiceover
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Texting and Driving – Huge Hazard for the Blind
Something that has been on my mind lately is the hazards of texting and driving. It has become a huge problem for drivers and pedestrians alike. It is one of those things you aren’t “supposed” to do, but do it anyway. We’re all guilty of that for something or another. It is just human. People [...]
Disability Awareness
Also tagged blind, chirper, crosswalk, texting, texting and driving
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Accessibility and Higher Education
I’ve been interested in what colleges and universities have been doing to make new technologies accessible for people with disabilities. The gist of the issue is, that many colleges and universities tend to adopt new technologies without stopping to address accessibility issues, then have to go back and address it later. Which is time consuming [...]
Federal Websites Not Meeting Section 508 Standards
According to the National Federation for the Blind’s press release on Section 508 web compliance. Over 90 percent of the Federal government’s 100 websites are not compliant. You can view more details on the press release at: Federal Government Not Complying with Web Site Accessibility Requirements, Study Indicates I know that in some ways, making [...]
Monocular
As someone with low vision, owning a monocular has been a lifesaver, and a cool gadget for others to use as well. I’m sure that most partially sighted individuals are familiar with it, but I just thought I’d mention it for those who aren’t. Monoculars come in varying magnification strengths, and is basically a low [...]
Assistive Technology, Uncategorized
Also tagged low vision, magnification, monocular, vision
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Excellent Article on Web Accessibility
Mashable has a great article on Web Accessibility: 5 Ways to Ensure Your Website is Accessible for the Visually Impaired I like that there are screenshots included to demonstrate what the author means by color contrast, color blind, or font adjustment examples. As someone who is partially sighted, I have been advocating these five suggestions [...]
Accessibility, Uncategorized, Web Accessibility
Also tagged mashable, visually impaired, websites, wix
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