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MOST AFFORDABLE E-BOOK READER FOR THE BLIND HIT'S THE MARKET

Blind Readers Can Access eText for Less than the Cost of an Evening Out

 

QRead is a program that provides blind users with fast and efficient  >screen-reader access to most common e-book formats, including both PDF, the industry standard for textbooks, ePub, a format popular for technical titles and fiction as well as many others.   Users can open and tab between an unlimited number of books, place an unlimited number of bookmarks, and return to their current place in each book even after a session has ended. QRead offers the ability to read continuously, "skim" through a text by percentage, and even search for specific passages with its "Find" feature.

 

QRead interfaces directly with all major screen reading software, including JAWS for Windows, Window-Eyes, Super Nova, System Access, and the free and open source NVDA.

 

For more information about QRead and other accessibility software developed by Toth,

visit http://q-continuum.net/

 

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The American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults (AAF) is making its free Braille books for blind children available online as downloadable BRF files.  Since 1997, the AAF has provided popular and award-winning children’s books, including titles from popular series, to blind children throughout the United States as well as to libraries and other organizations that serve blind children.  The books have been and will continue to be distributed by mail, but now readers and libraries will also be able to download them from the American Action Fund Web site. The BRF files are ready to be used on Braille notetakers and other Braille-aware devices.

 

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App for the iPad with online workspace is called MyTalk

 

Here is the website if you want to check it out:

 

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Braille Touch - App for IPhone under development

 

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iPhone Tactile ScreenShot Quick Reference Guide

 

Produced by Tom Dekker, VRT with Tactile Vision, Inc.

 

Braille, large print and tactile diagrams - all in one booklet, $27

 

The perfect companion to Getting Started with the iPhone and

Twenty-six Useful Apps for Blind iPhone Users!

 

To order or read more about this book online, visit

 

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One Young Man's Success Story

 

David Egan has worked at Booz Allen Hamilton for nearly fourteen years. He is an athlete, a public speaker, and has testified before the U.S. Senate. Oh, and he happens to have Down Syndrome.

Read his story of inclusion, thoughtful transition planning, and meaningful employment in our new NICHCY blog. Below is an excerpt:

 

"There are many people like me who are seeking to be valued members of our society. People with    intellectual disabilities can succeed on the job. People with intellectual disabilities have dreams; we want to be included; we want to be a part of the community. We want employers to hire us, and we want to be useful members of our society - because, we want to show OUR ABILITIES and to contribute to the goals of the businesses we work for. Let me tell you how it all started for me and why I am able to succeed. It did not all happen suddenly. It took many years to prepare, and there were a few things I learned along the way:"

 

Check out the blog at http://nichcy.org/my-story and visit our other NICHCY blogs at http://nichcy.org/blog. 

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