3 posts and columns on National Federation of the Blind

QOTD: Speaking of Blind, Have You Seen the Latest Roger Kay Article?

“The iPhone-iPad-iPod Touch revolution has been great for many people, allowing them to do things they never could do before, like poke an address in their calendar (maybe even while driving) to launch Google Maps, which shows them how to get there. But not all people. If you’re blind, you’ve been left out completely.”

– Roger Kay, President of Endpoint Technologies Associates, Forbes, July 2010

“By integrating accessibility into its products, Apple is setting an example that we believe the rest of the electronics industry should follow.”

– National Federation of the Blind, January 2010

“As a key part of Web Accessibility Day, the NFB honored Apple, GE, and Newegg.com for their outstanding leadership in accessibility for the blind. Apple will be recognized for making its popular iPhone accessible to blind users.”

– National Federation of the Blind, September 2009

Voices

Amazon Learns It Isn’t Easy Being the Kindle’s Keeper

in News on April 8, 2009 at 2:50 pm PT

Amazon still hasn’t said how many of its Kindle e-book readers have sold. But here’s one true sign of the gadget’s growing popularity: People are protesting it on several fronts.

Portable Gadget Reads Text Aloud to the Blind

in The Mossberg Solution on July 26, 2006 at 12:01 am PT

A new portable gadget for the blind takes a digital picture of a page of text and then reads the words aloud. At $3,495, it’s quite expensive. But it works.
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