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  For most people, single-use plastic utensils, containers and, yes, straws are a convenience. So are bags, toys, sunglasses, food packaging, and nearly any other product imaginable. And we [...]

  It’s about access to printed word for the blind and visually impaired. Like an MP3 player, the Victor Reader Stream plays music. Blind and visually impaired people, however, also [...]

    Oh, yeah Well, alright We’re jammin’ Sing it, I want to jam it with you We’re jammin’, we’re jammin’ And I hope you like jammin’ too —Bob [...]

  For many years, conventional glass magnifiers have been a useful tool to see objects and text up close. Now, leading-edge electronics have enhanced this very useful instrument, making it [...]

  Granted, life is not all fun and games. Assistive technology, as we have pointed out in this space, exists to place everyday tasks in reach of persons with disabilities. […]

  Isn’t the trackball a thing of the past? Not at all! And it’s not only gamers who use trackball mice. Though they appear hopelessly bulky at first, their ergonomic […]

  So far, this month, we have covered assistive tech devices that help people who have limited or no physical control over hand and/or arm movement feed themselves independently. The […]

  Kurzweil 3000 is leading text-to-speech software, a downloadable app that provides text-to-speech in seven languages and dialects. It “reads” any digital text aloud, from textbooks to the [...]

  Augmentative and assistive communication (AAC) devices of many types are a prominent part of the assistive technology (AT) we have used with our clients. These technologies, after all, are [...]

  Last November, in this space, we profiled JAWS (Job Access With Speech), a screen reader for blind and visually impaired computer users. Making documents and websites accessible is also [...]