Up Coming Events and organisations

4 April 2009 TIRANA (Albania)
Access to Information Commission
Contact : EBU Office
Email : ebuoffice@euroblind.org
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Interesting New Approach For Guidance For The Blind
By Carolyn Livengood San Mateo County Times
Posted: 02/14/2009

Ed Gallagher, a former building contractor and visual artist who lost his sight 10 years ago due to retinitis pigmentosa, has developed the Genoa Connection system to provide remote assistance for the sight-impaired. Read the rest of this entry »

Google’s Phone Apps For The Blind and Everyone Else

Peter DaSilva for The New York Times April 2, 2009, 4:27 pm
Google’s Phone Apps for the Blind, and Everyone Else
By Miguel Helft

The featureless glassy screens of touch-screen phones may seem like a forbidding barrier for blind users, who often rely on tactile clues to feel their way around. Read the rest of this entry »