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Jensen Voice Interactive AM/FM Clock Radio with Dual Alarm Manual
Accessible Devices wishes to express our appreciation to Independent Living Aids for making this manual available. Headings have been added to assist in navigation.
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Intel Introduces Text Reader For The Blind and Visually Impaired
Intel debuts text reader for the blind

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10394236-93.html

Intel is doing its part to help people with sight or reading disabilities enjoy the written word. The company announced on Tuesday the debut of the Intel Reader, a handheld text-to-speech device that can read any printed text aloud to those who are blind or have difficulties seeing or reading.
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National Federation of the Blind Announces
Notre Dame Will Use Braille Coin in Coin Toss
Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar
Will Be Used in Coin Toss at Fighting Irish Game

South Bend, Indiana (November 4, 2009): The National Federation of the Blind, the nation’s leading advocate for Braille, is pleased to announce that the University of Notre Dame will use a 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar in the coin toss at its football game on Saturday, November 7. Read the rest of this entry »

A Theatre Experience Like No Other
By Antoinette Mercurio August 26, 2009
Accessibility play for the blind and low-vision.
Clay & Paper Theatre founder and director David Anderson, left, lets a touch tour participant get a feel for the tuba. Ryerson’s Centre for Learning Technologies worked with the theatre group to make their play accessible to people who are blind or have low-vision. Photo courtesy of Mike Pouris.
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Sight Loss Is Emotional Trauma, But Support is Seriously Neglected
New Study Confirms Sight Loss Is An Emotional Trauma But Support Is Seriously Neglected
Article Date: 11 Sep 2009 – 10:00 PDT
The need for emotional support for people losing their sight is great but the question of how best to provide it is under researched, underfunded, and remains seriously neglected, says a new study published today.
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Fake Security Software Infesting Millions of Computers
WASHINGTON (Reuters)
Tens of millions of U.S. computers are loaded with scam security software that their owners may have paid for but which only makes the machines more vulnerable, according to a new Symantec report on cybercrime.
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National Federation of the Blind Announces 2010 Scholarship Program
Thirty Scholarships Available to College and Postgraduate Students

Baltimore, Maryland (November 3, Read the rest of this entry »