NFB Teams With GM and Chevrolet To Develop Pedestrian Alert For Electric Vehicles
DETROIT
– Chevrolet, General Motors and the National Federation of the Blind are cooperating to identify a safe level of sound to alert the blind and other pedestrians to the presence of near silent-running electric and hybrid vehicles.
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Vodafone Speak for Consumers and Mobile Speak Gold for Enterprises
Barcelona (Terrassa), Spain, December, 17, 2009
After more than four years of collaboration between Code Factory and Vodafone Spain, 2009 has been a landmark year for this winning duo. During the year, Vodafone Speak was launched for Vodafone’s Spanish customers, and Mobile Speak Gold for one of Vodafone Spain’s biggest corporate accounts, ONCE, the Spanish Association for the Blind.
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Social Security Told To Modernize For The Blind
Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
(10-20) 17:17 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — The Social Security Administration must give the nation’s 3 million blind or visually impaired recipients the option of receiving benefit notices in braille or by audio computer disc, a federal judge in San Francisco said Tuesday.
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Smart Phones Give Disabled Users Help On The Go
Smart phones give disabled help on the go
Omar El Akkad Globe and Mail, Dec. 3, 2009
T.V. Raman is a researcher for Google Inc. He lives in Mountain View, Calif. Every day, he takes the company shuttle bus home. Every day, the shuttle driver drops him off at the same intersection. One day, a new driver dropped him off on the opposite side of the street. This made it difficult for Mr. Raman to get to his home, because he is blind.
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U.S. Chamber Releases Study On Importance of Broadband To People With Disabilities
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Press Release

http://www.uschamber.com/press

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Bop It Game
The Bop It game can be played by both sighted and visually impaired alike. It’s playable either alone or in groups. It’s available from either Speak To Me or Amazon.
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Bop It Game
The Bop It game can be played by both sighted and visually impaired alike. It’s playable either alone or in groups. It’s available from either Speak To Me or Amazon.
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Audio Dart Master Accessible Dart Board
Sam Jasmine at Access Education is excited to be releasing the first truly accessible dart board in over 20 years. The Audio Dart Master, is fully functional for both the blind and sighted to play on together.
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Verizon Balance Checker Is A Trojan
Cyber-criminals have started preying on Verizon Wireless customers, sending out spam e-mail messages that say their accounts are over the limit and offering them a “balance checker” program to review their payments.
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