Thursday, February 18, 1:00pm to 3:00pm
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Listen live at http://www.lighthouse-sf.org/listen.m3u.
Join in via a toll free conference call at 1-877-228-2883, Guest Listener Code: 6247.
Join Damian Pickering and Kevin Hughes from HumanWare at the Lighthouse for a hands-on introduction to the new BrailleNote Apex. Learn about the thinnest, lightest notetaker available, and get answers to your [...]
The LightHouse is pleased to produce Braille schedules for the San Francisco Giants KNBR 680 2010 broadcast season. The schedules will be ready by early March. Request your copy directly from KNBR.
And, check out this exciting news from MLB.com.
FANS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS GAIN ENHANCED ACCESS TO MLB.COM
NEW YORK, February 11, 2010 – Baseball fans with [...]
Inclusive Planet is a forum that enables persons with visual impairment to share accessible content with each other, build conversations around the experience and make friends amongst the global visually impaired community. Share your collection of class notes, Ebooks, presentations, lectures, code snippets, or whatever else. Featured are a number of channels on various subjects [...]
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that it has reached agreements under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Pace University in New York City and Reed College in Portland, OR, regarding the use in a classroom setting of the electronic book reader, the Kindle DX, a [...]
By David Kravets
Wired News, December 11, 2009
A broad swath of American enterprise ranging from major software makers to motion picture and music companies are joining forces to oppose a new international treaty that would make books more accessible to the blind.
On Monday, dozens of nations will meet in Geneva to consider adopting the WIPO Treaty [...]
Sendero Group would like to encourage and recognize independent travel exploits by blind people as exemplified by the book about Mike May, Crashing Through by Robert Kurson. A portion of every Sendero GPS sale will go into an annual scholarship fund to be awarded to the applicant with the most impressive travel adventure for the [...]
Amazon’s Kindle to get audible menus, bigger font
By Jessica Mintz
Associated Press
Posted: 12/07/2009 01:55:11 PM PST
Updated: 12/07/2009 03:47:24 PM PST
SEATTLE Amazon.com will add two features to the Kindle e-book reader to make the gadget more accessible to blind and vision-impaired users.
Monday’s announcement comes a month after Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y., and the University of [...]
Department of Development Servoces, Associate Governmental Program Analyst
GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: Under the general direction of the Chief of the Office of Human Rights and Advocacy Services, the position provides a high level of technical assistance and coordination in the equal employment opportunity.
Required travel15-30%.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:
As a trained Equal Employment Opportunity Counselor, assists DDS employees [...]
LightHouse Adaptations store is selling remainder items on EBay. These include sunglasses, handheld magnifiers, adaptive cooking utensils and more!
This sale only lasts till the end of the week!
Bids start at just $1 !!!
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Here is one view of Adobe’s bid as access leader, original article from Ars Tecnica.
Adobe is attempting to capitalize on initiatives to make government information more accessible while promoting its technologies, such as Flash and PDF, as cornerstones for implementing open access. However, these technologies are actually an impediment to making information truly accessible. Read [...]
