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Java Tech: Image Embossing

What do books written in Braille, documents sealed with hot wax to guarantee their authenticity, and coins have in common? These objects illustrate embossment - the act of raising in relief from a surface. Embossment helps blind individuals read via the Braille system of raised dots, imprints seals onto documents...

Tags: Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Image, Braille, Productivity

White papers 2005-12-08

California gives up newspaper vs. Web fight

California gives up newspaper vs. Web fightI'm visually impaired have vision loss and I can't read newspapers.I would much rather read over the Internet. If I can't, then making newspapers available on Braille would be fine (I've mastered Grade 1 Braille, now trying to learn all the Grade 2 Braille...

Tags: Regulations, Web, Braille, regulation

Discussion threads 2004-12-21

HP Teams With ViewPlus to Put Braille in Living Color

ViewPlus wanted to develop a tool to help people with visual impairments communicate better with their sighted counterparts. ViewPlus teamed up with HP Specialty Printing Systems SPS to combine HP TIJ 2.x color inkjet printing technology with advanced paper embossing technology to produce raised color text and graphics, making it...

Tags: Team, Hewlett-Packard Co., Braille, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

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Samsung BD-P1500

The most important question for any standalone Blu-ray player is whether it's better than the Sony PlayStation 3. Let's answer that one right off the bat: Samsung's new BD-P1500 is not. They both cost the same ($400 list), but the PS3 has better image quality, currently supports both Blu-ray Profile...

Tags: Overall IT, Samsung BD-P1500, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sony PlayStation 3

Product reviews 2008-07-01

Apple releases Mac OS 10.5.3; includes Google contact sync (updated)

Apple today released Mac OS 10.5.3 via Software Update advisory. The 10.5.3 Combo Update weighs in at 536MB while the regular 10.5.3 Update is 420MB. The 10.5.3 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Issue, Reliability, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-05-28

Gnome 2.2 now available, planned for Ubuntu 8.04, RHEL 6, SLES 11

The GNOME Foundation announced the release of version 2.22 on Wednesday, an update that offers enhanced multimedia support, new file system, and enhanced e-mail, internationalization and accessibility features. GNOME is used in many popular Linux distributions from Ubuntu, Novell, Red Hat, Mandriva and Debian. The version...

Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, GNOME, Open Source, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-03-12

Leopard to debut to excellent reviews

As I suspected, this morning sees the publication of some glowing reviews for Apple's latest OS X incarnation. Mossberg WSJ, Pogue NYT and Baig USA Today all come to the same conclusion - Leopard is Apple's best OS yet. Here are some choice quotes: ...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Backup, Apple Inc., Leopard, Backups, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-10-25

For the blind the Web is one step forward, two steps back

For the blind the Web is one step forward, two steps backIf there's a demand for......new assistive technologies, someone will hack them together--we don't need yet ever more of the intrusively heavy hand of government "allowing" or disallowing this or that. That is your proposal isn't it? That...

Tags: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Channel management, Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Major Corporations, Americans with Disabilities Act, Web, wheelchair

Discussion threads 2007-08-29

Venzero Slickr

Photo gallery:Venzero SlickrWe see hundreds of MP3 players come through CNET that attempt to dethrone the industry-leading iPod by integrating a suite of sophisticated features into a humble case. We have to hand it to the $129 Venzero Slickr for attempting the opposite approach: a product with a rich design,...

Tags: Memory, Digital music, Monitors & displays, Digital media, Venzero Slickr

Product reviews 2007-08-07

Senators to abandon '08 e-voting paper trail mandate

Senators to abandon '08 e-voting paper trail mandateA hacker's dreamAvoiding any type of paper based back up would be a wonderful opportunity for a programmer that wanted to add a bit of software that will ensure his preferred candidates win an election.We are still in the beta stage of electronic...

Tags: Dems, Dibold, hacker, e-voting

Discussion threads 2007-07-25

Microsoft revamps Patch Tuesday advance notice, security bulletins

Microsoft revamps Patch Tuesday advance notice, security bulletinsCool!I can't wait to see it.Bare-bones note? Still more info than Apple providesIt's funny; Microsoft's advanced notices contain more information than Apple's actual bulletins... :)Improvements I'd like to see: Table ArrangementsHi. Instead of:Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 | Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 Service...

Tags: Web browsers, Processors, security, Remote Code Execution, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-05-16

Microsoft stranglehold on disabled market is broken

Microsoft stranglehold on disabled market is brokenCan you sayB!tch slap from IBM! Excellent move big blue! ]:)They finally stepped up and quit ignoring the handicap.MS didn't have a strangle hold on the disabled market. It was the hardware companies that provided MS only drivers. That hardware also costed a fortune...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Ubuntu, speech recognition, software, open source

Discussion threads 2006-12-15

Apple offers Universal Access with Leopard

App offers options for those with disabilitiesApple Computer CEO Steve Jobs demonstrates Universal Access, an application that will be bundled with the company's new operating system Leopard. The program has features such as voiceover enhancements, braille support and closed captioning.

Tags: Leopard, Universal Access

Videos 2006-08-09

Listen and respond to emails safely while driving

Listen and respond to emails safely while drivingVehicles are for DRIVING!Just what we need, something else to distract drivers. A moving car is not an office, it is a two ton deadly weapon that requires your full attention to operate safely.First cellphones now EMAIL????My opinion is that anyone who...

Tags: Policies and procedures, makeup, phone, e-mail, accident

Discussion threads 2006-07-26

Web accessibility soon mandatory in Europe?

Web accessibility soon mandatory in Europe?Hmmm, so then video outletsneed to build sites for use by blind people? Interesting...Yes, just likecars provided for disabled drivers have to have the speedos in Braille.Moron...Good question...I thought you were being a jerk... but you have a good question: what and how much...

Tags: Channel management, Corporate communications, video outlet, Web Accessibility, Web

Discussion threads 2006-06-15

Two new e-voting vendors try to sell to local govts.

The New York Times reports on two newcomers to the e-voting industry. The companies - AutoMark Techical Systems and Avante Intl. Technology - may prove to be surprising dark horses in the election of e-voting vendors or little more than write-in candidates. AutoMark is the brainchild of Eugene M....

Tags: Avante Intl, AutoMark Techical Systems, ballot

Blog posts 2006-06-08

Why a landmark court case could force you to redo your whole Web site

Is your Web site accessible to people with disabilities PWDs? Particularly to those with impaired vision? Do you even know what the definition of such accessibility is? Probably not. But you may have to thanks to a landmark case now getting underway between the National Federation of...

Tags: Web site development, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Web technology, Web, NFB, accessibility, Web site, people with disability, lawsuit

Blog posts 2006-05-11

Is Mass. switch to open source closing a door on disabled?

Massachusetts is scheduled to make the transistion from Microsoft Office to ODF-based office applications on Jan. 1, 2007, but concerns that the switch will leave the disabled out in the cold are delaying the transition, the Boston Herald reported. The concern from advocates has forced Romney's administration to back...

Tags: OpenDocument Format, Romney, Microsoft Office

Blog posts 2006-04-06

Blind patrons sue Target for site inaccessibility

Blind patrons sue Target for site inaccessibilityWith this as a precedent . . .. . . all web sites will need to be reconfigured to keep a blind person in CA from suing them. Don't let Al Queda get ahold of this information as they could bankrupt the country...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Web site, image

Discussion threads 2006-02-10

Google hinting at accessibility initiative for disabled?

Judging by today's Google logo (spells "Google" in Braille), the company is either a celebrating Louis Braille's birthday (he was born on January 4, 1809), b about to engage in some new accessibility initiative, or c both. Anybody know? The company has already dropped some interesting hints regarding...

Tags: Google Inc., Google PC

Blog posts 2006-01-04