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I (Lisa) was honored to be acknowledged by Hadley School for the Blind as a student award recipient this year. I was awarded the Richard Kinney Challenge of Living Award, and was invited to speak at Hadley’s Women’s Board Tribute Luncheon and their Annual Trustees Meeting. Nik attended with me and we were able to […]

These comments are from Nik: iOS 9 is out and has brought a number of changes. Some major and some not so drastic, but mostly improvements and a clean up of iOS 8. In short iOS 9 has brought the following: Greatly improved text selection abilities both using touch, braille and keyboard commands Introduction of […]

Look for Nik Petersson at this year’s Oregon Association of Higher Education and Disability Conference in Cannon Beach, Oregon on Wednesday, November 4th, 2015 at 3:15pm. Nik will be presenting alongside Michele Bromley, Inclusive Technology Coordinator at Portland State University. The title of their session is “Guiding and Promoting Accessible Design Beyond the DSS Office” […]

We are excited to announce that we have partnered with AiSquared to offer a demonstration workshop. You are invited! See the latest products from Ai Squared. This is the first chance to see ZoomText Fusion! We will be demonstrating the groundbreaking ZoomText Multi-Monitor support and featuring the all-new ZoomText Large-Print Keyboards. You will also want to […]

Join Nik at the downtown Microsoft Store for a look at Windows-based screenreaders. See details below. Follow this link to the Microsoft Event site to register. Hope to see you there! Introduction to Windows Compatible Screenreading Software Event ID: 1032666852 Portland, OR Located Street Level on Third Avenue and Yamhill Street, next to Tiffany & […]

Nik and I are usually strictly public transit people. But every so often, a cab is necessary. Recently, I broke my foot and had to stay off of it for weeks. This meant that public transit was nearly impossible, so I started trying some of the new cab and driver services. Although I will still […]

        As some of you may have heard already, we have moved from being “mobile” to having a permanent downtown office. We have a great location and great facilities and think that this new location will be much more comfortable for our clients. We will continue to provide “on location” services to […]

This is just for fun, but Nik and I were recently laughing at all the equipment I carry around as a deafblind person and decided to make an infographic. Of course, MY equipment and needs are going to be different than others, but these are my specs, to give you an idea of the things […]

We had a good time with the parents of blind children at Hull Park and Retreat Center for the Blind. Nik and I facilitated two Parent Cafe’s where we demonstrated the Freedom Scientific Focus 40, iPhones, and other tech. We also answered questions about various aspects of working with special educators. All the parents shared […]

We are happy to announce 12 new access technology workshops. We invite you to peruse the list and see what interest you. Let us know and when we have three to five participants for any particular workshop, we will organize a time and place that works for everyone. We hope to see you at one […]