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Reprinted from Medium. Aira, the new high tech visual interpreter service for the blind, has taken the blind community by storm this past year. Everyone is talking about it. Everyone wants to try it. Everyone has LOTS of opinions about it. As a blind person who helps run an adaptive tech company, I do, too. […]

In 2009, Apple made the first smart device, the iPhone, accessible to the blind and Deafblind, and things have never been the same since. Since then, Android, Google and Windows have gotten on board with accessible mobile devices. People with disabilities ran with this newly accessible mainstream technology and are still coming up with new […]

Lisa wrote an article about the importance of web, application and other accessibility for the Non-Profit Technology Network (nten.org), which helps non-profits utilize technology more effectively. Check it out here: Stamp Out the Disability Information Famine! Their monthly newsletter, Connect, is featuring articles and information about inclusion and diversity this month.

The item below is a reprint from NFB Newsline. We just wanted to pass along this time-sensitive information so those interested might take advantage of this offer. MAST is not directly affiliated with the KNFB reader and this is not a sponsored post. People are using smartphones for more and more in this digital age. […]

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 […]

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 […]

So, a new operating system for Apple’s mobile devices is upon us, and as usual, the accessibility features lag behind the new update. We are recommending that you might want to wait to update your iDevice to iOS 8 if you depend on a smooth running mobile platform for your work or studies (or just […]

  So, there has always been a bit of tactile pictures for Braille books in the form of raised line drawing or dot printing. But 3D printers can take it to a whole new level. This article has a photo of a relief picture of the “three little bears sitting in chairs” from the classic […]