The Blind Ring
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This is a budding collection of stories from schools for the blind. Stop by and check it out, and please submit some of your own if you want.
Our Mission: To promote independent living through lifelong, distance education for people who are blind and visually impaired, their families and blindness service providers.
This was my old school. I am a member of the IOWA BRAILLE SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
serving students with special needs since 1831
Perkins School for the Blind is an innovative leader in serving people with visual impairments. Strong leadership from both staff and the Board of Trustees has created a legacy of education and discovery. We are always questioning how to best serve our students in the classroom, in the community and around the world. While Perkins is proud of all that has been achieved since 1832, we believe there is still much work to be done. Many of us know them for the Perkins Brailler.
The DARS Division for Blind Services (DBS) assists blind or visually impaired individuals and their families. Depending upon their goals and needs, DBS offers services to help regain independence or find a job.
Check out their list of schools for the blind and other references.
There's all kinds of good stuff here, including guaranteed used Perkins braillers and KNFB readers and much more.
Access Technology Institute is dedicated to changing the way in which the world of training for blind and visually impaired consumers is viewed by society as a whole. At ATI, you have a guarantee of success. Students will come away from the classrooms of ATI with a strong foundation in the controls and concepts of Windows as well as a solid understanding of course materials.
A Premier Cell Phone Resource for the Blind and Visually Impaired
American Thermoform Corporation has been offering the finest in Braille Production Equipment, Braille Paper, and Supplies since 1961.
Lot's of good stuff here.
Products include the popular Handi Cassette tape player. You might also want to check out Fred's Head, a blog for blind-related information.
Apple includes assistive technology in its products as standard features at no additional cost. For example, iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Mac OS X include screen magnification and VoiceOver, a screen-access technology, for the blind and visually impaired.
In every case, the goal of Bay Area Digital is to maximize product utility, provide world class access for blind and visually-impaired users, and to make all information and utility of the original product available to this population. Ambitious? Yes. Possible? ABSOLUTELY!
A one-stop-shop for the blind in Littleton, Colorado. Lots of equipment and training too.
Their Day by Day product is a nice planner.
Braille2000, from Computer Application Specialties Company, is a bold new tool for producing braille. Braille2000 is fully Internet-aware, making it as simple as a mouse click to send a braille document to a braille production center, to a school, to a blind student, or to a fellow transcriber.
We can offer solutions to anyone from the person that is just beginning to the technical veteran or company providing braille transcription services.
A great source for Braille paper.
Perkins Brailler repair from Alan Ackley Appliance Service in Des Moines Iowa.
Braille Works is the leader in creating and distributing reading materials for people that are Legally Blind or have a Visual Impairment. Specializing in business to business Braille translation and transcription services, we have over 7,000 clients including Ruby Tuesday, Red Lobster, Applebee's, Outback Steakhouse, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Freedom Scientific, and many financial institutions.
They also sell braille embossers such as the Index line, and other products.
braille greeting cards - Choco Braille. Hand made by The chocolate experience
Duxbury Systems leads the world in software for braille. The Duxbury Braille Translator (DBT) and MegaDots, are used by virtually all of the world's leading braille publishers.
Cheryl Echevarria offers a wide range of travel services from cruises, Disney Destinations, World Wide Travel, as well as, Honeymoon Registry, Group Travel, and fundraisers. She offers exclusive services to the blind and disabled community as well.
All kinds of good stuff here.
This is definitely a company serving blind consumers. Their web site is www.brailler.com. If that isn't enough, they're located on a street called Braille Place. Also, off their page is an interesting Article on the history of Braille.
Check out the ID mate Omni bar code reader.
Freedom Scientific is a conglomerate made up in part by the old Arkenstone, Blazie Engineering, and Henter-Joyce companies. This means they have some great products!
makers of the popular Window-Eyes screen reader, and distributers of the Braille Sense notetaker.
Humanware. The power is in your hands. Makers of the popular Braille Note, Victor Reader, Maestro and Trekker products.
There's a download resource page pointing to all sorts of sites with books, mp3s, oldtime radio and other stuff.
Accessibility is being driven into the IBM product development process by deploying an ever-improving management system and support infrastructure.
There's all kinds of good stuff here. They even have the KNFB reader.
Since 1947, the Keystone Blind Association has been dedicated to serving people with visual impairments and preventing blindness. Our operations are constantly on the grow, and our services reach thousands of people annually in Western Pennsylvania and beyond.
Kurzweil 1000TM is award-winning software that makes printed or electronic text readily available to people who are blind or visually impaired. It combines accessibility, communication and productivity tools to ease and enhance their reading, writing and learning experience.
Self-voicing products including the Digital Jukebox for Windows product.
Dedicated to providing access to present and future media for people with disabilities
The guiding purposes of National Braille Press are to promote the literacy of blind children through braille and to provide access to information that empowers blind people to actively engage in work, family, and community affairs.
Producing computer games including Pacman Talks.
Makers of the Excalibur Reading Machine.
At Serotek, we don't think you should have to invest hundreds, even thousands of dollars to enjoy full speed in the digital world. Our accessibility products help those who are blind or low vision to get the most out of any computer. And our solutions are more affordable, convenient and easy to-use than any other out there. You might also check out their podcast and interactive blog on the accessible digital lifestyle.
Download and start using Access To Go.
TechAdapt provides the best in accessible media services, making print and electronic materials accessible to everyone, worldwide.
Macular Degeneration Products, Low Vision Aids For Seniors. Home of the Freedom Machine
By making our games accessible to gamers with special needs as well as those less challenged we make them easier to use for all.
This is a great on-line poker gaming site with Texas Hold'em and draw poker, along with crazy eights and an anagram game.
Great games with great audio! Shades of Doom is awesome. Checkout GMA Tank Commander.
We make games that tickle your ears!
The Accessible World seeks to educate the general public, the disabled community and the professionals who serve them by providing highly relevant information about new products, services, and training opportunities designed specifically to eliminate geographic and access barriers that adversely affect them.
The Austin Blind Computer Users group doesn't meet any more. They have a mailing list though. Click here to subscribe. Please explain in the body of your e-mail why you want to subscribe to the group.
American Council of the Blind.
AFB's priorities include broadening access to technology; elevating the quality of information and tools for the professionals who serve people with vision loss; and promoting independent and healthy living for people with vision loss by providing them and their families with relevant and timely resources.
A tool for finding and fixing accessibility problems in web pages.
Connecting blind cyclists with sighted pilots.
Deals & News for the Blind & Visually Impaired. Blind Bargains scours the net to find sales, deals, and news on computers, screen readers, notetakers, braille printers, hard drives, accessible cell phones, memory cards, talking products, and much more.
There's everything from soup to nuts here, over 2000 links. Unfortunately its all on one page, so allow time for download.
A captioned movies search engine
Find Who Represents You In Congress
This site will provide a consistent, quality source of complete packaging information for everything from preparation instructions to ingredient lists to Nutrition Facts labels for many common grocery, health and beauty products.
EASI's mission is to serve as a resource by providing information and guidance in the area of access-to-information technologies by individuals with disabilities.
For The People, where friendship and tolerance are key ingredients for fun and rewarding conversations. There aren't many rules and regulations around here beyond common sense and common courtesy. You will find a wealth of friendship, support, technical assistance, educational opportunities; a variety of intriguing stores and services; many links to interesting or useful web accessible sites and programs; but most important, you're going to meet lots of other great people just like yourself.
the online platform for the print impaired to connect over accessible books, ideas and conversations.
For IBSSS alumni.
Knowbility's mission is to ensure barrier-free I.T. - supporting the independence of people with disabilities by promoting the use and improving the availability of accessible information technology.
When you first find out your child has a serious sight problem there’ll be a million questions you’ll want to ask but finding answers from the professionals is difficult or sometimes impossible - especially when you’re feeling vulnerable and isolated.
These are the talking book folks, check out the Talking Book Topics page.
the home page of the National Federation of the Blind. You may also wish to visit NFB net. If you're interested in the promotion of Braille, see www.braille.org. Another page of interest to us Texans is the NFB of Texas page.
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, a nonprofit volunteer organization, is the nation's educational library serving people who cannot effectively read standard print because of visual impairment, dyslexia, or other physical disability.
Links to speech friendly news articles from the Christian Science Monitor and the New York Times.
The United States Association of Blind Athletes enhances the lives of blind and visually impaired people by providing the opportunity for participation in sports and physical activity.
The purpose of the United States Braille Chess Association (USBCA) is to actively encourage and assist in the promotion and advancement of correspondence and over-the-board chess among chess enthusiasts who are blind or visually impaired.
a peer support organization for blind and visually impaired computer users of all skill levels in the New York City area.
WAI develops: guidelines widely regarded as the international standard for Web accessibility, support materials to help understand and implement Web accessibility, and resources, through international collaboration.
WebVisum is a unique firefox browser add on which greatly enhances web accessibility and empowers the blind and visually impaired community by putting the control in your hands!
Many useful sites here.
Books on disk and more.
The most popular book sharing service for those with reading impairments. They have thousands of titles and growing! You can also help the book sharing efforts by providing scanned books or doing book reviewing.
Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind is a general-interest monthly available free of charge to legally blind people in contracted braille, on four-track/half-speed cassette, online and by e-mail.
Listing over 40,000 free books on the Web.
Checkout ACBRadio, and Live 365 has a lot of good listening.
A great page from Bill Sparks.
A very easy to use collection of links for listening live.
Easy-to-use group of radio stations.
This is the home page of our host.
Tech tidbits for blind folks.
Zen methods of training the senses adapted to the blind.
Jamal Mazrui's home page.
Julia Johnson's home page.
A page for students and teachers.
A page with lots of diverse stuff from Gianfranco Di Cosmo.
The Snow Man's radio broadcasts as heard on ACB Radio, along with information about the Snow Man himself. You will also find JFW scripts of interest, such as a script for MSN Messenger and Sound Forge.
An intertaining site from the UK.
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This page was last updated November 18, 2011.
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