Computers have revolutionized information accessibility for people who are blind or have other serious print disabilities. When information was distributed primarily on paper, it was necessary for a sighted human being to intervene in order to make that information available…
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DotsPlus Braille for the Mainstream Teacher
DotsPlus Braille was developed to facilitate written scientific communication between mainstream people and blind braille readers. DotsPlus reads much like grade 1 braille except that many intuitive non-braille symbols are used – for punctuation and most math characters. Any braille…
Easy to Make accessible Scientific Graphics
A person with a severe print disability can read figures from scientific documents, homework assignments, test, lecture handouts etc. using “audio/touch”. A SVG copy of the figure is opened in the free ViewPlus IVEO Viewer and a tactile copy made…
How Tactile Graphics can help those with Visual Impairments Understand Maps and Shapes
Tactile graphics are representations from the real world that people with a visual impairment can move their fingertips across. These graphics feature raised lines or shapes and, often, a Braille label, a paragraph in Braille, texture and more. Almost anything,…
Tactile Graphics with Children
Tactile Graphics are useful for children with vision impairments. The reason for this is that these graphics provide raised surfaces so that children can gain an understanding of certain maps and drawings. In primary school, I had a close friend who…
From the CEO, blog 6 – Back in the Saddle
Hi Tiger Nation, It has been a crazy few weeks. Obviously, I fell off the train of the weekly blog posts. No excuses. I failed to make time to do what I really wanted to do. That is now in…
From the CEO, week 5 on accessibility: Progress but slow
Hey Tiger Nation, This week the blog feels more like work than the exciting journey I had envisioned when starting it a month ago. Making Email Distributions Accessible I spent time trying to make sure our MailChimp emails were accessible. …
From the CEO, week 4 on accessibility: The good news keeps on rolling
Hey Tiger Nation, It might not compete with the US presidential primary politics, but it was a huge week for accessibility in the blind community. Amazon and National Federation of the Blind announced they will join forces to improve accessible…
From the CEO, week 3 on accessibility: focus and awareness not enough
Hey Tiger Nation, I wanted to have great progress to report to you on my attempt to make the 2015 ViewPlus Annual Report totally accessible, not just in a check the box kind of way. My dad was able to…
From the CEO, week 2 on accessibility: Stevie Wonder’s call to action
Hi Tiger Nation, Awareness is amazingly powerful. Don’t you think? I wrote my first blog post as CEO of ViewPlus and a few days later Stevie Wonder is calling for making more things accessible in front of millions at the…