It’s the time for making new resolutions and starting the new year with a fresh attitude and outlook. What are you going to focus on this year? At ViewPlus this year, we are going to focus on putting the A…
Category: Accessibility
A Day in the Life of a Blind Person
Hello everyone! My name is Ashley Neybert and I am ViewPlus’ newest Accessibility Specialist. I am also legally blind and thought it might be good for everyone to know some of the adaptations I make in my daily life. I…
Realizing the Achievement Potential of the Blind & Visually Impaired Individual
This foundational blogpost is the first of a continuing series that will offer innovative perspectives, learning approaches, and identify assisted learning technologies that will enable the realization of the under-developed potential of the visually impaired worldwide. Both parents and teachers…
Lucia Minitti, from Tecnovisao has shared with us her recent visits to the Federal Universities:
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Blista in Germany
Today we visited Blista – the most well known school for the blind in Germany for their yearly assistive technology exhibition. Close to 30 exhibitors including ViewPlus displayed their products. Blista has been an important educational institution since 1916 and…
Our New “How To” Series on Youtube!
We have started a playlist on YouTube for How To’s. We have found that there are a ton of different tips and tricks that we feel will help you get the most out of your embosser. Usually a few times…
VIEWPLUS EMPRINT, INK PRO, FORMATTER, AND DESIGNER: SEEING AND FEELING IS BELIEVING!
Abstract: The new ViewPlus Ink Pro Embosser permits users to emboss documents and overprint them with black ink. The new ViewPlus EmPrint produces a high-resolution color embossed image. Both printers employ HP ink jets, and both use Viewplus’s patented Tiger…
New Technologies for Accessible Tactile Math and Accessible Graphics
Tactile Spatial Math Sighted scientists use two-dimensional math equations, because they provide the most intuitive way to represent the math. Any equation can also be written in a linear form, eg LaTeX code, Fortran, BASIC, and C computer codes. Although…
The ViewPlus IVEO Scalable Vector Graphics Technology for Universally Usable Complex Information
Abstract The new ViewPlus IVEO Creator computer application enables authors easily to make graphical information in Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) format with features permitting universal accessibility. Simple graphics can be authored in IVEO Creator, but its greatest power is its…
Braille, Innovations, and Over-Specified Standards
Abstract The new Tiger embossing technology, developed in the author’s research group, produces more readable Braille than conventional embossers. The better readability traces to a smaller diameter embossed dot than that made by conventional technology. Some sighted Braille experts initially…