This July marks the 25th anniversary of the passing of the Americans with Disability Act in 1990. This law has been a monumental shift in how people with disabilities experience public life, affecting everything from architecture, public spaces, wayfinding, education…
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Results on Smarter Balanced Assessments are Better than States Predicted
Over the last few years, there has been much speculation and debate about the Common Core Curriculum and the Smarter Balanced Assessments that many states have adopted. Most states predicted that it would take years for the majority of their…
Link between Reading Braille and Employment
We at ViewPlus have heard some lively debates over the years about the issue of whether new technologies such as Video Magnifiers and Voice-Activated Software will someday take the place of traditional Braille. The consensus was that Braille was becoming…
Tiger Software Suite (TSS) 5.0 Now Available
ViewPlus Technologies is pleased to announce the release of Tiger Software Suite (TSS) 5.0 with support for the EmBraille Embosser and Voiceye code generation. The Tiger Software Suite 5 makes it easy to get accurate braille translation in seconds. Insert…
An Interview with Jenine Stanley of the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind
Jenine Stanley discusses the EmBraille & Voiceye products offered by ViewPlus Technologies. On October 12 2013 the Blind Matters Radio Show interviewed Jenine Stanley, the Consumer Relations Coordinator at Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc. The archived podcast is…
National Federation of the Blind Mourns the Passing of Dr. Abraham Nemeth
Baltimore, Maryland (October 2, 2013): The National Federation of the Blind today mourns the death of Dr. Abraham Nemeth, the scientist who invented the Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics and Scientific Notation and was a lifelong champion of Braille. Dr.…
Deal Boosts Blind’s Access to Texts
Global copyright agreement will increase availability of scientific texts in accessible formats. An international treaty approved on 27 June is a major victory for people with visual impairments. The 186 member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization came to…
ViewPlus Founder John Gardner Receives SIGACCESS Award
Those of us at ViewPlus Technologies are pleased to announce that our founder and President, Dr. John Gardner, is the recipient of the ACM SIGACCESS Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computing and Accessibility. This award was established to recognize individuals…
In Memorium – Bill Lambert
Bill Lambert died on August 6 after suffering a variety of heart and lung diseases. He was a long-time advisor to ViewPlus and a friend to many of us. Bill,we miss you. William Michael “Bill” Lambert, 80, of Waynesboro, passed…
ViewPlus Gets a Nod from Microsoft
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A Corvallis assistive technology company is getting some public relations mileage out of a promotional road trip by software titan Microsoft. ViewPlus Technologies, which makes embossing computer printers that produce tactile graphics and Braille text for the…