At Sight City this year, we had a great experience meeting existing dealers and but also having the pleasure of getting to know many of our current and soon to be customers.
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Laski School for the Blind
Today Sunday October 14th was spent at Laski school for the blind. We would like to thank Szansa Foundation for arranging this wonderful day. Together with not only 870 visitors from Poland but also delegates from around the world we…
Combined presentation by companies Symbio and ViewPlus at Základní škola pro zrakově postižené in Prague, May 2018
On Thursday May 24th in a school for visually impaired in Prague, company Symbio arranged a very well visited product demonstration. About 50 persons, staff from educational facilities, government bodies and end-users had been invited on this very warm and…
A letter from Jane
The EmBraille: my Favorite Piece of Technologyby – Jane Carona Sheehan I’m no stranger to Braille embossers. Years ago I had a Romeo RB-20, and then I graduated to a lovely Juliet interpoint embosser. Those devices and I had many…
Publishing Scientific Journals Accessible to the Vision Impaired
The long range goal of this research project is to develop authoring and publishing technology that can make electronic scientific journals automatically accessible to all people including those who are blind or have other print disabilities. The specific aim of…
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…
NBA Fall Conference – Taming the Tiger
ViewPlus was invited to teach a workshop at the National Braille Association’s Fall Conference last week in Louisville. KY. The title of the workshop was ‘Taming the Tiger” and it was a fun class with a lot of interaction. The “Tiger”…
National Braille Week….
Did you know that this week is national Braille week? It is if you happen to live in the Scotland. This year, Royal Blind is going all out with a multi-sensory exhibition and performances at the Scottish Parliament. National Braille…
Prison inmates transcribe books, music for the blind
Algebra and Calculus are not the easiest subjects to understand, but subjects like these can be even more difficult for blind students. Learning to transcribe Nemeth Braille can be just as difficult as the math subjects transcribed in Braille. Men and women…