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App Advice for the I Phone

AppAdive for the I Phone

The App advice app can be used on the following devices  I phone, I pad, and I pod.

Posted April 28, 2012 by Jolie+ iPhone= jPhone! in Eureka

Link to 1 of 9 iPhone primer files on AppleVis

Idevice primer 101 basic termnology

Idevice primer 101 basic termnology

Posted January 11, 2012 by Jolie+ iPhone= jPhone! in Eureka

AppAdvice Recommends Apps for the Blind And Visually Impaired

Appadvice Recommends Apps for the Blind And Visually Impaired

It has been said that technology has made the world smaller, but for the blind or those with poor vision, iDevices are opening up a whole new world.

Posted January 10, 2012 by Jolie+ iPhone= jPhone! in Eureka

Entertainment apps for the Blind and Visually Impaired

New AppList: Entertainment Apps For The Blind And Visually Impaired List of Entertainment apps for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Posted December 15, 2011 by Jolie+ iPhone= jPhone! in Eureka

10 things blind people can teach us about Apple’s Siri on the iPhone 4S by Maureen Shelley, National Technology Writer

BLIND people and those with vision impairment take using voice commands for granted when using modern technology. So when Apple launched the iPhone 4S with virtual assistant Siri, vision impaired people got very excited. Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes said that the technology would be of great value to people with vision impairment and he [...]

Posted November 19, 2011 by Jolie+ iPhone= jPhone! in Eureka

Help to recruit Braille readers for survey about potential product

Instructions: Please respond to all multiple-choice questions by recording one letter for your response, unless otherwise specified. For open-ended questions, please record your own response. Age: Gender: Occupation: Location (City, State): 1. How do you prefer to read? a. Audio books b. Braille 2. In the past year, how many Braille books have you read? [...]

Posted November 8, 2011 by Jolie+ iPhone= jPhone! in Eureka

Help to recruit Braille readers for survey about potential product

Our semester Boston University project is to create a business plan for a new product. We are developing an e-reader with a refreshable 40-cell Braille display. With a USB cord, the eBraille is able to download any text document (including but not limited to ebooks, pdfs, and word documents), and translate the text into Braille [...]

Posted November 8, 2011 by Jolie+ iPhone= jPhone! in Eureka

The Ghost of Products Yet To Come by B. T. Kimbrough

Our last technology column served to bring up a topic which is rapidly becoming a very big thing indeed. In describing her experience with the touch screen on the iPad, Kay Bauer introduced us to a trend which may well come to dominate the technology discussion in this field for years to come. Apple iPhones [...]

Posted March 7, 2011 by Jolie+ iPhone= jPhone! in Cell Phone

Late Night radio talk show about smart phones for those who are blind interview with the Chicago Lighthouse

Late Night radio talk show

Posted January 31, 2011 by Jolie+ iPhone= jPhone! in Cell Phone

AccessWorld News

This month’s news items reflect the excitement and increased product activity associated with the two major blindness consumer organization conventions. Both the American Council of the Blind (ACB) and National Federation of the Blind (NFB) conducted their weeklong annual membership meetings in early July. The assistive technology companies, as well as other groups that want [...]

Posted January 30, 2011 by Jolie+ iPhone= jPhone! in Cell Phone

Late Night radio talk show about smart phones for those who are blind interview with the Chicago Lighthouse

In braille (3 volumes), eBraille, ASCII text/Word, and DAISY formats, $18 To Order book go to National Braille Press The iPhone. You know you want one… You can use your iPhone to check email and Twitter, listen to music, listen to radio programs from faraway places, read eBooks, verify your walking or driving location, pay [...]

Posted January 30, 2011 by Jolie+ iPhone= jPhone! in Eureka, How to

Eureka Voice Memos

Eureka Voice Memos

Posted October 1, 2010 by Jolie+ iPhone= jPhone! in Multimedia

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