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Toronto Tourism For Families With A Blind Member
In my family there are 2 blind members, 1 adult and 1 13year old girl. When the family was planning a trip to Toronto we really didn’t know where to start. A quick google for things that would be. Of interest for Blind Tourists yielded pretty much nothing and a visit to the Toronto Tourist […]
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Session Notes: Android Accessibility Walk Through
Android Accessibility Walk Through Presented By Jeffrey D. Stark Workshop presented At the CCB Halifax Conference on Low Cost Solutions For People Who Are Blind Or Have Low Vision Vision & Android •Android supports features for Sight, Sound, Physical & Cognitive Digital Inclusion for people with disabilities. This session will cover vision related topics […]
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Session Notes: Vision Enhancement Tools & Techniques:LowTech& High Tech solutions For Low Vision
Vision Enhancement Tools & Techniques: Low Tech & High Tech solutions Presented By Jeffrey D. Stark Workshop presented At the CCB Halifax Conference on Low Cost Solutions For People Who Are Blind Or Have Low Vision Section 1 – Built-In Accessibility WINDOWS: CONFIGURATION CHANGES, TWEAKS, CHANGES AND FEATURES Windows Customisation Changing Resolution / Textsize […]
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Solution To Problems Installing Provide Feedback withSoundad-donfor Microsoft Office
Like many people, I want sound feedback when using the Microsoft office suite so that I know that it is doing things. However, during installation and configuration of the office suite on several computers I have ran into a problem where even though the office suite is installed, the installer for the navigation sounds does […]
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Accessible Prescriptions Available In Ontario At Shoppers
New Service to Access Information on Prescription Medication Labels Dispensed by Shoppers Drug Mart in Ontario Reading or understanding the contents and instructions of labels on prescription medications is a source of problems and frustration for many people, particularly for persons who are blind and others who have difficulty reading print material. The small […]
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List Of App Recommendations For Blind And Partially SightedAndroidUsers
Often I get asked what apps I use or which ones I would recommend. After just switching from my Samsung Galaxy S4 to the OnePlus +1 Android Phone, I was forced to ask myself what apps do I want to install on the new phone and which ones I could do without. I used a […]
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Get A Better Desktop Experience By Tricking Websites Into AutomaticallyShowing You The Mobile View
While having access to an accessible desktop website is great, Often the standard views of websites are just too cluttered and full of a massive amount of information, links and buttons. However, anyone who’s visited a website with their mobile phone may have noticed that websites auto detect that you are using a mobile phone […]
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The Inverting Feature On iOS & Android Doesn’t Meet The Needs Of Low Vision Users
If you look at all the products out there for partially sighted people it becomes very obvious that they all have a mechanism for presenting you with bright text on a dark background. You will also notice that some of the recent operating systems have attempted to bridge the gap of what a low vision […]
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Simple Way To Get the Windows 7 Experience In Windows 8 and 8.1
A number of my friends have mentioned that they are holding off buying a PC or Laptop with Windows 8 on it because of all the negative things they are heard about Windows 8. I even know a person who tried installing Windows 7 on the Windows 8 laptop they purchased only to find out […]
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Getting Touchy Feely with the Beta Version of the Blackberry Screen Reader on the Q10 / v10 of the blackberry OS (bbOS)
At the time of writing this article, the Blackberry v10 Operating System and suite of devices has just got interesting to the community of blind mobile users because in the last few months Blackberry has released the Blackberry Screen Reader for v10 in beta. The screen reader comes pre-installed for free on the latest version […]
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