I’d like to clarify some things I wrote in “The Model T Syndrome” article I posted yesterday. First, I was discussing accessibility for people like me, those with profound to total vision impairment who use a speech based screen reader. Second, I, in no way, hope to discuss other disabilities, including low vision, as I’ve… Read more about Android, iOS and Accessibility
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The Model T Syndrome Revisited
A few years ago, when I still wrote my now defunct blog, Blind Confidential, I posted an article called, “The Model T Syndrome” in which I blasted Android accessibility for being sorely substandard. Recently, my old buddy and fellow Freedom Scientific refugee, Marco Zehe wrote an excellent piece called “Switching to Android Full Time,” in… Read more about The Model T Syndrome Revisited
2013: The Year of the Book for Blinks
On Friday, as Twitter went ablaze with news of iOS 7, I celebrated nothing new from Apple but, rather, the long awaited BARD Mobile app from the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS). For the first time in history, a person with print impairment now has the largest collection of audio… Read more about 2013: The Year of the Book for Blinks
An Introduction to Media Players on GNU/Linux
If you are a user of Ubuntu GNU/Linux, While working using the Orca screen reader (automatically installed and running if you use the Vinux 4 distribution of Ubuntu), you will probably also enjoy listening to music or to an audio book for entertainment, personal edification or education. Two of my favorite media players for listening… Read more about An Introduction to Media Players on GNU/Linux
The Trouble With Physics Books
I enjoy reading science books written for lay people like me with no formal background or education in a particular field. My own science background doesn’t go beyond the introductory classes required to get any degree at NYU, basic biology, chemistry, physics and some social sciences. My computer science background was pretty good in 1983… Read more about The Trouble With Physics Books