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The Model T Syndrome Revisited

September 28, 2013 by Chris Hofstader 5 Comments

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

Filed Under: Technology Review Tagged With: Accessibility, Android, Civil Rights, GNU/Linux, Google, iOS, Kindle, Kindle Fire, Microsoft, VoiceOver

2013: The Year of the Book for Blinks

September 23, 2013 by Chris Hofstader 5 Comments

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

Filed Under: Technology Review Tagged With: Accessibility, Apple, Audible, BARD, BARD Mobile, epub, iBooks, iOS, Kindle, NLS, VoiceOver

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