Fleksy is a typing application for the iPhone. It's been getting lots of positive comment from blind users who find typing on a touch screen difficult or slow...
Read more about Fleksy - App of the Month August 2012.
Tag: App of the month
Posted at: 1/08/2012 12:00 PM by Steve Griffiths
Apple have released a new version of the operating system for their laptop and desktop computers. The main changes are the introduction of features you may be familiar with if you already have an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch...
Read more about Mountain Lion on the loose.
Tag: Technology news
Posted at: 26/07/2012 10:45 PM by Steve Griffiths
VisionAssist is a CCTV application for your iPhone or iPad. What makes it so interesting is that it is described in the app store as: "A very impressive app that could, over time, make portable electronic magnifiers obsolete"...
Read more about VisionAssist - App of the Month July 2012.
Tag: App of the month
Posted at: 5/07/2012 12:50 PM by Moderator
Fantastic Fiction is a UK based website containing information on over 30,000 authors and over 350,000 books...
Read more about Fantastic Fiction - Website of the month July 2012.
Tag: Website of the month
Posted at: 5/07/2012 12:45 PM by Moderator
With the growth of shopping, banking, travel and general information online rather than available over the telephone or via printed material, there is a great opportunity for blind and partially sighted people to have independent access to such...
Read more about IT training feedback wanted.
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Posted at: 5/07/2012 12:30 PM by Steve Griffiths
Here you can find a list of 50 popular iOS applications that are compatible with Voice Over. This list has been put together as a follow up to last month's 50 popular iOS Applications which were not Voice Over specific...
Read more about 50 Popular Voice Over Compatible iOS Apps.
Tag: Technology reviews
Posted at: 21/06/2012 6:00 PM by Moderator
WebAIM have published the results of their fourth screen reader survey. The 1782 respondents are primarily from the US, but there is representation from the rest of the world...
Read more about WebAIM Screen Reader Survey - what are the trends?.
Tag: Technology news
Posted at: 13/06/2012 9:30 PM by Steve Griffiths
We have a special Phone Watch event coming soon where we will be hosting representatives from Research In Motion (RIM), the makers of BlackBerry smartphones, who will be discussing their recently released free screen reader called BlackBerry Screen...
Read more about Phone Watch Special - BlackBerry Screen Reader.
Tag: Technology events
Posted at: 8/06/2012 10:00 AM by Andrew Ronksley
DirectGov is the Official Government Website for UK Citizens. Why is DirectGov the website of the month? Direct.gov is a great first point of call for many queries that you may need answers to about your day to day life...
Read more about DirectGov - Website of the month June 2012.
Tag: Website of the month
Posted at: 1/06/2012 10:00 AM by Moderator
ClaroSpeak UK is a relatively new text to speech reading application having been released in April 2012. It also happens to be the first assistive technology app from its developers Claro Software...
Read more about ClaroSpeak UK - App of the Month June 2012.
Tag: App of the month
Posted at: 1/06/2012 7:00 AM by Moderator