Visually Impaired

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 2 days ago
HealthDay - MONDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) -- Because they can be nearly silent, hybrid cars pose a serious threat of injury and death to blind and Visually Impaired people, says the American Council of the Blind, which is pushing the auto industry and government officials to develop ways to reduce this danger. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 15 days ago
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ARMONK, NY, July 8 / MARKET WIRE/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today previewed a unique Social Accessibility collaboration software, developed by IBM Research, which allows Internet users to improve Web accessibility, ...

Source: www.ibm.com --- 13 days ago
Visually Impaired Web surfers now have an easy, collaborative way to improve Internet accessibility, thanks to IBM researchers. People with vision problems often rely on software that reads web pages to them. But the software won't work with every element on a page unless the proper information is there. New software from IBM Research allows the users to report such shortcomings so they can be remedied. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 1 day ago
This hack shows how to create a large iPod remote for the Visually Impaired by hacking an existing OnStage remote and stuffing it inside a large case with custom buttons. ...

Source: www.ibm.com --- 13 days ago
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today previewed a unique Social Accessibility collaboration software, developed by IBM Research, which allows Internet users to improve Web accessibility, particularly for those who are Visually Impaired. View video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRB72rXXyXo E-mail this page Save to del.icio.us Digg this ...

Source: blogs.usatoday.com --- 49 days ago
A new computer game created by MIT and Singaporean students is taking the "video" out of "video games." AudiOdyssey is unique in that it lets Visually Impaired or blind players control the action just as well as a sighted player,... ...

Source: www.tmz.com --- 24 days ago
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Source: www.marketwire.com --- 15 days ago
ARMONK, NY (MARKET WIRE) IBM (NYSE: IBM) today previewed a unique Social Accessibility collaboration software, developed by IBM Research, which allows Internet users to improve Web accessibility, particularly for those who are Visually Impaired. View video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRB72rXXyXo ...

Source: www.computerworld.com --- 15 days ago
IBM has launched an application that seeks to harness the collective efforts of Internet users to help make the Web more accessible to the Visually Impaired. ...

Source: www.medicinenet.com --- 1 day ago
Title: Hybrid Cars Pose Risk to Blind, Visually Impaired Category: Health News Created: 7/22/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/22/2008 ...

Source: www.rte.ie --- 7 days ago
Newly installed advertising panels in Dublin city are being described as a hazard for the Visually Impaired. ...

Source: www.techweb.com --- 9 days ago
Lighthouse International says its program is the first to allow people with moderate to severe vision problems view Web pages as the site creators intended. ...

Source: www.detnews.com --- 41 days ago
A Toledo artist who overcame severe vision problems will be showcasing his art Sunday during Eyes on Design, a benefit for the Detroit Institute of Ophthamalogy. ...

Source: www.sciencedaily.com --- 45 days ago
European researchers have made it easy for software developers to build educational tools that let pupils collaborate to see, hear -- and now also feel -- what is on the computer screen. When you think of the solar system you probably picture a textbook diagram: nine planets, different sizes and colors, all circling the bright yellow sun. But how can a Visually Impaired child take in this information? How can they grasp how the solar system works? ...

Source: www2.tbo.com --- 43 days ago
TAMPA PALMS - Call him imaginative. Call him determined. Call him stubborn. Just don't call him blind. Liberty Middle School eighth-grader Peyton Short can barely make out images because of a genetic condition that has left him Visually Impaired. But it hasn't kept Peyton from his first loves of reading and writing. His passion for the written word was evident with his recent score on the writing portion of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. He earned a perfect score, one of 22 students in his school to earn the top mark. ...

Source: strazh.co.ua --- 9 days ago
Author: Foreign Relations Department http://strazh.co.ua/: July 11, 2008 15:00 pm ===== Large text Version for the Visually Impaired; Large text, Zoom, Light & dark Backgrounds, Easy navigation - http://strazh.co.ua/index2.html ...

Source: www.resourceshelf.com --- 26 minutes ago
From the article: The National Library in Ankara has implemented a project to offer audio recordings of books according to the needs of the Visually Impaired. For Visually disabled people, books are one of the most crucial sources of information about anything pertaining to the past, present or future. Thus, libraries are of great importance and [...] ...

Source: empowher.com --- 2 days ago
Virtually silent engines remove key cue to safety; group seeks legislative help -- Robert Preidt Hybrid cars run significantly quieter than gasoline engine cars, causing concern for the Visually Impaired who listen for sounds to guide their steps around traffic. So, when the approaching vehicle cannot be heard, it poses a danger to the pedestrian, even one with good vision. Read the article . Is this an effect of going green that you were aware of? ...

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk --- 20 days ago
The housemates are in high spirits after regaining their sight - and winning the blind task. ...

Source: www.ndtv.com --- 21 days ago
A talking library has been set up in Coimbatore, perhaps the first of its kind in Tamil Nadu to assist the Visually challenged students. Librar ...