Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 16, 2011

The goal of the DIAGRAM R&D Center is to greatly improve access to graphical information for students with print disabilities (for example, helping blind students get access to important graphics inside textbooks). But, it’s turned out to be one of the best surveys of assistive technology we’ve ever seen.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2007

Amazon.com: Kindle This is the first ebook product that gives me a vision of where the book is going to go. And, while not perfect, it gives a vision of where this technology will go. The flash at each page turn was initially bothersome, but quickly faded from notice. He knows about my accessibility concerns.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

For more than 20 years I’ve worked to harness the power of technology to do social good. So for me, it was incredibly cool to be introduced to a new piece of technology that has a clever and (as far as I know) new approach to making information accessible to people with vision impairments.

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