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• Intel introduces new digital book reader for the blind

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 662
  Venturebeat has an article looking at the $1,500 Intel Reader portable text-to-speech device Intel has just released. It is the size of a paperback book and can read from files or capture printed text with its built-in digital camera. The Intel Reader is meant specifically for the blind or visually-impaired. ...
  17 hours ago

• TEXT-TO -SPEECH FOR MS WORD DOCUMENTS

  
  GREAT EXPECTATIONS — Authority: 103
  Wordtalk is a free text to speech utility for use with all Microsoft Word documents. A spell checker reads aloud for the student to listen to different suggestions. MS Word 97 and above are compatible for wordtalk.  Students or adults with reading and writing difficulties will find this tool particularly useful ...
  18 hours ago

• DTorial (Part 2): An interactive tutorial framework for blind users in a Web 2.0 world

  
  Learn Free Internet Marketing Learn Free Internet Marketing Strategies using Video, Articles, Social Networking, Social Media, Web 2.0, Blogs, Affiliate Marketing — Authority: 461
  that describes how to embed an interactive tutorial within a web application. The interaction model is demonstrated within a system called DTorial, a fully functional dynamic audio-based tutorial with embedded content. While remaining within the web application, users can rapidly access any tutorial content, injected ...
  1 day ago

• Disney’s New Device For Visually Impaired Visitors

  
  Disney Dreaming — Authority: 586
  Disney has released a new technology feature that will help visually impaired park visitors. On Disney’s custom wireless hand-held devices that the park offers to individuals with disabilities, there is a new feature: Audio Descriptions. These Audio Descriptions provide a narrative of what is happening on a ride ...
  2 days ago

• Mountain Climbing and getting Life Insurance

  
  The Life Insurance Pro — Authority: 118
  If you are planning on trekking up Mt. Rainier or the great Kilimanjaro and then getting Preferred Life Insurance rates , well you might want to prepare yourself.  Well that will depend totally on an number of factors that the Underwriters will be looking at and for when evaluating your life application.  Remember ...
  3 days ago

• VIDEO: Self-policing Wisconsin woman calls 911, turns herself in for drunk driving

  
  Car Leasing News, Reviews and Stories — Authority: 163
  Filed under: Government/Legal , Videos , Police/Emergency Click above to watch the video after the jump Here at Autoblog, we definitely don’t condone drunk driving. But we have to admit it is a bit of a tricky thing. How are you supposed to tell if you’re drunk if your judgment is already ...
  5 days ago

• VIDEO: Self-policing Wisconsin woman calls 911, turns herself in for drunk driving

  
  Autoblog — Authority: 787
  Filed under: Government/Legal , Videos , Police/Emergency Click above to watch the video after the jump Here at Autoblog, we definitely dont condone drunk driving. But we have to admit it is a bit of a tricky thing. How are you supposed to tell if youre drunk if your judgment is already impaired? ...
  5 days ago

• R1 is an analogous radio for the visually impaired

  
  The Design blog — Authority: 662
  While modern gadgets have become a boon for normal users, they are still a bane for special users with hearing or visual imparities. But the “R1” by Il-Gu Cha is a radio with a difference that works equally for both normal and special users. Intended toward visually impaired users, the analogous radio can be ...
  5 days ago

• NYC Special Needs School Fair at the JCC in Manhattan

  
  NYC Private Schools Blog — Authority: 421
  The Special Needs School Fair which took place at the Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Manhattan on Thursday evening, October 29, 2009 is a wonderful resource for parents and professionals who want to learn what’s available for special needs children in NYC and environs. This is the fourth year that the Fair is ...
  6 days ago

• 3 Tips for Creating Content for Your New Site

  
  Clever Title — Authority: 98
  Should you want to create the content for your site redesign, this is typically considered the “heavy lifting” portion for the client. Content can include items such as copy, images, videos, audio files and PDFs. Compiled below are a few helpful tips before you begin.The Use of “Click Here”Try not using ...
  1 week ago

• Episode 102 – The Private Life of Henry VIII, part 3

  
  Movies For the Blind — Authority: 106
  Henry (Charles Laughton) moves into later life with fifth wife Catherine Howard (Binnie Barnes), who has everything she wants – including the love of Thomas Culpeper (Robert Donat), which may prove her undoing. Part 3 of 3. Click here to subscribe Click here to download directly from Blind File Sharing ...
  1 week ago

• Shellys Podcast: 10-31-09 (voicemail: 206-333-0583)

  
  Shelly's Podcast — Authority: 98
  Slippery Pumpkins (Show #204) Chit Chat: Happy holidays! Halloweening: The most wonderful time of the year, Shelly doesnt dress up, halloween wishes, not an actual holiday, pumpkin acquisition, carving, keep your pumpkins fresh, candy negotiations, Shelly comes out in favor of candy corn Title choosin: ...
  1 week ago

• Workers Drunk on Job

  
  Alcohol Self-Help News — Authority: 119
  15% of U.S. Workers Report Workplace Alcohol   Use or Impairment in Past Year. An estimated 19.2 million U.S. workers (15.3%) reported using or being impaired by alcohol at work at least once in the past year, according to recently released data from the National Survey of Workplace Health and Safety. The most ...
  1 week ago

• Editorial: Crack down on drunk drivers

  
  The Toronto Observer — Authority: 547
  Back in July, two young men died in a high-speed, alcohol-related crash on the Don Valley Parkway, and the question of tougher laws against impaired driving resurfaced. But only briefly. This month, the carnage is outside the East York area, but like the rest of Toronto, we’ve seen the grisly pictures of a van ...
  1 week ago

• The Friday Funny: Happy Halloween

  
  Better Health — Authority: 602
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• The Perfect Storm

  
  Northwest Harley Blog — Authority: 116
  It happens this Saturday, October 31st.  Halloween falls on a Saturday this year and it’s a particularly deadly night due to impaired drivers. The ODOT Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data reveals a startling fact.   It turns out that 90% of the fatalities (10) on Halloween night (6:00 p.m., October ...
  1 week ago

• Calgary officer charged with drunk driving challenges arrest

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 508
  ALGARY - A 17-year veteran city police officer on trial for impaired driving is questioning a fellow officers grounds for arresting him at a checkstop while off duty last winter.
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• This Goblin makes life a little less haunting

  
  ohmidog! — Authority: 528
  Ray Dobson was losing his hearing. Goblin, rescued from the streets of Puerto Rico, needed a home. When they were brought together by the National Education for Assistance Dog Service , two problems were solved. Dobson, Goblin and organizations like NEADS, which trains dogs from shelters to assist the hearing ...
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• Alan Watt: Conspiracy Theory, Really? The Common Query (Oct. 26, 2009)

  
  www.TruthRing.org — Authority: 128
  Don’t forget about the Alan Watt Audio page.
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• IBM Makes It Easier To Browse Web Sites on Mobile Devices

  
  Cell Phone News and Cell Phone Reviews: HotCellularPhone.com — Authority: 144
  IBM researchers have created technology, initially developed for visually-impaired users, that makes it simpler for Webmasters to make their Web sites more readable on the small screens of mobile devices, reducing burdensome scrolling through out-of-order text and graphics.  The Web has turned consumers into ...
  2 weeks ago

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