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Will UT close accessibility doors?
Last week, the University of Texas at Austin announced that they intended to close the Accessibility Institute, founded by Dr. John Slattin! This came as a big surprise to people both in the local community and many world-wide as well. The University of Texas has …
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Education and persistance change history!
As I have previously stated here, I love to shop on line. One of my favorites used to be eBay , but as I talked about some time ago, they have made some changes to their site that has made shopping there more difficult and tiresome for me using jaws. But there are …
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I'm not at my computer, help!!
Many times, I am presented with the following scenario; I am at someone’s house, a Public Library , or even an Internet Cafe . There are computers available, but none have a screen reader installed. I need to look up something on Google , or visit some other …
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A menu that speaks to you?
An interactive menu that can talk? Yes, it is true, and I saw one in action! I love to eat out , don’t we all? We pay good money to have choices in what we want to eat at any particular restaurant. It is also a social thing , going out with one person, or a group of people …
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Reading, making it a more pleasant past time.
All right, so I love love love to read!! I like fiction and fantacy, mystery and suspense, some romance, and even a few uplifting types. Many times, you can find audio books and I love them, most of the time. I have some favorite narrators that really make the stories come …