VisionAssist iOS App

VisionAssist is a very impressive app that, over time, could make portable electronic magnifiers obsolete. I did my testing with an iPod touch. Even though the resolution is higher on the iPhone and iPad, the convenience, functionality, and price represent a new paradigm of value in the world of magnification aids. via VisionAssist iOS App.

APPitic – 1,300+ EDUapps

For every teacher and parent that has called, emailed, and begged for a “one-stop” shop to find the best resources and apps for education – here you go!  No need to look any further, this site really does an amazing job of providing not just the resources but tools, videos, just about everything you would [...]

Arthritis Foundation | Caregiving Advice | Home Safety

This is a fantastic article published on the Arthritis Foundation website about simple free and low cost ways to easily improve the comfort and safety of a senior’s home. Nearly 90 percent of older Americans want to stay in their own homes as they age, but common features in their homes present significant obstacles to [...]

A Guide to Accessing Music Streaming Sites with a Screen Reader

In another great AccessWorld article, Janet Ingber shows readers how they can identify and access music streams, like Rhapsody and Spotify – two popular streaming music sites – using a screen reader. There are many legal sites on the Web that allow the user to stream extensive catalogs of music. Streaming is different from sites [...]

Highlights: The Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act

Over at AccessWorld, Mark Richert highlights some of the new landmark communications law, also known as the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act, or CVAA. If you would have told me a decade ago that one day there would be a law requiring virtually all text communication, mobile phone Web browsers, TVs, and broadcast [...]