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Roger Holt

Cosmo Braille Writer and "BERT" for remote instruction - 0 views

  • Electronic Brailler LLC Manufacturers of the Cosmo Braille Writer and "BERT" Braille Education Remote Tool  Now as never before a blind student using a Braille Writer in the classroom can be as quiet as a sighted student writing with a pencil on paper. The non disruptive patent pending Cosmo Braille Writer is a classroom-friendly Braille writer and quiet embosser. The Cosmo Braille Writer is easy for children and adults to use, economical to run and easily maintained. For the first time in the history of Braille; Braille can be taught over the internet. BERT is a revolutionary new tool that enables both the teacher and student to communicate by voice and keyboard in real time during a remote teaching session. Any keys depressed by the student on the BERT Braille keyboard will be immediately recognized by the teacher either on their Braille display or for sighted teachers on their computer screen. BERT enables real time interactive communication between teacher and student, creating a "side by side" mode of working together.
  • Electronic Brailler LLC Manufacturers of the Cosmo Braille Writer and "BERT" Braille Education Remote Tool  Now as never before a blind student using a Braille Writer in the classroom can be as quiet as a sighted student writing with a pencil on paper. The non disruptive patent pending Cosmo Braille Writer is a classroom-friendly Braille writer and quiet embosser. The Cosmo Braille Writer is easy for children and adults to use, economical to run and easily maintained. For the first time in the history of Braille; Braille can be taught over the internet. BERT is a revolutionary new tool that enables both the teacher and student to communicate by voice and keyboard in real time during a remote teaching session. Any keys depressed by the student on the BERT Braille keyboard will be immediately recognized by the teacher either on their Braille display or for sighted teachers on their computer screen. BERT enables real time interactive communication between teacher and student, creating a "side by side" mode of working together.
Terry Booth

Braille Workshop - Great Falls - Oct. 18-19, 2012 - 0 views

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    Click here to register for this workshop What:
    The Montana School for the Deaf and the Blind and the Outreach Staff in the Department for the Visually Impaired are hosting the annual workshop for persons providing instruction to braille students. The need for this training arose from the 2006 adoption of Montana New Rule 1: Assignment of persons providing instruction of Braille to students in the state of Montana. Topics for this year's workshop will include: a presentation hands-on workshop with Jan Zollinger - Teaching Braille Literacy Through the Arts, braille practice and techniques will be explored. Please bring transcription course materials to work on. This is a great opportunity for teachers to network and learn more about dots! When/Where:
    October 18-19, 2012
    MSDB Campus
    Great Falls, MT
Terry Booth

Montana School for the Deaf and the Blind (MSDB) - Great Falls - Sept. 23-24, 2010 - 0 views

  • Click here to download the registration form for this event (DOC) Untangling the Dots  September 23-24, 2010 MSDB campus - Great Falls Topics this year include: Direct observations of braille students reading and writing braille at MSDB Pre-braille for the young learner Pre-braille for the adventitiously blind or MIVI student Formatting using Literary braille and the Perkins braille writer Transcribing and the use of Technology Functional Braille Creating Efficient braille readers Complex braille issues Review of the Braille Bill Concept Development The Use of Braille Curricula Please return form by September 13, 2010 to: Kerri Norick 145 N. Pheasant Dr. Bozeman, MT 59718 or knorick@msdb.mt.gov
Sierra Boehm

Untangling the Dots, Braille Inservice - Great Falls - Oct. 17-18, 2013 - 0 views

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    Register for this event

    What:
    The Montana School for the Deaf and the Blind is offering a free Braille inservice. Lodging on campus will be available to participants on a first-come first-served basis. The inservice is titled "Untangling the Dots." CEU/renewal units and university credits are available.

    When:
    October 17-18, 2013

    Where:
    Montana School for the Deaf & Blind
    3911 Central Av.
    Great Falls, MT 59404
Roger Holt

NFB - Onkyo Braille Essay Contest - 0 views

  • Sponsored by Onkyo Corporation and The Braille Mainichi The submission deadline for this contest is April 30, 2010.  The Onkyo Braille essay contest is being administered by the National Federation of the Blind on behalf of the North America-Caribbean Region of the World Blind Union. Essays must be written by contest participants, in English or their native language, in Braille, and must be completely original in nature. Entries should be no fewer than 800 words and no more than 1,000 words in length. There will be two groups of competitors—one Junior group, aged 25 and under; and one Senior group, aged 26 and up and prizes range from $500-$2,000.
Terry Booth

Access to Electronic Information Using Portable Devices for People who are Blind or Vis... - 0 views

  • Click here to register for this webinar -- $39 What: This session is a thorough examination of the current technology used by people who are blind or visually impaired to access electronic information. Most of these individuals can use their computers effectively by using screen magnification software. Those with very low or no vision can use screen reading software. Braille literate folks use Braille translation software, Braille displays, Braille embossers, and Braille graphics products. We will trace the recent evolution of this technology and the implications for today’s young students, college students, working adults, and seniors. When: Wednesday, September 22, 2011 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Mountain Time Presenter: William J. Bielawski III, Life Enhancement / Job Coach, The Chicago Lighthouse for People who are Blind or Visually Impaired Full Abstract – Including speaker biography and learning points
Terry Booth

Access to Electronic Information Using Computers for People who are Blind or Visually I... - 0 views

  • Click here to register for this webinar -- $39 What: This session is a thorough examination of the current technology used by people who are blind or visually impaired to access electronic information. Most of these individuals can use their computers effectively by using screen magnification software. Those with very low or no vision can use screen reading software. Braille literate folks use Braille translation software, Braille displays, Braille embossers, and Braille graphics products. We will trace the recent evolution of this technology and the implications for today’s young students, college students, working adults, and seniors. When: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Mountain Time Presenter: William J. Bielawski III, Life Enhancement / Job Coach, The Chicago Lighthouse for People who are Blind or Visually Impaired Full Abstract – Including speaker biography and learning points
Roger Holt

New NBP Book Helps Blind Students Get More from Their iPad - 0 views

  • The National Braille Press has released iOS Success: Making the iPad Accessible to help students who are blind to maximize their use of the popular Apple tablet that's playing an increasing role in education The book, NBP's sixth guide to iOS devices, provides step-by-step instructions for iPad setup (including all accessibility features), using VoiceOver and Zoom, connecting to external devices such as braille displays, find and download apps, and use services such as Dropbox. NBP has done a remarkable job enabling persons who are blind or visually impaired to orient themselves on and learn to use iOS devices -- keeping them current and on the same page as their sighted classmates.
Roger Holt

Free Books For Kids Now Also Available In Braille : NPR - 0 views

  • Soniya Patel's 3-year-old daughter loves getting a book in the mail each month. It comes from the Dollywood Foundation's Imagination Library, which sends free books each month to hundreds of thousands of children. But Patel is blind, so reading new books to her daughter isn't so simple. Patel has the book read aloud to her, and she transcribes the text on her Braille typewriter — and then she can read the new book to her daughter.
Roger Holt

Hydraulics Could Enable Fullscreen Braille Display | Gadget Lab | Wired.com - 0 views

  • For most blind computer users, surfing the internet or catching up on e-mail means reading just one line at a time, because commercially available braille displays can’t show full pages of text. Researchers from North Carolina State University now say they have devised a display that would allow visually challenged users to read a full page at a time — and at a much lower cost than existing displays.
Roger Holt

ViA - Visually Impaired Apps - 0 views

  • Braille Institute is proud to introduce ViA (Visually Impaired Apps), a fully accessible app for iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad.  ViA has been designed to help identify apps that are useful for adults and children who are blind or have low vision, including those with additional disabilities.  Users can easily sort through the 500,000+ apps in the App Store and locate those that were built specifically for, or provide functionality to, the user with a visual impairment.
Roger Holt

New computer programs Goodfeel and Lime Lighter help blind read, write music - NY Daily... - 0 views

  • Lime Lighter, which produces a readable digital score for people with low vision, and Goodfeel, a music notes-to-Braille translator, are being used in music schools across the world after being tested at Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School in Manhattan.
Roger Holt

School for Blind Expands Online Resources for Educators - On Special Education - Educat... - 0 views

  • A storied institution for the blind is promoting and expanding its online resources for educators across the country who teach students who have visual impairments—a move that coincides with a U.S. Department of Education directive that Braille instruction should be the default literacy medium for blind students. The 184-year-old Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Mass., which educated both deaf-blind activist and author Helen Keller and her instructor Anne Sullivan, is looking to increase use of Perkins eLearning, a collection of nearly 100 webinars, tutorials, and seminars.
Sierra Boehm

iPads in the Classroom for Students With Visual and Other Disabilities - Webinar - On D... - 0 views

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    Part 1: iPad and Communication for Students with Visual and Multiple Disabilities
    Part 2: Creating Tactile Overlays for the iPad and Tablet Devices

    What:
    An ongoing series of webinars that focus on the use of iPads in the classroom for students with visual and other disabilities. The webinar series is presented by Dr. Betsy Flener who has over 25 years of experience as a teacher and consultant including serving as a regional consultant for the Kentucky School for the Blind. She is currently an assistive technology consultant for the Green River Regional Educational Cooperative.

    When:
    Parts 1 and 2 on demand.
    A third webinar, "Reinforcing Braille Literacy Using the iPad", is being planned for September 2013.

    Cost:
    $29.00 per webinar
Roger Holt

BARD App for the Blind | News Releases - Library of Congress - 0 views

  • Library of Congress Braille and Talking-Book Program Releases Book Download App through Apple People who are blind, visually impaired or have a physical disability may now download audio and braille books to their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, if they are registered with the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) in the Library of Congress.
Roger Holt

Blind Cal State Long Beach student graduates with top honors | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles T... - 0 views

  • Even as a youngster, Anthony Vasquez exhibited a probing curiosity and a pulsing energy to seek out new experiences. That drive continued when he entered Cal State Long Beach and decided that learning Chinese would be a worthy challenge. On Thursday, he will be honored as the outstanding graduate in the College of Liberal Arts, a recognition of a cumulative grade point average of 3.895 while earning bachelor’s degrees in journalism and Chinese studies. But for his family, friends and teachers, the honor and academic achievements have special meaning because Vasquez is blind. He used Braille and specialized computer software to learn Chinese and now speaks Mandarin as well as Spanish and English.
Roger Holt

Snow Leopard makes strides in accessibility | Mac OS X | Macworld - 0 views

  • Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) introduced a host of features that made using a Mac easier for people with physical disabilities. Among its key improvements was VoiceOver, a screen reader that narrated whatever was on the Mac’s display. Leopard improved on those features, adding a more human-sounding computer voice (Alex) and offering more ways to interact with the Mac (including support for USB Braille displays and number-pad input). Snow Leopard continues those efforts to make OS X more accessible.
Terry Booth

NIMAC, Bookshare and Your Students: What's Next? - Webinar - Mar. 31, 2010 - 1 views

  • What: The print, bound book is an educational barrier for many students with print disabilities. Because these students cannot read a print book, they require books in alternative formats such as DAISY and BRF (digital Braille). Books in accessible digital formats can remove the barriers and provide access to the general curriculum. In this webinar, you will learn about digital accessible books and how to get digital textbooks from the NIMAC (National Instructional Materials Accessibility Center). You'll also learn the services and benefits Bookshare offers to educators and qualified students.
Roger Holt

Bookshare Books on iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch | ATMac - 0 views

  • As the Technology Coach for Educational Vision Services, the program in the NYC Department of Education that serves students in our school system with visual impairments, I have been looking for a way to provide students with low-vision access to large print using the iPad. Our students are registered with Bookshare.org but it has been a stumbling block converting the DAISY formatted books into the epub format that can be read on the iPad. While there are numerous options for our students who are auditory or Braille readers, there has been a large disconnect in taking advantage of technology for our students who require large print and alternate contrast for visual reading.
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