Have you read the article The Victor Reader Stream: More Than an iPod for the Blind? You can find it at http://tinyurl.com/62ulj6 It is a nice review of the Victor Reader Stream, and explains what services you can use the Victor Reader Stream with (such as the NLS Talking Books Digital Download Project - see my previous blog posts at ...

Do you like woodworking? Is it something you currently do, or maybe something you used to do, but now cannot because of vision difficulties? Then check out this free seminar.... (you can register at http://tinyurl.com/6h24ya) Taken from http://www.hadley.edu/seminar/: Seminars@Hadley Presents: Sawdust 101- Adaptive Techniques for Blind ...

Want to learn more about free self-voicing games? Then read on! Taken from the Accessible World News Wire: Although there is an abundance of computer games for the sighted population, accessible games for blind computer users have been in very short supply. Our next Accessible World TekTalk guest, Jim Kitchen, however, has addressed the problem ...

The Blind Access Journal blog has mentioned that credit reports will soon be accessible - in Braille, large print, and audio CD! For more information, check out the blog post at http://tinyurl.com/4bmxgr This is great news for individuals living with low vision! Thanks to Blind Access Journal for the heads up!

Are you familiar with the Sight Exchange group? It's a Yahoo group that helps people easily give and receive low vision-related items, all for free. The direct link to join the group is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sightexchange/. The Sight Exchange group website states, ''The Sight Exchange group is open to all who want to give and ...

You can see the February 2007 APH (American Printing House for the Blind) News Online at http://www.aph.org/advisory/2008adv02.html The newsletter includes information on APH's 150th anniversary! There are also Braille Plus tutorial webcasts available at www.aph.org/webcast The news also states, ''The Hall of Fame for Leaders and Legends of the ...

If you're looking for some free training on how to use the APH BraillePlus Mobile Manager/Personal Digital Assistant, check out these videos on YouTube! Go to http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=BraillePlus for more information. You can see a list of all 7 videos available at http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=BraillePlus&p=r The ...

For those looking for a free audio tutorial on the Victor Reader Stream, go to http://www.humanware.com/en-usa/support/victor_reader_stream. Or, click the direct link at http://www.humanware.ca/web/en/media/stream_audio_tutorial.zip In case you are not familiar with the Victor Reader Stream, this is the reader currently used with the National ...