The infodoodads blog recently had a post about ''Read the Words,'' which is a relatively new free text to speech program. You can see the blog post at http://infodoodads.com/?p=373 You can also check out the Read the Words website at http://readthewords.com/ The Read the Words website states, ''ReadTheWords.com began as a simple concept in ...

Thanks to the Southeastern Library Services blog at http://southeasternlsa.blogspot.com/, I learned about a cool free book offer! You can go to the Louis L'Amour centennial offer at http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/lamour/ for more information about how to get the Louis L'Amour memoir, Education of a Wandering Man for free. However, it ...

''The first ever video podcast in American Sign Language is being launched today on the Disability Law Low down website at ASL.DisabilityLawLowdown.com. The Disability Law Lowdown ASL podcasts will bring a new level of service to the Deaf community by expanding traditional audio-only podcasts to include video that allows subscribers too see native ...

''Excuse me, could you repeat that?” “I couldn't hear a word he said!” “Uh, what was that, again?” If any of those phrases are familiar to you or someone in your life, hearing loss may be the culprit... (taken from http://tinyurl.com/4k3364) May is Better Hearing and Speech Month! For more information, check out these ...

Throughout the years many of the preservice and in-service teachers in my classes, workshops, and presentations have requested that I start an email newsletter. They indicate that in addition to this blog they would like to receive occasional emails sharing rich resources related to technology integration. I’m excited to announce that I have ...

PANDORA RADIO Trevor Acy Music is one of my things, just ask anyone that knows me. I own more CDs than most people and almost always have music playing, whether I’m relaxing, working, reading, or studying. Even with all the music I own, I sometimes get bored of the same songs and artists over [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: ''The ...

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 ...

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I’ve been using this amazing technology for just about a week and I’ve already discovered dozens of reasons (or excuses) for using it. I think it is useful for people that commute back and forth to work like I do. It integrates well with the way I use my driving time (reflecting on the day, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: ''Jott.com ...

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 ...