A blog post at NFB (National Federation of the Blind) talks about the dangers of silent vehicles/electric cars for the visually impaired.... check it out at http://www.nfb.org/nfb/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=323 So what do you think? Are silent vehicles dangerous?

The Accessible World Newsletter is announcing the following for musicians: Dancing Dots: Providing Technology for Blind Musicians and Their Educators The Accessible News Wire April 23, 2008, Indianapolis, Indiana USA The next Accessible World Tek Talk online training event will explore the musical world with Bill McCann, Founder and ...

AFB's blog mentions that you can ''Win a Grant to Create New Assistive Technology'' - check out the blog post at http://www.afb.org/blog/blog_comments.asp?TopicID=3400 The post states, ''The Spanish Organization for the Blind (ONCE) is calling for entries for their 5th International Research and Development (R & D) award in New Technologies ...

Have you read the article Cell Phone Reads to the Blind? It talks about a new cell phone that was developed by K-NFB (Kurzweil and NFB) Reading Technology. Check it out on NPR's website at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18504117. The article states, ''A new cell phone offers the smallest text-to-speech reading device ever ...