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Some years ago when at a blindness convention, I found myself in a lively discussion with a bunch of people who have been blind since birth. Someone in the group made a passing reference to how pleased they were that …
A Touchy Subject – How Useful are Tactile Pictorials? Read more »
Introduction It’s almost Christmas in September. Although Apple has yet to confirm it, informed speculation suggests Apple will be announcing the next generation of iPhones on 9 September US time. If that’s true, and Apple adheres to timeframes from previous …
If you are blind or visually impaired and wear hearing aids, Mosen Consulting would be grateful for your help.Jonathan Mosen and Bonnie Lannom are seeking interview subjects for a book on the social, attitudinal, and technological challenges faced by blind …
Blind? Wear hearing Aids? Mosen Consulting Wants to Hear from You for our Next Book Read more »
Brian Hartgen and I would like to thank everyone for the overwhelmingly positive feedback we’ve received since the release of the “Broadcast It” audio tutorial for JAWS and the StationPlaylist suite of products. People who’ve always wanted to give broadcasting …
Station Licenses Now Available for the “Broadcast It” StationPlaylist Tutorial Read more »
A couple of weeks ago, I decided to stop using Twitter on a daily basis. Blog posts I made here were tweeted automatically, and I continued to use Twitter for the Mosen Explosion radio show, so I certainly didn’t decide …
Tony Seba has been in New Zealand this week, and his visit has prompted some interesting discussion about the future of transportation. Just as blindness technology has made its way into the mainstream in a number of notable cases, so …
Clean Energy Vision Could be Life Changing for the Blind Read more »
I still get emails from people following up on the blog posts I wrote last year, regarding the unique needs of blind people who wear hearing aids. I’m in the early stages of putting a book together for blind people …
Edit: this post has been updated to reflect accurately the nature of the 2008 dialogue between NFB and Apple. Being a member of a minority is exhausting at times. Ignorance, discrimination (both inadvertent and deliberate), and barriers preventing us from …
NFB’s iOS App Resolution: Some Perspective and Context Read more »
I’d like to invite you for a moment to imagine an exciting future.It’s June 2015. There’s much speculation about what Tim Cook and his team are about to say at the Worldwide Developers’ Conference. We know we’ll see some cool …
Can Apple, Should Apple, Mandate iOS App Accessibility? #NFB14 Read more »
I’d like to thank everyone who tweeted links to, and otherwise shared, my previous post regarding Twitter’s new experimental “retweet with comment” option.As those of you who read the original post will know, Mashable noticed the new feature, and published …
The Official Word From Twitter regarding the Experimental “Retweet with Comment” Feature Read more »