[Home-on-the-range] FW: The June Issue of AccessWorld Is Now Available

[Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO]

Here I am again.

Here is the newest Access World from AFB.

Susie

From: Susan Stanzel [mailto:slstanzel at kc.rr.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 10:12 PM
To: Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO
Subject: FW: The June Issue of AccessWorld Is Now Available



From: AccessWorld [mailto:accessworld at afb.net <mailto:accessworld at afb.net%20> ]
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 10:34 AM
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Subject: The June Issue of AccessWorld Is Now Available


AFB

American Foundation
for the Blind<http://www.afb.org>

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Expanding possibilities for people with vision loss

The June issue of AccessWorld<http://www.afb.org/accessworld> is now available on our website.
This issue features:
*  Editor's Page: CTIA 2013 Accessibility Outreach Initiative<http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw140601>
*  Using VoiceOver with the Accessible Amazon iOS Kindle App, by Janet Ingber<http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw140602>
A free and accessible iOS version of the Kindle app from Amazon was released on May 1, 2013. This app gives people who are blind or visually impaired another option for purchasing and listening to books and periodicals. Read more to learn about accessibility with VoiceOver, installing the app, and purchasing and reading content.
*  TextGrabber + Translator from ABBYY and the StandScan Pro: A Review of Two Products, by Janet Ingber <http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw140603>
This evaluation shows how mainstream hardware and software can be great tools for the visually impaired.
*  An In-Depth Look at the ScripTalk Station from En-Vision America, by Bill Holton<http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw140604>
In this article we'll take an in-depth look at the ScripTalk Station, and we'll also tell you how you can join En-Vision America's Pharmacy Freedom program and get a ScripTalk Station on permanent loan to read specially tagged prescriptions labeled by a participating pharmacy.
*  Voiceye: A Breakthrough in Document Access, by Bill Holton<http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw140605>
The new embedded code document access solution from Korea called Voiceye builds on Universal Product Code (UPC) and QR code technology to provide access to printed material.
*  Series: Social Networking for the Blind or Visually Impaired. Part III: Social Networking on Portable Devices, by Larry Lewis <http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw140606>
This AccessWorld series has provided a greater understanding of what social networks are and how they are accessed by desktop computer users who are visually impaired. Now, it's time to get on with the business of exploring a platform on which social networks truly shine.
*  Series: The Work of the Smith-Kettlewell Institute. Part II: The Video Description Research and Development Center, by Deborah Kendrick<http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw140607>
The team at Smith-Kettlewell is developing the tools that could transform fantasies of full TV and movie access into possibilities.
*  AccessWorld News<http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw140608>
*  Letters to the Editor<http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw140609>

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