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Windows Phone 7

BrailleLive — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:18:17 +0000

Windows Phone 7 Mobile Speak for Windows Mobile, 5 years of successes and challenges Code Factory products will not be compatible with the initial versions of Windows Phone 7 Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, September, 1st, 2010 Code Factory has always shown a great commitment to keep up-to-date with the latest mobile phone technology. Back in 2005, [...]

Mobile Speak 4.5 for Symbian is Now Available

BrailleLive — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:28:30 +0000

Mobile Speak 4.5 for Symbian Mobile Speak 4.5 for Symbian is Now Available Touch Screen, Web Browser, Calendar, TweetS60, Nokia C5, C6, E5 & E73 Mode, and More! Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain, July 1st, 2010 Mobile Speak 4.5, a free update for all users of Mobile Speak 4.0, is now available! Since the release of Mobile [...]

National Federation of the Blind Announces 2010 Scholarship Program Winners

BrailleLive — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:56:29 +0000

National Federation of the Blind Announces 2010 Scholarship Program Winners Baltimore, Maryland (May 12, 2010): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the nation’s oldest and largest organization of blind people, today announced the winners of its 2010 Scholarship Program, which awards thirty scholarships each year to recognize achievement by blind scholars. The winners are [...]

Beware of Resurgence of Banking Virus

BrailleLive — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:59:33 +0000

Beware of Resurgence of Banking Virus BBC NEWS Banking virus is back warns firm Zeus, a virus that steals online banking details from infected computer users, is more powerful than ever, warns a web security company. Trusteer says it has spotted the Trojan virus in one of every 3,000 of the 5.5m computers it monitors [...]

Braille Displays Promise To Deliver The Web To The Blind

BrailleLive — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:51:56 +0000

Braille Displays Promise To Deliver The Web To The Blind North Carolina State University researchers take the first steps toward making an affordable and more dynamic Braille display By Larry Greenemeier Scientific American, April 5, 2010 The Web’s wealth of information would lose some of its luster if you read it only one line at [...]

40 Year Old Discovery Could Define Future of Computing

BrailleLive — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:27:54 +0000

40 Year Old Discovery Could Define Future of Computing BBC NEWS HP outlines memory of the future By Jonathan Fildes Technology reporter, BBC News The fundamental building blocks of all computing devices could be about to undergo a dramatic change that would allow faster, more efficient machines Researchers at computer firm Hewlett Packard (HP) have [...]

Google Funds New Research To Help Blind Web Surfers

BrailleLive — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:36:07 +0000

Google Funds New Research To Help Blind Web Surfers March 30, 2010 (PhysOrg.com) New research by University of Manchester scientists that could help blind people find their way around the World Wide Web has been given a boost with a £50,000 grant from Google. Drs. Andy Brown, Caroline Jay and Simon Harper who are based [...]

Verisign Rolls Out New Website Verification Service

BrailleLive — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:57:44 +0000

Verisign Rolls Out New Website Verification Service VeriSign is introducing a certification service that confirms whether a business is legitimate and that their Web site is free of malware. VeriSign already sells various SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificates for Web sites that aim to let visitors know the site meets high standards for encryption of [...]

BARD Site Delivers One Millionth Download

BrailleLive — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:52:26 +0000

BARD Site Delivers One Millionth Download Digital Talking-Book Internet Service Delivers One Millionth Download On Feb. 21, 2010, Tonia Gatton downloaded the digital talking-book version of “Charlotte’s Web” to her home computer. She knew she was going to read a classic of children’s literature. What she didn’t know was that she was also making history. [...]

Braille Struggles Under Threat From Audio Access Technology

BrailleLive — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:44:04 +0000

Braille Struggles Under Threat From Audio Access Technology by Alessandra Retico They are letters you can touch: six little dots you brush with your fingers, 64 combinations to encode the world. But now Braille, the blind person’s Esperanto, is set to become a dead language. New technologies mean the tactile alphabet is being used less [...]