There is so much out
there for blind and visually impaired people, but unfortunately, useful
resources and information that they often need is not at one place and we have
to do a lot of research before we can get advantage of these resources. So, we
have tried to put some useful websites together that can hopefully help others
like myself.
Blind Help Project
Blind help project is
an independent non-profit resource for blind and visually impaired community.
It consist of a volunteer team of students working under the slogan of
"envisioning brighter tomorrow through the lens of technology" Almost
all BHP team members are partially or totally blind, So according to them, they
can better understand the problems and challenges hindering the progress and independent
living of people with limited or no vision across the world.
They are running a
website to provide hundreds of articles, games, quick podcasts, softwares,
tutorials and some other resources for Android, IOS, Lynix, Mac OS and Windows
from 2014.
Cool blind tech
Cool blind tech founded
by Nelson Régo in 2012 and incorporated in 2015 as a non-profit organization.
Like Blind help project, Cool blind tech is also produced by a team of blind
and low vision experts who worked hard to provide necessary information and
resources free of cost.
Cool blind tech as they
said, "YOUR SOURCE FOR THE BEST ASSISTIVE TECH NEWS, REVIEWS AND
INTERVIEWS FROM TOP BLIND AND LOW VISION EXPERTS" working to provide
latest news and podcasts related to assistive technology: how to make main
stream devices such as IPad, IPhone, Android and tablets accessible for blind
and visually impaired and also how to use windows computers or Mac with screen
reading softwares.
Hadley institute for the blind and visually impaired
Founded in 1920 by William
Hadley, an educator who lost his eyesight later in life, Hadley provides
distance learning opportunities for anyone with visual impairment, their
families and professionals working with them free of charge. Hadley serves
nearly 150,000 individuals each year, reaching 50 states of America and 100
countries of the world.
Hadley is also the
largest educator of Braille worldwide and provides different courses/trainings
high school diploma and family education programs covering multiple topics from
daily living tasks to professional training, different hobbies to recreational
activities, languages to history of the world etc.
It offers reading
material in a variety of accessible formats such as Braille, large print, audio
and online through their website. After completing a course, students receive
credit hours and a certificate of completion. Hadley's instructors and
professionals also arrange different seminars, webinars and audio/video
tutorials on various topics.
RoboBraille
RoboBraille is an
e-mail and web-based service available to vision and reading impaired people to
automatically transform important documents to accessible formats free of
charge. It was originally created by Synscenter Refsnæs (the National Centre
for Visually Impaired Children and Youth in Denmark) and Sensus ApS. Today, the
service is developed and operated by Sensus and RoboBraille Outreach, a
non-profit association.
Since its launch in
2004, RoboBraille offers four categories of services:
Braille services:
transcription of different documents to contracted and non-contracted Brail in
various languages.
Audio services: it
converts different audio/video formats to plane mp3 and daisy talking books in
multiple languages.
E-book services:
Documents can be converted in to both EPUB and Mobi Pocket (Amazon Kindle)
e-book formats. Moreover, EPUB can be converted into Mobi Pocket and vice versa.
Accessibility services:
Inaccessible documents such as image files in GIF, TIFF, JPG, PNG, BMP, PCX,
DCX, J2K, JP2, JPX, DJV, image-only PDF and all other types of PDF documents
can be converted to more accessible formats including tagged PDF, DOC, DOCX,
Word XML, XLS, XLSX, CSV, TXT, RTF and HTML. The service furthermore supports
conversion of Microsoft Office documents into tagged PDF and Microsoft
PowerPoint presentations into RTF files and web-projects.
CareerConnect
CareerConnect is an
employment information resource developed by the American Foundation for the Blind
for job seekers who are blind or visually impaired. CareerConnect provides
employment information, career exploration tools, and job seeking guidance for
individuals with vision loss and the professionals who work with them.
It may help to Explore
Jobs for Individuals Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired, Develop a Resume or
Personal Data Sheet, Prepare for a Job Interview, Disclose a Visual Impairment
to a Potential Employer and Improve Employment Outcomes by Utilizing
Career-Related Lesson Plans.
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