The Episode
Links
Below you’ll find links to many of the organizations that Cory mentioned.
- Perkins Library: https://www.perkins.org/library/
- National Library Service: https://www.loc.gov/nls/
- Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD): https://www.loc.gov/nls/braille-audio-reading-materials/bard-access/
- Bookshare: https://www.bookshare.org/cms/
- Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY): https://nfb.org//sites/default/files/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm11/bm1102/bm110210.htm
- Refreshable Braille Display: https://www.afb.org/node/16207/refreshable-braille-displays
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_character_recognition
- OneStep Reader: https://nfb.org/programs-services/knfb-reader
- Machine Learning: https://www.ibm.com/cloud/learn/machine-learning
- Google Duplex: https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/9/18538194/google-duplex-ai-restaurants-experiences-review-robocalls
Pet Peeve
Something neither Brad nor Lisa gave on second thought about is a pet peeve of many visually impaired people like Cory:
Crosswalks need to be straighter! So many slightly veer one way leaving the visually impaired person crossing outside of the crosswalk.
Food for Thought
One of the most used screen readers out there is JAWS, which stands for Job Access with Speech. It was created by Ted Henter, a former motorcycle racer who lost his sight in a 1978 automobile accident. It was originally released in 1989.
(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAWS_(screen_reader))
Here’s a great demo of it.
