What would happen if you, as the chair, turned up at a meeting without having prepared agendas, that is, assuming that no one received a copy forty-eight hours prior? Wouldn’t there be a delay while a flustered secretary dashed off to the photocopier to make sure that every handout was copied, coalated, stapled and in […]
Old-school Braille needs image update
7th Oct 2013 By
The Columbus Dispatch, June 30, 2013 Who was Helen Keller? We know the answer, and yet, the answer has changed with time. Thursday marked the 133rd anniversary of her birth. While most of us are familiar with the story of the miracle that occurred when a little girl who was both deaf and blind suddenly […]
A Case For Braille: ◾Your company brochures, newsletters and catalogues
30th Sep 2013 By
Companies today have many options for getting the word out about products. Obviously ou can update a web page, post to a Twitter feed, have an email subscription page for newsletter circulation, but nothing replaces a paper catalogue or example newsletter when you’re at a trade show, community fair or when customers call by your […]
Is automated accessibility the Answer?
9th Aug 2013 By
I recently saw a post about an amazing automated solution which would allow financial institutions to make credit card statements accessible to vision-impaired patrons, as a seamless interface with their existing software. I thought: “Great! It would appear as though financial institutions have taken our need for accessibility to heart! It makes me want to […]
Taking our cultural Voices Back: Prifwyl and Pow Wow
1st Aug 2013 By
Almost four years ago, when I moved to Britain to get married, my husband mentioned to me that he had never been to the
