National Braille Press keeps coming out with great tech guides for the blind

[kestrell]

If you are blind or visually impaired and haven't checked out the technology guide published by the National Braille Press, you should definitely do so
http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/publications/apple.html

I'm constantly overwhelmed by all the new tech that is becoming accessible to blind people and, after having my iPhone for over two months, I still don't access more than a handful of its features. Plus, all those new apps that offer assistance with travel navigation? Clueless. But I just found a bunch of guides to talk me through learning how to use these features.

If you are a visually impaired smartphone user, you have probably spent as much time as I have trying to find documentation for accessibility features, with frustratingly little profit, but these guide make it quick and easy to learn what you want to learn.

There are guides for both iPhone and Android users, and there are guides on particular subjects such as navigation and GPS apps, ebook apps, and writing on your smartphone.

Comments

Amen! Not just for Braille readers

[jesse_the_k]

I particularly love the newest title, "Getting Visual Assistance with an iPhone: Subtitle: Now, You Can Just Be Friends with Your Friends, by Judith Dixon" -- and don't let NBP's name scare you off: while they do provide paper and ebraille, they also offer text (in Daisy & Word formats).

Re: Amen! Not just for Braille readers

[kestrell]

Hey, thanks, I meant to add that part *smile*.

Re: Amen! Not just for Braille readers

[jesse_the_k]

I was surprised and thrilled to learn this, because now I can download these books and maybe understand iAccessibility better! (Especially the Shortcuts book, although maybe I'll wait on that one because Apple is making the Shortcuts UI one thing, as well as more powerful, in iOs 13.)

...and wow NBP has spread its wings to be a third force for blind independence. The $18 tactile caliper is SO COOL! The how to advocate for yourself as a blind kid is wonderful.

Re: Amen! Not just for Braille readers

[ambyr]

Oh, that tactile caliper is super cool.

Re: Amen! Not just for Braille readers

[kestrell]

Wow! I didn't even know those things existed. I checked out the online store just a couple of months ago--obviously, NBP is developing new resources pretty regularly.