Warranty and Maintenance. Software Tutorials. GoBraille User Manual. GoBraille Ethernet Setup Instructions. We completely reconceptualized how we help people who come to us. First, we moved away from the very academic model that was geared to how children learn, to a model that focuses on giving people practical tips as they learn to live with vision loss.
Second, we educated ourselves about best practices in distance learning and incorporated those into our new approach. We want the learning experience to be fun, engaging, and interactive, and the feedback we're getting from the 3, people who have signed up with us is that we achieved that goal. So, we think we got the online delivery of content just right. Our next challenge is to incorporate some of the distance learning best practices into the braille and large print versions.
We have a great team working on this right now. Tye encourages everyone to check out the new site and help guide the Institute as it begins its second century:. Hadley is about to begin our second century of service and we're going back to a concept that our founder, William Hadley, was committed to.
As he began to offer instruction, he asked people who were visually impaired what they wanted to learn from him. He actually took out an ad in the Matilda Ziegler Magazine asking people to write to him with their suggestions. Today, we're doing the same thing. We are producing content based on what our users tell us they want. In the engineering world, this is referred to as "design thinking" and we take it very seriously. For Hadley, it is all about honoring the user experience. I hope folks will check us out!
And give us feedback on how we can continue to improve! I can also say that the new site worked well on the iPhone. One difference in navigation between the Mac and the iPhone is that there is an Open Menu button on the iPhone that opens a list of navigational links. The Home page has 11 links, 3 headings, and 6 form controls.
It is not cluttered, which makes for easier navigation. The three headings are Home, Make this site your own, and Need some help? The form controls are Log in, Help, Get started, and Search. It is very important to know what sort of help is available and which screen customizations are offered so I will be describing those form controls first.
Selecting the Help button opens a new page. At the top is Hadley's phone number, Help is available Monday through Friday from 8am to 6pm, Central Time.
There is also a Chat option. The final help component is a link for Frequently Asked Questions. On the home page are two buttons labeled "Get started. With sighted assistance, I learned they brought me to the same place.
When either of the two buttons was selected, a new screen loaded with a heading to choose contrast. Just below the heading were instructions for screen reader users to skip the contrast setup. Navigate to the Skip button that is clearly labeled and is at the end of contrast setup. Under the screen reader information were four text contrast radio buttons.
The Skip button was below the contrast options. When I activated the Skip button, a new screen loaded with text size radio buttons and another Skip button. When the Log In button is activated, the next page has a Log in heading. Next is an option to sign up and create a profile. Below this are options to sign in with Gmail, Facebook, and Yahoo. I chose to set up a profile so I activated the Sign up link. After activating the Sign up link, the new screen informed me that I was on step one of four.
Using forms navigation, I found the edit box for an email address and password. The final control was a Next button. When the new screen loaded, I was informed that I was now on step two. This page had edit boxes for my first and last name and another Next button. Step three was to choose my relationship to visual impairment. I chose Personal.
The final page was how I heard about Hadley. Options included Online, Doctor, and News. Once the choice was made, I activated the Let's Go button. On the next screen was a congratulatory message informing me that I am now logged in to Hadley.
Though the registration process is simple, it could have been done over one or two pages instead of four. After registering, I received a welcome email that included Hadley's phone number and links to their home page, discussion groups, and podcasts. The search form consists of an edit box and a Search button. I entered "Apple" in the edit box. When I executed the search, results were below the search form and there were many to choose from. There were times where VoiceOver said a link was text when navigating with the Up and Down Arrow keys.
The Home link brings you back to the Home page. Next is a link labeled "About Us. It is definitely worth reading. This information is under the heading, "Welcome to Hadley.
The next link is Learn. After activating the link, the new screen will display information about Hadley's offerings. Instead of long courses, Hadley now uses short workshops. Instead of having to read or listen to a book about using the iPhone, the topic is broken down into several workshops. This lets the user choose which information they want to hear. For example, if I just wanted to learn how to use VoiceOver with entertainment apps, there is a workshop for that.
The workshops are presented as videos. Everything is very clearly described. There are series that contain several workshops on a particular topic. For example, there is a cooking series that has several workshops. Once a radio button is chosen, a button labeled "Go to Results" will appear. Selecting this button brings up the results. Use headings navigation and you will hear VoiceOver say, "Workshops.
Next will be the results for the specific radio button. Headings navigation works here to get you to the title of each workshop. The catalog has a very, very extensive list. If you are new to vision loss, there are many helpful workshops. Results can be navigated by heading or link. Just below the name of each workshop is a brief description of it. When I activated the Cooking link, the next page gave me a list of all the workshops in the series.
I learned that the content was also available in large print. Under the list of workshops in the series was the heading "Ask the Experts," with options to call or email Hadley experts. I selected Stovetop and Oven from the Cooking Series. When the new page loaded, I used forms navigation to find the Play button for the video. All links and controls on the video player were clearly labeled. When I started playing the video, it stopped after about a minute.
A different voice came on talking about signing up with Hadley. I could not play the rest of the video. Once I logged in I was able to hear the entire video. After the video, there was a heading labeled, "Did you find this workshop helpful? Below this form was a link to explore more of the series and a button to get a transcript of the video. VoiceOver read these buttons as headings, but they can be reached with form navigation.
The "Ask the Experts" information was also on this page. Toward the bottom of the page is a form to suggest a workshop.
Use form navigation to find the button labeled "Suggest your idea. Since I had logged into the site, Hadley kept track of which workshops I had completed. Under the Learn options, a new radio button appeared: Adjusting to Vision loss, below the Daily Living button. Aira has released a new version of their Android app, bringing new bug fixes and improvements.
Read on to find out what's new in the update. The Vale is a story driven, action-adventure that utilizes the full potential of 3D audio and haptic controller feedback to deliver visceral gameplay that shatters the barrier between player and character. OneNote is one of the best ways to organize and connect different types of content, from notes to audio files and webpages. It also sinks between iOS, windows, and android, meaning that you will have access to your content on any device.
This is the write-up of a talk I did on Clubhouse several weeks back, demonstrating and going over some use cases. For those who have never used it, OneNote is probably the closest app to Scrivener on iOS that we have available on windows. Many people who are blind or have low vision do not have independent access to comic books due to their visual nature, the Comics for All project intends to change that. The idea sprang from the concept of audio description because if people can do that for movies, why not graphic novels and comics as well.
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Buy the BrailleSense 6 Now. However, the various keys on the QBraille XL are not in nice rows as a general rule. As such, we will first explore the keys on the far left surface. Closest to you is the Mode button, which allows you to toggle Hybrid Mode, above that is the Pairing key, and above that is Escape.
To the right of the Paring Key is a column with four keys. To the right of F1 are the rest of the Function keys. Every fourth function key has a tactile marking, with space between every group of four. To the right of F12 is a traditional six-pack of keys arranged in a three-by-two grid.
The left column from top to bottom is Insert, Home and End. The right column is Delete, Page Up, and Page down. Underneath the End key are the directional arrows in their logical positions. Above this row are the remaining 8 keys of the standard Perkins keyboard. The case has a solid build with access to all ports and buttons, allowing the device to be used on the go when opened. The cover is secured by a magnetic closure.
After turning on the QBraille for the first time, you may wish to configure how it functions. When booting the device, you will be placed in the main menu, with the first option being the Notepad. To jump directly to Options, press O. Within the Options menu, you can set options for the type of braille for keyboard entry, reading, and your braille table.
You can also choose how the QBraille behaves upon startup, specifying if you wish to have it start at the Main Menu, with a newly opened document in Notepad, in Terminal Mode, or in the Calculator. Many of these options are self-explanatory, and the manual is very thorough concerning these features. The Notepad is where you will be able to browse files located on the SD card. You can also copy or paste files to other folders, and view information about the file.
If you have the option to view file information turned on in the Options menu, the particulars are available for each file automatically. Unlike the Scratchpad feature on the Focus series of displays, the QBraille also will display keyboard shortcuts for the Notepad and any other application if this option is turned on. The keyboard command structure resembles that of Windows. This is also the case with several editing commands such as copy, cut, paste, find, selecting text, and many more.
There are also Perkins keyboard commands, and the ability to mark blocks of text on which you can then carry out any number of editing actions.
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