Spotlight September Our September Spotlight series highlights high-impact projects and resources offered by two blind consumer organizations: the American Council of the Blind (ACB) and the National Federation of the Blind (NFB). In this first segment of the series, we explore an incredible and unparalleled source of information about audio description: the ACB’s Audio Description […]
Updated as of January 18, 2024. We are surrounded by visual information, but it’s not always accessible. Two major categories of tools that put access to that visual information at your fingertips are SmartPhone apps (also available on tablets) and visual interpretation services. SmartPhone Apps Seeing AI Seeing AI is an artificial intelligence application that […]
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Voice Dream
Updated as of December 26, 2023. Voice Dream Suite The Voice Dream Suite contains three apps: Voice Dream Reader, Voice Dream Scanner, and Voice Dream Writer. Each of these apps is fully non-visually accessible. Voice Dream Reader Voice Dream Reader is a versatile, navigable, and intuitive tool. It allows you to read multiple file types, […]
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Voice Dream Writer
Updated as of December 26, 2023. About Voice Dream Writer Voice Dream Writer is primarily a proofreading tool. While composing a document, you can listen to what you are writing or have written. The app contains a built-in thesaurus and a built-in dictionary, but it also allows you to search for “the right word” using […]
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Voice Dream Scanner
Updated as of December 26, 2023. About Voice Dream Scanner With the Voice Dream Scanner app, you can transform your SmartPhone or tablet into an on-demand scanning tool. Using Voice Dream Scanner Non-visually accessible In addition to controls that are accessible without the use of vision, Voice Dream Scanner utilizes a tool called ScanTone. ScanTone […]