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Free Museums in Maryland and Beyond

Updated as of January 27, 2024. Free museum options in Maryland Admission to National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Access Pass, also called the Interagency Access Pass, is available to any citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. who has been medically determined to have a permanent disability, […]

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Guide to College Board Credit-Earning Exam Accommodations for Blind/Low Vision for Students in Maryland

Updated as of December 26, 2023. Accessibility and Exemption Information References Advanced Placement® (AP®): CLEP® (College-Level Examination Program®) ACCUPLACER® Note: This information is current as of December 2023. Accommodation AP® (Advanced Placement®) CLEP® ACCUPLACER® Braille AVAILABLE, Reading and Seeing Accommodations and Other Accommodations “Contracted” braille Not applicable; tests are digital AVAILABLE; ACCUPLACER® Program Manual, page […]

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Accessing Visual Information

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 […]