Monthly Archives: December 2008

Great Freds Head Companion Article With Useful Travel Tips covers airport security, hotels, traveling abroad, locating luggage, signature guides, currency, service animals, x-raying access technology and more.  

Dollar General, a national discount retailer with more than 8,000 stores in 35states, announced On Dec. 10, 2008 that it will be installing tactile point ofsale devices in all its stores over the next 15 months, so that customers who … Continue reading →

Site listing features to be part of the upcoming Windows 7 Article from Microsoft with comments about accessibility planned for Windows 7

Wireless.TVGuide.com quickly lists what’s currently on for your cable or satellite provider with just the channel number, name, and the current show.EPGuides.com lists episode titles and air dates for over 4100 TV shows, lets you Search and browse alphabetically, sort … Continue reading →

The Access Technology Team at the Jernigan Institute has produced its latest Consumer Electronics list, of mainstream devices usable by the blind includeing: Washers and Dryers, Dishwashers, Ranges, Microwaves, Refrigerators, Telephones, Home Theater, Radios (including SIRIUS/XM, Cell phones and PDAs, … Continue reading →

Accessible Channel Launches with ‘Open Format’ DescriptionsThe Accessible Channel launched across Canada on December 3rd, 2008, providing television for the vision-impaired. The Accessible Channel’s “open format” makes description available on the primary audio setting and the only soundtrack provided is … Continue reading →

Due to popular demand, Serotek has extended our offer of $200 off the purchase of $399 or more through Wednesday, Dec. 3Rd at Midnight Eastern. Get $200 off System Access screen reader version 3.0, System Access Mobile Network, Neospeech, Document … Continue reading →