This woman is a friend of some friends of ours. It’s sad to see systems that are supposed to be helping give people a hand up fail the very people who are trying to take that hand. If you can help out by sharing, donating or both, I know it would be appreciated. They’re looking …
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When Accessibility Meets Music, You Get…An Album?
Here’s a little quick something to hopefully get me moving. A week or so ago, Steve found out about this album put out by 13 people who are accessibility keeners, and also like to make music. It’s called Accessibility Rocks, the Web Accessibility album. Each artist has donated a song that they created. The proceeds …
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Robobraille: OCR In A Pinch
I don’t know why I’ve never written about this service, but better late than never. More often than I’d like, I get a document that’s either unreadable because it’s a scanned image, semi-readable or readable if you have a million years and infinite patience. Usually, if I can put it through OCR, it can fix …
Barking About BarkBox
At the beginning of this month, I got a Groupon for something called BarkBox.com. Basically, you pay a subscription fee and they send you treats and toys appropriate for your dog’s size every month. Groupon offered a discounted rate for the first 3 months, so I thought I’d give it a try. Sometimes it’s hard …
Tall Can Audio, Our Old Friend Matt’s New Podcast!
Sorry for the sudden quiet. Between dealing with some headache unpleasantness and some other unpleasantness that took me out of town for a bit and has me feeling a little down, I haven’t been having the greatest week. But this one’s an easy post, so I figure I’ll pop it up before maybe or maybe …
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A Tim Ekert Update
I just wanted to give an update on our buddy Tim. I don’t think he did very well with his GoFundMe page, but he managed to get the money together, and look at those results. Tim, you rock.
Shaw Offers Free Long Distance To Nepal Until May 25th, Free Indian News Station Until May 6th
On the heels of Videotron’s announcement this morning, Shaw has announced its own free stuff for customers in the name of Nepal offering. To help customers stay connected to their family and friends, all Shaw Phone customers will be given complimentary long distance calling to Nepal until Monday, May 25. Shaw customers will also be …
Videotron Announces Free Long Distance Calling To Nepal From April 25th To May 31st
This is a pretty nice thing to do. Hopefully other companies will blatantly rip it off. In the wake of the powerful earthquake that devastated Nepal on April 25, Videotron announced today that its customers will be able to call Nepal free of charge from residential landlines and mobile phones. In a gesture of support …
NVDA Remote Access: A Great Idea That Deserves Your Support
For a long time, it’s been getting harder and harder for me to come up with reasons why people should bother paying the ridiculous prices for JAWS. At this point I think I’m down to well, it’s still the only one most people know so you’re probably using it at work and school anyway, here …
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Bell Does What Bell Does, Treats Me Terribly Even While Trying To Keep My Business. I’ve Cancelled
Bell is a lot of things, many of them not overly positive. One of those things, and you can take this however you’d like, is consistent. Today, I finally did it. I cancelled our Bell service. It’s been a long time coming, much longer than the date on this post would suggest. It feels pretty …