These links are to external web sites with information or articles of interest to Round Table members.

Links are listed in alphabetical order.

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Refer to our Members page for links to the websites of our member organisations.

Articles and reports

A University of Otago student has designed an app which transforms smartphones into eyes for the blind. This app is still in development. http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/305332/smartphone-app-helps-blind-find-their-way
Accessible Format Transcription in the UK – 2011 report
Access to electronic commerce and new service and information technologies for older Australians and people with a disability (HREOC Report)
APSIS4all project in Madrid, a solution to adapt public digital terminals such as automatic teller machines (ATMs), to users’ needs and preferences.
Braille Mobile Phone: OwnFone launch Australia’s first braille mobile phone.
Braille mobile phone: Kisa is another mobile phone offering customised braille buttons.
Cognitive Disability Digital Accessibility Guide – Dr Scott Hollier announces this guide is live and downloadable on the Media Access website.
Elsevier Embraces EPUB3 Format, Ensuring More Enriched and Interactive eBook Experience for Readers
Lego Education Learning
Media Access Australia study into how the access needs of blind and vision impaired students can be met in Australian schools.
New free technology resource for teachers of the deaf – Australian not-for-profit, Conexu Foundation, has developed a free resource guide for teachers aimed at students who are Deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired.
RealSAM is a hand-held device, about the size of a small mobile phone which is described as an accessible media resource for people who are not confident with technology. It relies entirely on voice-input, rather than touch-screen or keypad commands.
SNAB, the Swiss National Association of and for the Blind, announces the first PDF reader for people who are visually impaired.
Transforming Braille update – an affordable refreshable braille display
Tom’s Top Ten Tips for Accessible Documents. A tip sheet produced for the very popular session “Word and PDF accessible documents: What you need to know” held at the 2014 Round Table Conference, presented by Tom Smith, Accessible Information Consultant, Blind Foundation New Zealand.
What is the Cost of a Free Product?
This article, written by Tim Connell and published in the November issue of Braille Monitor, looks at funding models for developing and purchasing screen readers around the world.
Tim Connell is the founder and managing director of Quantum Technology and has been an active contributor to the field of assistive technology for thirty years.

Conferences

NLS Braille Summit. All presentations were recorded and are available as online video at the Perkins School for the Blind youtube channel
RNIB Technology for Life Conference 2013

Copyright

Information access websites

Other websites that may be of interest

The Australian Childhood Vision Impairment Register (ACVIR) is supported by Round Table and gathers data on Australian children with vision impairment. Data is in a format that children and families can’t be identified, and is made available to approved service providers and researchers working in the area of eye and vision disorders.

Microsoft is offering customers who have a licensed** version of Office 2010 or later the ability to download Window-Eyes, a screen reader for Windows PCs, free of charge.

Guidelines on accessible information by other agencies

NOTE: These Guidelines and Standards are not necessarily endorsed by the Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities.

Audio, DAISY and epub

DAISY standard for structured digital books, produced by the DAISY Consortium. www.daisy.org/daisy-standard

Tips for creating accessible EPUB files

Braille

Braille Tactile Signs
www.brailletactilesigns.com.au

Braille Tutor app for iPad
http://ienabletechnology.com/braille-tutor/

Guidelines for Raised Tactile and Braille Signage 2003
www.braillesignage.com.au/guidelines.html

Guidelines on Braille labelling of Medicinal Products March 2009
www.pharmabraille.com

The UEB Online website offers free, accessible online training programs and low cost competency exams in literary and mathematics Unified English Braille (UEB). https://uebonline.org/

Web Standards WC3
www.w3.org/standards/webdesign/accessibility

Web Accessibility Initiative
www.w3.org/WAI

Powerpoint Guidelines by the World Blind Union
http://archive.ifla.org/VII/s31/pub/wbu-visual-presentations-guidelines.pdf

Resource to assist in the creation of accessible content
http://ncdae.org/resources/cheatsheets/

Online and print inclusive design and legibility considerations
https://www.visionaustralia.org/online-and-print-inclusive-design-and-legibility-considerations

Large Print Items

Accessible Guidelines for Print Materials http://www.swarthmore.edu/physical-access-and-learning-support/guidelines-for-print-materials.xml

Accessible Information: Clear and Large Print (pdf) www.sensorytrust.org.uk/resources/connect/InfoSheet_ClearLargePrint.pdf

Guidelines for Large Print Materials www.cde.ca.gov/re/pn/sm/lpguidelines.asp

Library – Copyright

AVCC Guidelines on Information Access for Students with Print Disabilities (pdf)
www.adcet.edu.au

Guidelines for Assisting People with Disabilities
www.unimelb.edu.au/copyright/information/fastfind/disable.html

Guidelines on Library Standards for People with Disabilities
www.alia.org.au/policies/disability.standards.html

Print Disability Copyright Guidelines
www.copyright.com.au

Standard Print and Publishing

APH Guidelines for Print Document Design
Large Print Guidelines | American Printing House (aph.org)

British Dyslexia Association’s Style Guide

Easy English Writing Style Guide – November 2007
www.scopevic.org.au/index.php/site/resources/easyenglishstyleguide

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