Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, Pays Tribute to Young Heroes as Part of Four-Day Recognition Events WASHINGTON -- Two Maryland students, Madison Mayster, 17, of Chevy Chase and Connor Dantzler, 14, of Damascus were honored in the nation's capital last night for their outstanding volunteer work during the presentation...
Chevy Chase and Damascus students earn $1,000 awards, engraved medallions and trip to nation's capital Honors also bestowed on other top youth volunteers in Maryland U.S. Senators John Kerry and Chuck Hagel to co-chair judging panel that will pick 10 National Honorees in May ANNAPOLIS, Md. --...
Students earn $1,000 awards, engraved silver medallions and invitation to national recognition events U.S. Senators John Kerry and Chuck Hagel to co-chair judging panel that will pick 10 National Honorees in May WASHINGTON -- Six Washington-area middle and high school students today were named State Honorees for 2008...
M2 BEST BOOKS-C2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The National Federation of the Blind NFB, a membership organisation of blind people in the US, has announced that it has demonstrated a prototype tactile book with a computerised Touch User Interface TUI. The demonstration of the TUI-based TouchBook was given at...
M2 BEST BOOKS-C2000-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A campaign being led by the Royal National Institute of the Blind RNIB in an attempt to increase the availability of books in Braille, audio and large print is being support by children's author Jacqueline Wilson. As part of the Right to...
M2 PRESSWIRE-16 February 2006-US NSF: Discovery Electronic Braille Tutor Teaches Independence; Bilingual system reborn in new hardware A kindergartner examines a Talking Tactile Tablet picture of a flower; A kindergartner examines a Talking Tactile Tablet picture of a flowerC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:15022006...
0MONDAY INTERVIEW RELATED 2004 session begins today Page 1A ANN WILLIAMSON/THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Don Wistuba takes notes in Braille at the Capitol Snack Bar. Wistuba, who is blind, has worked at the capitol since 1976. By Chris...
Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 2--NIPPON SHINPAN ISSUES CREDIT CARDS WITH BRAILLE: TOKYO--Nippon Shinpan Co., a major credit card company, has started issuing credit cards with Braille added for the visually impaired, the company said Monday. ...
American News, Aberdeen, S.D. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 20--In Touch With Knowledge: Hands-On Reading and Writing, an exhibit about the educational history of blind people, will open in the NSU Student Center on the campus of Northern State University on Wednesday....
Deputy Secretary of Commerce Sam Bodman and National Federation of the Blind NFB president Marc Maurer announced that the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST and the NFB will work together to test a prototype technology developed by NIST that provides the...
To help provide a low-cost communication tool for the blind, undergraduates at the Johns Hopkins University invented a lightweight, portable Braille writing device that needs no electronic components. The four mechanical engineering majors created To help provide a low-cost communication tool for the...
By Reid Kanaley, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 25--Scott Stoffel, who is deaf and legally blind, put the palm of his hand onto a small black box and waited for a message from Temple University senior Jennifer Hanna. ...
Panchak, Patricia Industry Week 03-01-2002 The low-cost, high-return production system Byline: Panchak, Patricia Volume: 251 Number: 2 ISSN: 00390895 Publication Date: 03-01-2002 Page: 56 Type: Periodical Language: English BE PRACTICES Talk about gathering low-hanging fruit. With a negligible investment and without laying off any employees the...
Talk about gathering low-hanging fruit. With a negligible investment and without laying off any employees the American Printing House for the Blind Inc. in Louisville, Ky., turned a money-losing manufacturing venture into a money-making one, climbing steadily each year from 1996's $3.25 million loss to 2001's...
By Martha Woodall, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 19--Scott Stoffel, who is majoring in electrical and computer engineering at Temple University, had no trouble coming up with a topic for his required senior design project. He was studying...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST has announced the release of a new Braille reader that may soon bring the benefits of electronic books to the visually impaired. An agency of the U.S. Commerce Department's Technology Administration, NIST demonstrated the machine at its recent Electronic Book 2000 conference...
NIST recently unveiled the second generation of a device that soon may bring the benefits of electronic books to the blind. The NIST Braille reader, which transforms the text of e-books into the patterns of raised dots used by sightless persons to read, also can be used for reviewing...
M2 PRESSWIRE-26 September 2000-NIST: NIST demonstrates new reading device for the blind C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25092000 The National Institute of Standards and Technology today unveiled a new Braille reader that may soon bring the benefits of electronic books to...
M2 PRESSWIRE-6 December 1999-FEMA: Y2K booklet now available in Spanish, audio and Braille C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:031299 Washington -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA now has the popular Y2K and You booklet available in Spanish, Braille and audio formats....
Engineers at the federal government's National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST have developed a low-cost device that can easily transform the text of e-books into Braille. Researchers developed the prototype as a low-cost alternative to conventional electronic Braille readers, spending just $200 on materials for the machine. ...
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