February 28–March 1, Crystal Gateway Marriott
The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is pleased to present the 2019 Leadership Conference, which will cover the most pressing and relevant topics in the field of blindness and offer many opportunities to learn from the best and brightest minds in our field, make new connections, and reunite with old friends.
The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is pleased to present the 2019 AFB Leadership Conference, which will cover the most pressing and relevant topics in the field of blindness and offer many opportunities to learn from the best and brightest minds in our field, make new connections, and reunite with old friends.
For the first time, visually impaired students will be able to take the same specialized online tests as their peers.
Registration is now open for the joint 2015 AFB Leadership and Arizona AER Conference (AFBLC), which will take place at the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel, April 9–11, 2015.
The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is proud to announce the release of the AccessNote notetaker for the Android platform, which we are making free to all users thanks to generous support from the Motorola Mobility Foundation. AccessNote, previously only available on the iOS platform, is a notetaking app that has been designed to take advantage of Android's built in screen reader, TalkBack.
AFB Press is pleased to announce the recent publication of the revised and updated Third Edition of Making Life More Livable: Simple Adaptations for Living at Home After Vision Loss, by Maureen A. Duffy.
Global Disability Inclusion, a leading consultancy firm that designs and develops comprehensive disability employment and inclusion strategies for Fortune 500 companies and U.S. Federal contractors, announced it is a 2015 recipient of a Mission Main Street Grants award from Chase.
We're very pleased to announce the recent publication of the revised Burns Braille Guide: A Quick Reference to Unified English Braille, Second Edition, by Mary F. Burns.
Sendero recently announced the availability of a non-subscription version of its fully accessible turn-by-turn iPhone app. It is called Seeing Eye GPS XT, and it is available to any user in the US and Canada. Sendero may offer an XT non-subscription version in other countries in the future if there is sufficient demand. There is no other feature difference in Seeing Eye GPS XT verses the subscription versions. The price is $299 for XT.
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) recently unveiled a prototype version of a smartphone application that can help passengers with visual impairments navigate through an airport terminal.