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align="left" height="130" width="77">A couple of
weeks ago, the National Library Service for the
Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) released
the BARD mobile app for iOS devices, with an
Android version coming soon. BARD (Braille and
Audio Reading Download) has been available on
desktop computers for some time, but this mobile
app, which has been in development for several
years, was highly anticipated by the blind
community. Why? Because mobile devices,
particularly smartphones, have become an important
part of life for the visually impaired, due to the
many accessibility tools they can provide.
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font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/disruptions-guided-by-touch-screens-blind-turn-to-smartphones-for-sight/">Visually
impaired turn to smartphones to see their
world</a> (New York Times/Nick Bilton)
"Smartphones and tablets, with their flat glass
touch screens and nary a texture anywhere, may
not seem like the best technological innovation
for people who cannot see. But advocates for the
blind say the devices could be the biggest
assistive aid to come along since Braille was
invented in the 1820s."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://macfortheblind.com/What-is-VoiceOver">What
is VoiceOver</a> (MacForTheBlind) "Apples
innovative gesture-based technology gives the
user complete control over their iDevice, and
access to a variety of applications (note that
all third party apps are not necessarily
compatible with VoiceOver). The user receives
speech feedback via VoiceOver, and can even
connect to several different types of
refreshable Braille displays as well."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw140303">A
collection of accessible apps for your Android
device</a> (AFB AccessWorld/J.J. Meddaugh)
"Google Goggles is one of the simplest apps for
object recognition. I use it to recognize
packages of food and currency among other
things. It also includes some simple text
recognition, handy for getting the name or
number off of a business card. Plus, your
previous searches are saved, so you can go back
later and review previous results."</li>
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font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="https://nfb.org/blog/atblog/nls-bard-ios-long-awaited-app">NLS
Bard for iOS! A long awaited app</a> (National
Federation of the Blind/Amy Mason) "The NLS app
is pretty great. I finally can carry one device
with almost all my books on it, and I love that.
The app itself is responsive and works quite
well, the Braille navigation has been handled
cleverly, and with the ability to side load
other Braille books, it's a pretty powerful
tool."</li>
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font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;">To use
BARD, a person must be eligible to receive library
services from the NLS, which most often means
their visual acuity with correcting lenses must be
20/200 or less in their best eye.
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