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		<title>Starbucks Debuts Braille Card</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2011/09/06/starbuck_debuts_braille_card/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a nod to National Disability Employment Awareness Month in October, Starbucks will feature refillable Braille cards. The card features an autumn leaves theme and will have the word &#8220;Starbucks&#8221; embossed in Braille at the top. This is a fantastic way to raise awareness for the Department of Labor&#8217;s annual employment campaign, and one that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Share Your Smartphone Strife with the FCC</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/10/06/share-your-smartphone-strife-with-the-fcc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penny Reeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am in the market for an accessible smartphone. I&#8217;m blind, and have been a shopper in this marketplace for a number of years now. Still, as a Verizon customer I find the experience endlessly frustrating. It’s not for lack of trying. After subscribing to several e-mail discussion lists, talking to friends and trying out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disney Adds New Audio Descriptions to Theme Parks</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/06/15/disney-adds-new-audio-descriptions-to-theme-parks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disney has announced plans to unveil audio description assistive technology for its outdoor theme parks as it currently does for more than 30 narrated indoor attractions and rides. Audio descriptions, provided via headsets, guide visually impaired guests and others who can’t fully experience the visual aspect of visiting a Disney theme park. Using assistive technology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Few of My Favorite Things at ATIA</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/02/03/a-few-of-my-favorite-things-at-atia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My favorite gadgets at this year’s Assistive Technology Industry Association conference, which featured more than 100 vendors, include two communications products and a new PDA for the blind. I also note some worthy mentions – gadgets that I liked because of their design or originality. Here’s the list. ECO2 This eye-gaze system brings the latest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Move Over iPhone &#8212; BlackBerry&#8217;s Got a New Screen Reader</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/02/01/move-over-iphone-blackberrys-got-a-new-screen-reader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a much anticipated release, at this year&#8217;s Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) conference HumanWare and Code Factory debuted Oratio for the BlackBerry, the first-ever screen reader for the visually impaired using this smart phone. Oratio uses text-to-speech technology to convert the visual information displayed on the BlackBerry screen into audio output. Finally, visually impaired [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Harsh Economics of Learning Braille</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/01/12/the-harsh-economics-of-learning-braille/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The media is talking about braille and literacy, a topic jump-started by a New York Times Magazine article, &#8220;Listening to Braille,&#8221; by Rachel Aviv. The author writes that new technology may be undermining Braille literacy as people who are blind are now &#8220;reading&#8221; via e-books, iPods, telephone news services and other text-to-speech devices. Aviv&#8217;s article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Dollar Bill Reader That&#8217;s Easy on Your Wallet</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/10/21/a-dollar-bill-reader-thats-easy-on-your-wallet/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2009/10/21/a-dollar-bill-reader-thats-easy-on-your-wallet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have trouble seeing whether you&#8217;re paying for your lunch with a $20 or a $50 bill, there&#8217;s a new banknote identifier on the market. iBill is a banknote identifier from Orbit Research that&#8217;s designed for the blind and the visually impaired. The device costs $99, which is less expensive than similar gadgets on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Snap and Translate&#8217; on a Cell Phone</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/07/28/snap-and-translate-on-a-cell-phone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[knfb Reader Technology's Mobile products include cell phone programs that read aloud printed text for those with print disabilities, such as vision loss and dyslexia.]]></description>
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		<title>An iPhone the Blind Can Get Behind</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/06/08/an-iphone-the-blind-can-get-behind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple introduces its screen reader for the iPhone, and other accessibility innovations for people with disabilities.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Won&#8217;t Support Treaty for World&#8217;s Blind Readers</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/06/02/us-wont-support-treaty-for-worlds-blind-readers/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2009/06/02/us-wont-support-treaty-for-worlds-blind-readers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. and other governments have opposed a proposal to books more accessible to more blind and visually impaired people by extending an American copyright exemption to the rest of the world.]]></description>
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