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• Making Your iPod Accessible Thursday, July 29th, 2010 by Cory Bohon

  When you’re listening to music on your iPod you might not immediately think about accessibility, but this little device has a few accessibility features that can make it more useful for anyone.

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• Reading Aloud to Children with Visual Impairment Thursday, July 29th, 2010 by Tina Herzberg

  Reading aloud to a child can be a lot of fun! It also familiarizes the child with the language of books and helps develop vocabulary. If your child is visually impaired, here are just a couple of tips that may enrich the experience for you and your child.

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• 5 Ways to Make Email More Accessible Thursday, July 29th, 2010 by Cory Bohon

  We might not ordinarily give a lot of thought to the accessibility of our emails. However, it’s easy to forget that the recipient could be reading your email using a screen reader. Screen reading technology has come a long way, but it’s not perfect. So it’s important to follow a few simple guidelines when writing for this audience.

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• Reading Aloud: A Beginning to Literacy Thursday, July 29th, 2010 by Laura Hooks

  Research indicates that children need to have been read aloud 1,000 books before they are ready to begin to read for themselves.

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• Braille Tip of the Month: August 2010 Thursday, July 29th, 2010 by Tina Herzberg

  The literary braille code uses the traditional alphabet along with 189 contractions that represent a group of letters or whole words. For example, most letters of the alphabet stand for a word when there is a space on both sides of it. For example, the letter “b” stands for but and the letter “e” stands for every. Learning the contractions may seem a little like learning shorthand or figuring out a secret code. It takes time and lots of practice!

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