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One Refurbished ALVA Braille Controller 640 Braille Terminal + Feature Pack for USD $1,595.00! 
Once again Flying Blind, LLC scores big on the refurbished Braille display front! The ALVA BC640 offers seamless Bluetooth and USB connectivity with a variety of today's most popular desktop and mobile screenreaders. Its Braille keyboard enables you to write directly to a PC or wirelessly to a mobile device in your preferred grade of Braille. The stereo speakers on its feature pack allow you to route the audio from your computer or mobile device wirelessly to the Braille Controller. You can also store files on the Braille Controller as well as use its internal notetaker to create, edit, and share documents with a PC. This one of a kind 40 cell Braille display is almost 70% off of its suggested list price. Price includes shipping within the continental United States and as a single item will be sold on a first come, first serve basis. Email featured@flying-blind.com or call +1 (216) 381-8107 today to take advantage of this fantastic bargain!
For those of you wishing to receive new Flying Blind, LLC Publications automatically via RSS Feed (including Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday) you may use the following link (or feed) which will be updated (or syndicated) with the release of each new Flying Blind, LLC Publication: www.flying-blind.com/feed.xml. RSS is an automatic content syndication technology which uses a standard informational format (XML) that is easily recognizable to a variety of software applications called RSS Readers (or Aggregators). A user may subscribe to an RSS feed by entering its address (www.flying-blind.com/feed.xml) into their reader of choice to initiate the subscription process. The RSS reader then checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for any updates and provides a user interface to monitor and read these feeds. It is our hope that this additional distribution channel will help our readers to get the adaptech information they need, when they need it. Flying Blind, LLC. Empowerment Through Technology.
If you are an educator of vision impaired students or a professional who makes decisions regarding the technological journey of a vision impaired student, then the Apple Accessibility Initiative (AAI) is for you.Are you excited about receiving iPads for your students but not sure what access features are available to ensure your students are independent, efficient, and on an equal playing field with their sighted peers? Would you like to know which iOS apps can make your students more proficient in a post-secondary education or competitive job market? Well the Flying Blind, LLC AAI Professional Development Seminar can provide you with all of this, and much more. This Professional Development Seminar was designed for educators who have either received or are receiving portable iOS devices such as iPads, iPods, or iPhones which are to be used by their students. The Apple Accessibility Initiative (AAI) Professional Development Seminar will:
Once a framework for access to these devices has been established, attention will be redirected to the various applications, strategies, and methodologies that will allow you and your students to:
This seminar was designed to accommodate 15-20 educators at a time though it can be scaled to meet the needs of any number of participants. We are also willing to work with your staff or any other governing authority to make certain the completion of the AAI Professional Development Seminar is eligible for CEUs for all participants. The cost of the Seminar is USD$750.00 plus all pertinent travel expenses for Larry L. Lewis, Flying Blind, LLC's Founder, who will be personally conducting each seminar. Please know that Flying Blind, LLC is keenly aware of today's economic climate. It is our position that by offering the AAI Professional Development Seminar in its current comprehensive form we will save you far more time, energy, and money than if you were to attempt to integrate these solutions without the proven resources and information that have been built into this seminar. For more information please contact us at aai@flying-blind.com or call +1 (216) 381-8107 today. To download this brochure in PDF format you may click on or forward the following link: http://www.flying-blind.com/articles_2012/fbllc_aai_brochure.pdf.
 For those of you planning to attend California State University Northridge's 27th Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference, from February 27 through March 3, at the beautiful Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego, California, Flying Blind, LLC invites you to attend a number of activities in which we will be contributing this year: Flying Blind, LLC's Founder, Mr. Larry Lewis, will be involved in a variety of workshops and product sessions throughout the week with the common theme of these presentations revolving around various non-visual strategies for accessing and manipulating iOS devices. 2/27, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, "Unveiling Strategies for Affective Access to Apple Devices", Gregory AB On Monday, February 27, Lewis, along with Matt Ater of G&B Solutions Inc. (www.gbsolutionsinc.com), a business associate and good friend of Lewis, will be conducting a day-long pre-conference workshop titled "Unveiling Strategies for Affective Access to Apple Devices", 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, located in Gregory AB. This comprehensive session will focus on all of the various access components of Apple's iOS devices, and offer practical methods for service providers to incorporate this mainstream approach to portable access into their client's adaptive technology journeys. 3/1, 1:50 PM, "Access Improvements To Touch Screen Devices", Molly AB On Thursday, March 1, Lewis will be partnering with his colleague Greg Stilson from HumanWare Inc. (www.humanware.com) to present a General Session titled: "Access Improvements To Touch Screen Devices", 1:50 PM, located in Molly AB. This presentation discusses the process and advantages of incorporating wireless, refreshable Braille access when using iOS devices within both educational and employment settings. 2/29, 3/1, 3/2, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, "Is 12 Cells Enough?", Aroga Suite Last but not least, Lewis and Steve Barclay, Vice President of Sales for Aroga Technologies (www.aroga.com) will be hosting three sessions within the Aroga Suite titled: "Is 12 Cells Enough?". Each session will begin at 4:00 PM and conclude around 5:30 PM and will run Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. These three sessions are face to face, hands-on workshops based on the recent webinars hosted by Lewis and Barclay that illustrate the power and mobility of portable, refreshable Braille access to iOS devices in a variety of settings. These sessions will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis, so please e-mail training@flying-blind.com or call (216) 381-8107 to reserve your space today. The CSUN Conference is traditionally a venue for excitement around innovation within the adaptive technology industry, and Flying Blind, LLC is very excited to be a contributing force in unveiling that innovation this year at CSUN 2012. Until CSUN, have a great week and and travel safe!
Flying Blind, LLC is currently involved in a number of adaptive technology training initiatives designed to optimize adaptive technology training service delivery on a national level. It is our continuing mission at Flying Blind, LLC to provide all vision impaired persons with the necessary products, information, and services that will make their adaptech journey as fulfilling as possible.We feel strongly that the only way to do this is to solicit input from those of you who are already adaptive technology trainers. Only with feedback from those of you who already provide this exemplary service can we hope to attain the type of direction we require to move forward on a number of national training projects which are currently in play. We invite those of you that are currently providing adaptive technology training services, as well as those of you that have provided these services in the past, to donate 10 minutes of your time in completing the enclosed survey. All responses are 100% confidential, and, should you choose to provide your name, email address, and the State in which you reside, you will be strongly considered as a potential resource for both Flying Blind, LLC and its partners as we become more involved in trainer procurement to provide what may become the most comprehensive and exemplary adaptive technology training initiative our industry has ever offered on a National basis. Excited? So are we. And we look forward to hearing what you've got to say. Flying Blind, LLC Survey For Adaptive Technology Trainers: http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e5jk5hapgxy903g3/start |
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