Category Archives: Adpative Technology

devices used by people with disabilities

The “Fire Vox” Firefox extension is a FREE screen reader

Posted on February 8, 2008 by John F Croston III

Over a month ago I downloaded the Fire Vox Free screen reader extension for Firefox that acts like a screen reader and was created by Charles L. Chen. I found that it was of great use and I assume it … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Adpative Technology, Charles L. Chen, Fire Vox, Firefox, JAWS, Window-Eyes | 2 Comments

Long Week in Technology Last Week

Posted on January 23, 2008 by John F Croston III

It’s been a long week in technology for me this week. I spent about five or six hours on both last Saturday and Sunday working on the website for my accessibility talk for the Refresh DC meet up on Thursday … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Adpative Technology, Charles L. Chen, CLiCk Speak, DC Adpative Technology, DC Tech Events, DC Technology Network, Firefox, FORMs, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, HTML, Martin Luther King Jr. Library, OLPC, One Laptop per Child, Refresh DC, Say-Instead, Washington, DC, Web Standards | 3 Comments

CLiCk Speak Firefox Extension

Posted on December 10, 2007 by John F Croston III

Last year while at SXSW 2007 in Austin, Texas, I spent some time at the Knowbility trade show booth and talked with a young man by the name of Charles L. Chen about his Firefox extension CLiCk Speak. I have … Continue reading →

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DC Adaptive Technology Meetup

Posted on December 5, 2007 by John F Croston III

I found another great meetup by using Ross Karchner‘s DC Tech Events website. This one was the DC Adaptvie Technology meetup that was held at the DC Public Library in Washington, DC. The event was on Saturday December 1st, 2007, … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, Adpative Technology, Braille, Braille Reader, Crosswalk, DC Adpative Technology, DC Tech Events, FORMs, Helpful Tips, ICON PDA, Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. Library, Washington, DC, Web Standards | 1 Comment