October 30, 2009 | Comments (0)
I attended AARP’s National Convention that was held in Las Vegas, Nevada from October 21-24. To be honest, the 30,000 plus attendees are there to see speakers and events related to aging, stroll the massive ... [ Continue reading ]
August 31, 2009 | Comments (0)
I’ve blogged before about our new TALKS software, which synthesizes speech on specific smart phone models. A TALKS-enabled smart phone speaks letters as they are typed and announces the function of a button ... [ Continue reading ]
August 6, 2009 | Comments (4)
I’ve been Verizon’s liaison to the disabled community for 5 1/2 years now, and lately I’ve been impressed by how rapidly technological advances and fast Internet connections are leveling the ... [ Continue reading ]
August 6, 2009 | Comments (1)
Verizon was one of the honorees at the TDI awards luncheon this past weekend (along with AT&T for “improving accessibility to telecommunications and media”), and we had a chance to present a short ... [ Continue reading ]
June 15, 2009 | Comments (3)
We recently introduced a new wireless service for the vision-impaired community that is unique in the industry — a Motorola handset with TALKS software. In addition to the standard voice activation features ... [ Continue reading ]