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Accessible Assistive Technology Resources Bridges Blog Information Resources Series: January Jewels, 2024

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January Jewels with Our Bridges Resource Library

This month, we highlight the tools and techniques that provide access to information and are available to empower blind/low vision individuals – our January Jewels.

We invite you to “check out” these Bridges Resource Library’s offerings that describe the great tools that can help us get instant access to visual information efficiently and independently!

Comprehensive Entry

Accessing Visual Information

Optical Character Recognition

Top 5 Accessible OCR Options

KNFB Reader

Text-to-Speech (and Braille!)

Voice Dream

Voice Dream Reader

Voice Dream Scanner

Voice Dream Writer

Human Visual Interpretation

AIRA

Be My Eyes

About the Bridges Resource Library

On August 29, in honor of National Library Week, the Bridges Resource Library opened its (virtual) doors. The Bridges Resource Library provides a much-needed one-stop-shop for blind/low vision students, their families, their educators, their service providers, and their community allies in Maryland.

Your one-stop resource

Using this tool, stakeholders have instant access to accurate and up-to-date information to answer questions and explore options. The well-researched and accessible components of the Bridges Technical Assistance Center’s Resource Library address areas of concern to secondary transition for blind/low vision students, and it includes Maryland-focused resources, information about accessible assistive technology tools, informational and procedural guides, and much more!

Accurate and current information at your fingertips

We have committed to keeping this information updated. Each entry contains information about the date on which the information was current.

As part of the Bridges Technical Assistance Center’s work, we will confirm that the links and information in each entry are up-to-date at least once every six months. If you find any broken links or any other concerns about an entry, please reach out to us, and we will fix the issue!

Please check out the Bridges Technical Assistance Center’s Resource Library today!

Contact us

Follow the Bridges Helpdesk Facebook page for more transition tips, and please contact the Bridges Technical Assistance Center’s Free Helpdesk for Maryland Blind/Low Vision Transition Students, Families, and Educators anytime using:

This unique project is being coordinated through The IMAGE Center of Maryland, a center for independent living in Towson, and it is funded by a grant from the Maryland Department of Education Division of Special Education/Early Intervention Services.

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