Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training

“A Survivor's Guide to Braille Music Notation” has been designed by Vision Australia to teach the basic skills needed to read and write music in Braille music code. Note the instructions use the Unifi...

Professor Baldwin believed that students who are blind should not be excluded from physics courses because of inaccessible textbooks, created modules for the main physics concepts in a format that bli...

This section of Amazing Space features a library of selected Hubble images that can be printed in a tactile format.

Anne was 20 and was vision impaired. She wore thick glasses and could see a little only if she held the paper very close to her eyes. She was able to write. Anne did not want any help; she was fierc...

In considering alternative forms of assessment, equal opportunity not a guaranteed outcome is the objective. You are not expected to lower standards to accommodate students with a disability but rathe...

JAWS 14.0 is a screen reader, it reads aloud what's on your PC screen, as well as providing access to PC applications via speech and Braille while working with all your Microsoft and IBM Lotus® Sympho...

What Colour is colour recognition software which can be downloaded free (1mb file) and gives the RGB (red, green, blue) and the HTML values of the colour.

Comprehensive list of links to downloadable assistive technology software resources.

HumanWare has designed this interactive tool to help educators discover different solutions for students who are blind, have low vision or learning disabilities. It will also help them find out how as...

Quantum Reading Learning Vision manufactures and distributes products for people who are blind or vision impaired. Web Access Software such as ConnectOutloud. Magnification Software such as MAGi...

Screen Reading Software Screen reader software such as Jaws allows the user to hear via a speech synthesiser or touch via a Braille display the information on the screen. It also helps the user ...

Techmatrix helps find education and assistive technology products for students with disability.

This page provides information about blindness, access issues, advocacy, Braille, Employment and Education, Mobility and Transport as well as links to other sites.

This text contains full colour and Braille images of the planets, stars, and galaxies captured by astronomers with the Hubble Space Telescope. Each illustration is accompanied by a brief explanation...

Audio description (AD) is a service where audio commentary is provided to narrate the visual elements of a television program, movie, DVD, or live performance. This website provides the latest inform...

To celebrate their 150th anniversary the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) has released 'Auslan Tutor: Key Signs' a free application that gives the user a chance to learn 150 key si...

This comprehensive guide to design, production and presentation of vacuum formed tactile maps has evolved from the preparation of more than 180 tactile maps. The principles and methods are relevant to...

This resource aims to assist students who are blind or have low vision and who are studying or intend studying at tertiary level.

BCA's mission "is to achieve equity and equality by our empowerment, by promoting positive community attitudes, and by striving for high quality and accessible services which meet our needs."

Books can lie completely flat on the scanning glass of the Plustek OpticBook 3600. The result is a scanned image with no book spine shadow and no distorted lines of text. This could be considered as ...

The Toccata software will transcribes music score to Braille music.

Brailleways offers a range of innovative services and products relating to Braille and access to information by people with print disabilities.

The following case study provides insights and approaches relating to a single student, Emma, from two different academic staff who taught her. Emma was undertaking study in a health, biomedical scien...

This site is designed to provide information for medical practitioners, medical students and prospective medical students who have colour vision deficiency.

Assisting parents, teachers, career advisers, employers, manufacturers and businesses who need to know about colour blindness. This group of volunteers (non colour blind and colour blind individuals) ...