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These Lego bricks have bumps that teach Braille - Fast Company

These Lego bricks have bumps that teach Braille - Fast Company | Education 2.0 & 3.0 | Scoop.it
In one of the newest Lego sets under development, the bumps that hold the toys together have a second purpose: They also help children learn Braille. The series of dots on each brick represents a different letter of the Braille alphabet, the numbers zero through nine, and a handful of math symbols.

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Assistive Technology Blog: New in iOS 8: Built-in Braille Keyboard for Six-Dot Input

Assistive Technology Blog: New in iOS 8: Built-in Braille Keyboard for Six-Dot Input | Education 2.0 & 3.0 | Scoop.it

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An Overview of iOS 8′s New Accessibility Features

An Overview of iOS 8′s New Accessibility Features | Education 2.0 & 3.0 | Scoop.it
Since this year’s WWDC keynote ended, the focus of any analysis on iOS 8 has been its features — things like Continuity, Extensions, and iCloud Drive. This is, of course, expected: iOS is the operating system that drives Apple’s most important (and most profitable) products, so it’s natural that the limelight be shone on the […]

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Check out all the great iOS 8 Accessibility features in this article. Here are those features that are designed to "level the playing field".

> Alex

> Speak Screen

> Zoom

> Grayscale

> Guided Access

> Enhanced Braille Keyboard

> "Made for iPhone" Hearing Aids

> Third Party Keyboard API


Miscellany. iOS 8 brings with it a few housekeeping changes to Settings.app, where the Accessibility options are located. For example, the Subtitles & Captioning option — which previously was found under Hearing — has been moved to a new Media section, right next to a new Video Descriptions toggle. Furthermore, the Physical & Motor pane — home to such features as Switch Control and AssistiveTouch — has been rechristened Interaction.