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      Welcome to the 13th edition of What's New On the Web

      What's New on the WebJanuary, 1997

      1. NEW AT THE 'tute

        • Latest Version of What's New
        • Visit a new area of personal pages by the students of NYISE.
          I am currently teaching several students HTML and they will be creating pages for the website. Some of the pages may be a little raw around the edges, so please accept these pages as the works in progress that they are.
      2. ADA Access is a resource in areas of Education, Legislation, Service Organizations, Special Olympics, Research, Travel accessibility, Medical Products and Entertainment.
      3. Discover Technology specializing in technology access for people with physical and mental challenges. Discover Technology is a progressive company specializing in Internet and computer activities for the general public with special interest in providing services to persons who are physically or mentally challenged.
      4. Introduction to Braille is a complete novice-to-expert braille education course of study on the Web offered by a grant project.
      5. News Express News Reader (Win 3.x) a speech friendly news reader
      6. New Software Improves Web Access for the Blind
      7. pwWebSpeak Release 1.3 Release Candidate Available for Subscribers at the Prodworks website
      8. Sonneheerdt vakopleidingen, a school (in Dutch).
      9. University of Arkansas at Little Rock - Personnel Preparation Programs in Rehabilitation of the Blind
      10. "Words from Washington" (WFW) is a new electronic legislative briefing service of the American Foundation for the Blind. WFW is available free of charge via Internet e-mail or fax. As part of this new service, you will periodically receive "Words from Washington," while Congress is in session. WFW is a brief report on what's happening in Washington with frequent analysis of how developments in Washington affect individuals who are blind or visually impaired and the professionals who serve them.


      11. The lastest editions to our Vendor Listings
        • EVAS manufacturers and distributes a wide range of turn-key systems and adaptive aids for people with disabilities.
          Contacts can also be made by email, telnet and BBS at 401-596-3500
        • Okay Vision-Aide Corp: OVAC provides affordable CCTV magnifiers, ranging from the black & white hand scanner to a desktop color unit with auto focus & zoom. Prices range from $295.00 to $1695.00.
          Okay Vision-Aide Corp.
          14811 Myford Road, Tustin, CA 92780-7253
          Phone: 800-325-4488 FAX 714-669-1081
          E-mail: vision-aide@ovac.com
        • Optelec, innovative low vision products
          Optelec US, Inc. 6 Lyberty Way, Westford, MA 01886,
          1-800-828-1056 1-508-392-0707 FAX (509)692-6073, E-MAIL: Optelec@Optelec.Com
        • Visionics Corporation's Low Vision Enhancement System (LVES), is now commercially available. This head-mounted display that can be custom-tailored to provide an enhanced video display to persons with severe vision impairment. Visionics Corporation, 1000 Boone Ave. N., Ste 600, Minneapolis, MN 55427. Telephone (800) 507-4448, fax (612) 544-4784.

      12. Previous What's New Editions:
        Vol. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 and 12

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