MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'braille'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:02:20 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4309607&cid=t_205066_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ftext-to-braille-conversion-via-touch-sensitive-thimble%2F2011.01.04 While Braille can give the blind the ability to read, much of the text one encounters is not available in Braille (and our increasing dependence on touch-screen smartphones isn’t helping.) Two students at the University of Washington hope to solve this problem with their concept device, which they have termed the “Thimble.” The Thimble contains a fingertip camera and an electro-tactile grid which can read text and convert it to touch-sensitive Braille. The device can also interface with a user’s smartphone via Bluetooth for reading online content. Source: “Thimble”: Another smartphone-enabled concept for the visually impaired (Hat Tip: Engadget) *This blog post was originally published at Medgadget* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4309607 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:00:55 +0100 4309607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3954262&cid=t_205066_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fnew-tool-may-help-visually-impaired-learn-braille%2F2010.09.09 Yanko Design blog is profiling the Braille Buddy project that aims to develop a simple-to-use tool to help people who’ve lost eyesight to learn Braille. Braille Buddy has little retractable bumps that code for different letters, a keyboard, and a voice synthesizer that guides patients through different lessons. The voice will read out letters that a patient has to type back in Braille, and the tactile screen will display letters to read and identify. Yanko Design: My Best Buddy Braille… *This blog post was originally published at Medgadget* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3954262 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:00:44 +0100 3954262 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3176127&cid=t_205066_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FWr-ogbF1Jgc%2F Alcoholics Anonymous has many A.A. members and service committees who are available to provide professionals with information about Alcoholics Anonymous. A.A. has a long history of cooperating but not affiliating with outside organizations and being available to provide A.A. meetings or information about A.A. upon request. For professionals working with people who have special needs there is [...] (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com) Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3176127 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:56:00 +0100 3176127 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2857492&cid=t_205066_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iqscorner.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fwj-iii-braille-adapted-achievement.html Sorry.  After making this post there were reported technical difficulties with links.  Can't figure it out just yet.  Will update in the future (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner)) Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2857492 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:01:00 +0100 2857492 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2224470&cid=t_205066_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fintelligencetesting.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fwj-iii-achievement-tests-braille.html FYI.  If you are interested in the assessment of school achievement for individuals with serious vision problems, check out the forthcoming Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement:  Braille Edition.  A workshop on the new adaptation is scheduled August 28-29 in Phoenix, Az --- sponsored by the American Printing House for the Blind and hosted by Desert Valley's Regional Cooperative.[conflict of interest disclosure - I'm a coauthor of the WJ III Battery]Technorati Tags: psychology, educational psychology, school psychology, visual impairment, visually impaired, blind, braille, WJ III Tests of Achievement, WJ III, Woodcocok-Johnson, American Printing House for the Blind (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner)) Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2224470 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:57:00 +0100 2224470 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1897013&cid=t_205066_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fintelligencetesting.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fbraille-adaptation-of-wj-iii-tests-of.html Thanks to Lynne Jaffe for providing an update on the Braille Adaptation of the WJ III Tests of Achievement.  Below is the first paragraph of a more complete description that can be found at v3.1 of the WJ III EWOK  If you want to skip the "big picture" of the WJ III EWOK and go directly past go, and go directly to the relevant information, click here.The American Printing House for the Blind (APH) is currently in production of a braille adaptation of the WJ III Tests of Achievement. The purposes of this adaptation are:to provide a means of evaluating the academic achievement of subjects whose primary reading and writing medium is braille,to maintain the evaluative intent of each item, test, and cluster,to provide such a test in accordance with accepted braille test formats, andto provide... Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1897013 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:13:00 +0100 1897013 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1848967&cid=t_205066_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fintelligencetesting.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fbraille-assessment-inventory-bai.html In 1996 I coauthored a small instrument called the Sharpe-McNear-McGrew Braille Assessment Inventory (BAI).  It was then published by Hawthorne Press.  A Buros Review is available.  It is now out of print---but I occasionally receive inquires regarding the instrument. After consulting with the first author (Mike Sharpe), we decided to make a PDF copy of this instrument available for download.  The manual can be downloaded by clicking here.  The test record can be downloaded by clicking here.  As stated in the manual, "The BAI was designed to assit educators and others in determining whether Braille instruction is an appropriate intervention for students ages 6-18 who are blind or visually impaired."Hopefully the instrument will be of use to certain professionals. (Source: Intelligent... Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1848967 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:44:00 +0100 1848967