Accessible World

Matthew Horspool is the General Manager at the Braillists Foundation, which promotes braille and braille technology. He is also heavily involved in both the braille and assistive technology industries, and his day job is delivering screen reader and braille display/notetaker training. Matthew will speak about connecting a Braille Display.. Presenter Contact Info Email: [email protected]  

This book isn’t available on Bookshare. The BARD Annotation is below.     1806: Astrid Pool sits in her bridal clothes overwhelmed with happiness, but before her marriage can be consummated, she is murdered, and the circle of gold torn from her finger. Her last words are a promise to Collin never to leave him. […]

The NLS annotation follows: Have you seen Luis Velez?: a novel DB96316 Hyde, Catherine Ryan. Reading time: 9 hours, 46 minutes. Read by Kurt Elftmann. General Psychological Fiction Teenager Raymond leads a lonely life, shuttling between the homes of his divorced parents. Millie, an elderly blind woman who lives in his mother’s building, asks him […]

Please join us as Joanie Leonard hosts Banquet of Books Sunday April 14 at 5pm Eastern. This informal discussion of whatever book you’re reading or have recently finished is most enjoyable and a great way to get new reading ideas. You can contribute your opinions and everyone is welcome.

Science Fiction Club Meeting

Panelists will include John Gassman, Steve Bauer, Michael Babcock and Marty Sobo. They’ll play brief audio clips and discuss what they saw in the exhibit hall. Presenter contact info:  

The Fiction Old and New book group is thrilled to welcome author Tracey Lange to our Friday, April 5, 2024 meeting at 8 p.m. She will be discussing her two family novels, “We are the Brennans”, DB 104795 and “The Connellys of County Down”, DB 116746. We hope you can join us for this amazing […]

By her own design DB110548 Huguley, Piper Reading time: 12 hours, 48 minutes. Tracey Conyer Lee Historical Fiction Historical Romance Fiction Romance “1953, New York City. Less than a week before the society wedding of the year where Jacqueline Bouvier will marry John F. Kennedy, a pipe bursts at Ann Lowe’s dress shop and ruins […]

Tek Talk welcomes Envision co-founders Karthik Mahadevan and Karthik Kannan as they delve into the latest CSUN updates and discuss Envision’s latest updates including an upcoming AI assistant. Don’t miss out! Presenter contact info: Karthik Mahadevan, Envision Chief Executive Officer Karthik Kannan, Envision Chief Technology Officer Website: https://www.letsenvision.com/  

A groundbreaking leap in assistive technology, Glide combines cutting-edge navigational robotics and AI to provide you with an intuitive and comfortable guided experience. Using real-time data from an array of advanced sensors, Glide autonomously steers the way. It maps the best routes, identifies targets of interest, and avoids obstacles to get you safely to your […]