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Technology and People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
 March 2008 Issue  Volume 9  Number 2
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A portrait of Bill McCann. Music Is His Life and His Livelihood: An Interview with Bill McCann of Dancing Dots
We interview Bill McCann, president and founder of Dancing Dots. McCann left a job as a computer programmer with a major company to start Dancing Dots and developed its flagship product, the GOODFEEL music translator. Many blind musicians use and benefit from Dancing Dots' products.
— Deborah Kendrick


In This Issue


Letter to the Editor

Exercise for Everyone


Interview

Music Is His Life and His Livelihood: An Interview with Bill McCann of Dancing Dots
We interview the maestro of a company that makes composing and printing music accessible—Deborah Kendrick

Untangling the Web

Surfing into the Future: An Introduction to Web 2.0
Having trouble using MySpace, YouTube or Basecamp? We examine the reasons—Stephanie Bassler

Exploring Methods of Accessing Virtual Worlds
We present some possible solutions for accessible navigation and communication in virtual worlds such as Second Life—William S. Carter and Guido D. Corona

Product Evaluation

Scanning and Reading on the Move: A Review of Zoom-Ex and Zoom-Twix
We evaluate two new, versatile products from ABISee—Lee Huffman

Access Issues

A Reading Machine In Your Pocket: Introducing the KNFB Reader Mobile Edition
We report on the debut of the Kurzweil-National Federation of the Blind Reader Mobile Edition—Deborah Kendrick

Book Review

Google It! A Guide to the World's Most Popular Search Engine
This book will make you an expert web searcher—Deborah Kendrick

Conference Report

ATIA 2008
We recap exciting new products we found at this year's conference—Jay Leventhal

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