Products and Assistive Technology Archives

Introducing the LV Tablet Stand

Posted on November 18, 2022 - 11:57 am by Steve Kelley

Editor’s note: Just in time for the holidays, Steve Kelley has provided a great suggestion for a gift. Keep reading to find out more and check out our APHVisionAware gift guide and gift giving webinar. If you are blind or low vision and use a smartphone or tablet, you know how handy these devices are. […]

An Introduction to APH Huntington: A Program to Enhance Resources and Outcomes for a Rural Area

Posted on August 17, 2022 - 2:49 pm by Lee Huffman

VA Image: Toni Walls, Executive Director, Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind and Lee Huffman presenting at the April 2022 APH Huntington Impactful Living Summit.

APH Huntington Launches In July 2020, the American Printing House for the Blind launched APH Huntington – a new program developed to provide technology and other trainings to people who are blind or low vision in Cabell and Wayne Counties in West Virginia. With an inaugural grant from the James H. and Alice Teubert Charitable […]

APH Huntington: A Program to Enhance Resources and Outcomes for a Rural Area

Posted on August 17, 2022 - 1:24 pm by Lee Huffman

Lee Huffman sitting at his desk at APH Huntington

Editor’s note: APH Huntington recognizes the barriers to accessing services for those who are blind or low vision living in rural areas. Lee Huffman, APH Huntington’s Senior Strategist of Accessible Technology and Community Outreach, shares how the program is enhancing resources and outcomes for the local community of Huntington, West Virginia. In July 2020, the […]

Freedom Scientific Recognizes Students for Educational Achievements

Posted on August 11, 2022 - 12:21 pm by Amy Lynn Smith

Former Freedom Scientific Student of the Month, Campbell Rutherford, using a refreshable braille display

Freedom Scientific does more than create some of the most popular assistive technology available, such as JAWS and ZoomText. The company also sponsors a Student of the Month Program, which recognizes K-12 students in the U.S. who are excelling in their educational endeavors. “We hear about these amazing students doing great things using our products […]

U.S. Navy Veteran Loses Vision Yet Keeps His Career on Course

Posted on July 14, 2022 - 10:18 am by Amy Lynn Smith

Keeley in uniform when he was in the U.S. Navy.

By the time Captain Benjamin Keeley began losing his vision, he’d already established his own company after amassing decades of experience. And today, although he’s semi-retired, he continues operating his successful business and runs a nonprofit. The fact that he has no vision in his right eye and limited vision in his left hasn’t slowed […]

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