Braille is an incredibly empowering tool for people with sight loss, opening many doors to literacy, education, and employment. However, Braille on paper is costly because it takes up more space than the printed word. Braille displayed on an electronic display with dots that pop up and down to form characters is a less costly alternative. …Read More about Orbit Reader 20: Making Refreshable Braille More Affordable
Tutorial: Configuring Outlook 2013 and 2016 for easier viewing
The following tutorial has been written by our Technical Support Officer Paul Traynor and outlines steps that you can take when you first open up MS Outlook versions 2013 and 2016 in order to make folders such as the Inbox and any sub folders easier to view with a screen reader. Important: Make sure you …Read More about Tutorial: Configuring Outlook 2013 and 2016 for easier viewing
VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY CLUB THURSDAY 25TH JANUARY 2018
Join us from 7:00 pm on Thursday 25th January for what will be NCBI’s first Virtual Technology Club meeting of 2018. The Virtual Technology Club was established in April of last year in recognition of the fact that for many people with sight loss who rely on technology to live an independent life, it can …Read More about VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY CLUB THURSDAY 25TH JANUARY 2018
Fundamentals in Assistive Technology Course 2018
Are you interested in learning about assistive technology for people with vision impairment? Whether you’re an assistive technology user, a parent/family member, an educator, or just someone with a general interest in this area, this training course will help you get the most out of what technology can offer. This e-learning course will be delivered …Read More about Fundamentals in Assistive Technology Course 2018
Announcing the Launch of NCBI’s Fundamentals in Assistive Technology Online Course
NCBI is excited to be launching its first ever on-line training programme, entitled ‘Fundamentals in Assistive Technology’ on Saturday 16th September. The course, an initiative of NCBI’s Technology Specialist Team, is designed to give a broad overview of assistive technologies used by people with impaired vision and will run over a three month period. Students …Read More about Announcing the Launch of NCBI’s Fundamentals in Assistive Technology Online Course
NCBI welcomes Freedom Scientific to its Training Centre on 9th August
Image above shows Eric Damery from Freedom Scientific demonstrating products on the day. On Wednesday August 9th, we were delighted once again to welcome Freedom Scientific, part of the VFO Group to NCBI. This is the third year that Freedom Scientific have visited us, and Eric Damery, Vice President of Software Product Management, gave an …Read More about NCBI welcomes Freedom Scientific to its Training Centre on 9th August
Freedom Scientific return to NCBI!
Image above shows Eric Damery from Freedom Scientific demonstrating products on the day. On Wednesday August 9th, we were delighted once again to welcome Freedom Scientific, part of the VFO Group to NCBI. This is the third year that Freedom Scientific have visited us, and Eric Damery, Vice President of Software Product Management, gave an …Read More about Freedom Scientific return to NCBI!
Technology Tutorial: An Introduction to Using Microsoft Excel
This tutorial has been written by NCBI IT Trainer Roisin Mulligan. MICROSOFT EXCEL What is excel? Microsoft Excel is part of the Microsoft Office Suite and is used for: Data storage and analysis Calculation and sorting of data Chart generation Each Excel file has the extension .xlsx and is also called a WORKBOOK. Each workbook …Read More about Technology Tutorial: An Introduction to Using Microsoft Excel
Technology Tutorial: Attaching files to emails in Thunderbird
This tutorial has been written by our Technical Support Officer Paul Traynor. First type up your article in the normal way. If you are using office then write up the document and “Save it” into the documents folder on your computer. Now open up “Thunderbird”. When Thunderbird opens now open up a “new blank email”. …Read More about Technology Tutorial: Attaching files to emails in Thunderbird
Tutorial: Using the Google Chrome Browser with JAWS or NVDA
This tutorial has been written by Mr. David Moore and done with the latest update of Google Chrome. I will also use JAWS 18 and NVDA 2017.2 for this tutorial, because they both work the same in Chrome. Finally, I will use Windows 10 Creators Update latest public build. I will assume that you have …Read More about Tutorial: Using the Google Chrome Browser with JAWS or NVDA