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AFB ACCESSWORLD ®
Technology and People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
 November 2008 Issue  Volume 9  Number 6
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The four digital converter boxes stacked with the smallest, the Digital Stream, on top. TV or Not TV: The Accessibility of Digital Television Converter Boxes
Next February, television stations will stop broadcasting analog signals. This article discusses the switch to digital, and evaluates four of the converter boxes that will be necessary for any television not hooked up to cable or satellite to continue to receive signals.
— Darren Burton


In This Issue


Product Evaluation

TV or Not TV: The Accessibility of Digital Television Converter Boxes
We discuss the coming conversion to digital television, and the equipment you will need if you don't have cable or satellite TV—Darren Burton

An Evaluation of VoiceOver, the Macintosh Screen Reader
We review the latest version of the screen reader built into the Macintosh operating system—Jim Denham

A Picture Becomes a Thousand Words: An Evaluation of the knfbReader Mobile
We test the latest portable scanning device—Deborah Kendrick

Untangling the Web

Do You Really Want to Eat That? Accessibility of Nutritional Information on Restaurant Companies' Web Sites
Are company web sites a source of accessible nutrition information?—Janet Ingber

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