Category Archives: Assistive Technology

A Visit to Kibos School for the Visually Impaired to Introduce iOS Technology

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On July 15th, Alan Foley, Joanna Masingila and Yufei Wu visited Kibos School for the Visually Impaired near Kisumu, Kenya. Sammy Luvonga, a Kenyatta University student who is blind and had started using iOS technology in June 2012 through the … Continue reading

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A Visit to Thika School for the Blind to Introduce iOS Technology

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Bernard Mugo, a former student and teacher at the Thika School for the Blind and a faculty member at the Department of Educational Communication and Technology at Kenyatta University, arranged for a visit for Alan Foley, Joanna Masingila and Yufei … Continue reading

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More Work with Students with Visual Impairments and iOS Equipment

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On Saturday, June 29th we worked with four Kenyatta University students with visual impairments who were using iPods we had brought in June 2012. This time we brought iPad minis to exchange with them. The women were very happy to … Continue reading

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iPad Minis as Assistive Technology for Students with Visual Impairments

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Building on the work we did in June 2012 to train four Kenyatta University students with visual impairments to use iPods and keyboards to read and create documents, we had these four students train 10 additional students with visual impairments … Continue reading

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iPods to Support KU Students with Visual Impairments

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One area of capacity building that emerged in the midst of our project is building capacity among students with visual impairments (VI) at Kenyatta University. KU has quite a number of students with VI. These students use Brailler machines in … Continue reading

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