Vital

06/14/2019

New blog post alert! Vital was featured on the Perkins School for the Blind, Paths to Technology blog. This expert review details how to explore digital, accessible images with Vital.

Have you tried these accessible digital images?

06/12/2019

New blog post alert! Vital was featured on the Perkins School for the Blind, Paths to Technology blog. This expert review examines the process of creating digital, accessible images with Vital.

Educators can now create their own accessible images using this the Vital software!

06/11/2019

The deadline is approaching fast to apply for the LEANLAB Education K12 Fellowship. If your startup addresses problems in K12 education visit their website to learn more and apply before time runs out! https://bit.ly/2FE9V7l

LEANLAB K12 Fellowship

04/24/2019

How cool is this!

Lego has unveiled a new project aimed at helping blind and visually impaired children learn Braille in a

03/21/2019

We understand that selecting and implementing assistive technology requires more than a simple assessment to ensure a “match” between a student’s abilities and the features of a device. The chosen assistive technology must be useful in the student’s environment to perform needed tasks. That's why we offer a 30-day FREE trial of Vital to give you the opportunity to test our digital multisensory graphics software!

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Software to create digital, tactile graphics for students with visual impairments. Create truly accessible learning materials with Vital.

02/19/2019

A huge congratulations is due to our fearless leader, Dr. Jenna Gorlewicz! She was awarded the NSF CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) totaling to just under $1,000,000! Dr. Gorlewicz's groundbreaking research involves utilizing robotics and touchscreen technology to assist visually impaired students in learning. To read more about this award click here: http://ow.ly/ojoN50lFnc8

02/12/2019

5 simple steps + 3 easy minutes = Accessible, Digital Bar Graph

Watch how ➡️https://www.vital.education/blog/accessible-bar-graphs-in-3-minutes

With the Vital Content Creator, create accessible bar graphs in 3 minutes and instantly share them with students! It's a simple 5-step process. Upload an image

02/07/2019

A gaggle of new emoji have just been approved by the Unicode Consortium, meaning they'll be standard across any platforms that choose to support them. This batch includes some much-needed representation for people with various disabilities, new animals from guide dogs to otters, food and many more ....

02/07/2019

How does a student who is blind feel and hear graphics on a tablet screen? With the Vital app!

Image: A bar graph is displayed on a tablet screen. Three text phrases are situated around the tablet with arrows pointing to specific parts of the bar graph. "Text is read aloud through text-to-speech" is pointing to the y-axis label. "Vibrations are applied to the grid lines" is pointing to the horizontal grid lines in the graph. "Sonification is applied to the bars, playing a low to high tone as a student runs their finger up the bar" is pointing to a light green, vertical bar in the graph.