Contents

• NEWS
  IRIS goes digital, improves signal
  Iowa Braille Challenge recap and participants' favorite tech gear
  2011 Legislative Breakfast
• FEATURES
  Talking Tech w/Curtis Chong: Amazon's Kindle gets accessible
  Blind Perspective: Technology in our world brings up personal choice
   
• DEPARTMENTS
  From the editor
  From the director
  Independent Living: Low-tech gear for everyday use
  Vocational Rehabilitation: Deaf-blind Iowans thrive in employment opportunities
  Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped: Library Version 4.0, Library to pilot digital magazine distribution, From the Librarian, Booklist
  Orientation Center: Building confidence through teaching technology
  Youth Transition: Teen 'sees' objects through tactile representations
  Business Enterprises Program: Culture keeps two BEP cafeterias running in Iowa

Letters & comments can be e-mailed to: idbcomm@blind.state.ia.us

Editor: Shoshana Hebshi. Contributing Editors: Karen Keninger, Beth Hirst, Linda Trogdon. Contributing Writers: Kelsey Anderson, Tai Blas, Curtis Chong, Roger Erpelding, Betty Hansen, Beth Hirst, Randy Landgrebe, Rebecca Swainey and Barb Weigel.