Audio books and computer software with screen-reading and speech-to-text capabilities put the written and posted word at the fingertips of visually impaired people. But those who eschew the time-honored Braille system in favor of cutting-edge technology might be missing something. ...more

January 2, 2009

Audio books and computer software with screen-reading and speech-to-text capabilities put the written and posted word at the fingertips of visually impaired people. But those who eschew the time-honored Braille system in favor of cutting-edge technology might be missing something. ...more

December 31, 2008

Audio books and computer software with screen-reading and speech-to-text capabilities put the written and posted word at the fingertips of visually impaired people. But those who eschew the time-honored Braille system in favor of cutting-edge technology might be missing something. ...more

December 31, 2008

Michael Jackson is suffering from a rare lung condition and needs to undergo an emergency transplant operation, according to a report that continues to gain steam. ...more

December 22, 2008

Partnership of services gives special babies a better start. ...more

August 7, 2008

Partnership of services gives special babies a better start. ...more

August 7, 2008

It was the online photo of a fluffy, white American Eskimo pup that enticed the Steele family south to the Manatee Humane Society in Bradenton. ...more

July 7, 2008

Call him imaginative. Call him determined. Call him stubborn. Just don't call him blind. ...more

June 14, 2008

TAMPA PALMS - Call him imaginative. Call him determined. Call him stubborn. Just don't call him blind. Liberty Middle School eighth-grader Peyton Short can barely make out images because of a genetic condition that has left him visually impaired. But it hasn't kept Peyton from his first loves of reading and writing. His passion for the written word was evident with his recent score on the writing portion of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. He earned a perfect score, one of 22 students in his school to earn the top mark. ...more

June 10, 2008

TAMPA - Lauren Dungy, wife of Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy, credits social services available in Hillsborough County with making a difference in the life of their 7-year-old son. ...more

June 3, 2008