Illinois to Develop Testing Program for Self-driving Vehicles

State of Illinois two develop testing program for self-driving vehicles Article link: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-biz-illinois-self-driving-vehicles-201 81025-story.html October 25, 2018, 4:55 PM Illinois is taking the first step toward putting self-driving vehicles on the road, but it may be some time before they get there. Gov. Bruce Rauner on Thursday signed an executive order creating the Autonomous Illinois […]

Your Help is Needed to Test Audio Description on HGTV

Subject: Your Help is Needed to Test Audio Description on HGTV Please share with your members who may be able to assist: On July 1, 2018, HGTV became one of the five top cable providers required by the Federal Communications Commission to provide 87.5 hours per quarter of audio described content. Since July, people all […]

Hulu BecomStreaming Service to Commit to Accessibility for Blind Users

One delegate report of the Illinois Counsil of the blind convention 2018

On the 27th of September I checked into the Hilton in Lisle, Illinois. The convention started on the 28th at 11a.m. With the proceptions meeting with the officers and the board so they could learn more about the Illinois Council of the Blind. (With my husband being on the board we had to be at […]

2018 ICB convention

Hello all ICB Members and , below is the 2018 ICB Convention letter and attached to this email is the Convention Registration Form. This is finding you a week behind usual schedule as we wanted the braille, print and email to go out to members around the same time. We already have some people registering […]