Did you know that alkaline batteries have a suggested shelf life of seven years? Thanks to this handy guide, we know those batteries in our cassette player should probably go. This guide, courtesy of RealSimple.com, identifies shelf lives for seventy-seven common foods, beauty products and household goods.

A new kind of checking account has been introduced that provides unlimited refunds of surcharges from automatic teller machines, allowing blind people to use any talking ATM free without fee or extra charges. Kelly Pierce explains how to do it and which banks offer this very useful service.

So the Assistive Technology Industry Association conference has come and gone, leaving memories of sunny days, palm trees, a talking parrot, and, oh yes, lots of new technology. After sifting through the press releases, the interviews, the hype, and the looming credit card bills, we are happy to report of a genuine shift in the market for technology for blind and visually impaired consumers. Check the link to continue reading the article.

These days, blind computer users are gaining more and more options for free access to technology. But in our latest article, we discuss some of the reasons that one should consider paying for a screen reader compared with downloading one for free.

Much has been written about the inaccessibility of some of the legal services for downloading music. But in the latest in our series of articles, we discuss the ease of use of Amazon's new MP3 offering. The service offers pure MP3 downloads with no DRM restrictions for 99 cents a track or less. Select the link on this post to read our article.

Searching for the absolute best deal for an item is not as hard as you might think. In the latest of our series of articles, we detail some of the methods we use to find the bargains that are posted to the site.

The advancement of accessible cell phones has sparked a lot of interest in the blind community. We've written an introduction to cell phone access for new and advanced users alike. Read it to learn more, or send it to a friend who is curious about how a blind person can use a cell phone.

We've written a detailed explanation on how to get around the sell an item form on EBay. Selling on EBay is actually a relatively simple process, and this guide will hopefully help in simplifying it.