Tech Tips: Four Finger Tap

Tech Tips: Four Finger Tap

Contributed by Jerry Price, Assistive Technology Specialist

One of the more challenging gestures for using Voiceover is the four-finger tap.  Of course, you do not have to use four fingers on one hand but can use two fingers from both hands as long as there is a total of four.

• Four-finger tap near the top of the screen:  Selects the first item on the screen
• Four-finger tap near the bottom of the screen:  Selects the last item on the screen
• Four Finger double-tap:  Starts and stops help.

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Marylandia Collection: Update

Marylandia Collection: Update

Contributed by Mary Ramos, Collection Development Librarian

The Marylandia Collection is produced by the LBPH Recording Studio. This collection includes books by Maryland authors and select regional authors and books of particular interest to Marylanders.  The Marylandia Collection is available for download through Braille & Audio Reading Download (BARD).  

Spy, Espionage - Fiction

DBC12467 – Forever Vulnerable, by Donald Helm

Narrated by John Breuer

Four Russian deep sleeper agents who have resided undetected in the United States for over twenty years are suddenly called upon by their government. The shock to the families is enormous as their lives are instantly turned upside down. The men, separated from their loved ones, are ordered to the eastern shore of Maryland where a Russian Major greets them and thus begins a series of events that will cause the reader to rethink how vulnerable our nation may be.  

MAT Program: Update

MAT Program: Update

Contributed by Joseph Beckett, Program Coordinator for MAT

The Maryland Accessible Textbook program (MAT) is pleased to announce that it is positioned to extend services to the many print disabled military veterans attending Maryland colleges and universities. MAT’s recent participation in a veteran’s summit held at the New Carrollton Library in Prince Georges County, Maryland, increased its visibility and introduced the program to several organizations working with military veterans. Summit participants, previously unfamiliar with the program, were enthusiastic about learning more about the offerings and eager to introduce the program to their organizations and members. 

According to the Veteran’s Administration, there are nearly 400,00o veterans in the state of Maryland, 21.5 percent of whom are disabled. Of the almost 400,000 veterans, 9.9 percent are 18-34 years of age. This is the demographic that the MAT program serves.  Throughout the upcoming year (2020), the MAT program is planning to develop a partnership with the Blind Veterans Association as well as several other veterans focused organizations, increasing its reach to print-impaired veterans and increasing its involvement in veteran-focused events. As the year progresses, new organizations will be sought, and the MAT program will adapt its services to meet the absolute needs of those who sign up. 

If you know any veterans who are attending or interested in attending one of Maryland’s two or four years colleges, please have them contact us. We will guide them through the steps and processes regarding how to receive our textbook conversion services. 

For additional information about the Blind Veteran's Association, they can be reached at

Blinded Veterans Association (BVA)

1101 King Street, Suite 300, Alexandria, VA 22314

Phone: 844-603-0145

Fax: (202) 371-8258

https://www.bva.org