When your Google Nest or Google Home speaker or display hears (“OK Google” or “Hey Google”), it records what you say and sends the recording to Google to fulfill your request.
Smartphone Voting Could Expand Accessibility Using Blockchain Technology
Some voters with disabilities will be able to cast their ballots on smart phones using blockchain technology for the first time in a U.S. election.
Audiovisual Smart Glasses for the Blind That Can Read a Room
Technological advancements have created new opportunities for Spanish start-up to enhance the quality of life for people with various disabilities.
City Testing Speaker System for Blind and Partially Sighted Pedestrians
The City of Lethbridge is trying out a new speaker system at some of its downtown intersections to assist those who are visually impaired by providing a safer way to cross busy streets.
Tactile Display Lets Blind People Create in 3D
Researchers from Stanford University have created a new tactile display that aims to allow the blind and visually impaired to access 3D printing and computer-aided design (CAD). The touch-based display can mimic the geometry of the 3D objects on a computer. The researchers say that while design tools empower users to create and contribute to society, the tools also limit those who can participate.
Microsoft Funds AI Navigation App for Blind, Low Vision and Wheelchair Pedestrians
A Canadian startup has been named a grantee of Microsoft’s AI for Accessibility initiative, a $25 million, five year grant program launched last year to help NGOs, academics, researchers, and inventors accelerate their work for people with disabilities.
How To Make Amazon Echo Play a Sound When You Say “Alexa”
The Amazon Echo lights up whenever it’s activated, but if yours isn’t within your line of sight, you can enable an audible tone instead. Here’s how.
New Chrome Feature Describes Images On Websites for Blind and Partially Sighted Users
Google has added a new feature to Chrome that can identify the objects in an image, and describe them for blind or partially sighted users.
This Injectable Sensor Constantly Monitors Glaucoma
When someone has glaucoma, there’s always a danger that pressure caused by fluid accumulating within the eye will damage the optic nerve, resulting in blindness. The Injectsense implant is designed to help, by constantly monitoring a recipient’s intraocular pressure or IOP, for short.
360 Reality Audio Is Coming To Mobile Phones and Amazon’s New Echo Studio Speakers
Developed by Sony, The proprietary surround music format will launch on select streaming services with an initial catalog of 1,000 songs.
