A student at IUPUI is working to make sure smartphones are accessible to all users. The visually impaired have been able to use smartphones through audible feedback, but reading them hasn’t been as easy.
Apple to Launch Accessibility Emojis to Better Represent Disabilities
Apple has requested the Unicode Consortium add emoji to better represent individuals with disabilities.
Google Now Allows You to Shop the Play Store from Different Countries
If you’ve changed the region of your Google Play Store in order to download a game or app unavailable in your home country, you’ll appreciate Google’s latest addition to the Play Store. The new Country and profiles feature quickly allows visitors to what used to be called the Android Market, to check out what apps are available in different countries.
Facebook Has Been Collecting Your Call Records and SMS Data for Years
Several Twitter users have reported finding months or years of call history data in their downloadable Facebook data file. A number of Facebook users have been spooked by the recent Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, prompting them to download all the data that Facebook stores on their account. The results have been alarming for some.
Government Fails to Screen Out Hundreds of Licensed Drivers Receiving Benefits for the Blind
Hundreds of people with active Missouri driver’s licenses are collecting from a pension fund set up for blind residents, Gov. Eric Greitens said Friday in alleging widespread abuse of the system.
How a Deaf, Blind Disability Rights Lawyer is Influencing Apple
EA Sports Launches Accessibility Portal for Blind Gamers
At a Game Developers Conference Presentation this week, EA Sports Accessibility Lead Karen Stevens talked about how she discovered a significant existing base of blind players in EA’s games and how the company is moving to serve it.
Blind YouTuber Joy Ross Creates Videos Showing People Her Everyday Life
A visually impaired YouTuber has gained popularity for posting videos showing people how she lives her life with no sight.
New Technology Enables Mainstream Racing Games to be Played by the Blind
There are racing games out there for the blind but Brian A. Smith feels that they are still not up to the mark and he created RAD, an audio-based interface that can be integrated into any racing game according to him.
“The RAD [racing auditory display] is the first system to make it possible for people who are blind to play a ‘real’ 3D racing game with full 3D graphics, realistic vehicle physics, complex racetracks, and a standard PlayStation 4 controller,” says Smith, a Computer Science PhD candidate at Columbia University.
Microsoft Adding New Accessibility Improvements in Windows 10
Microsoft is introducing a number of improvements in Windows 10 this year to improve accessibility. The company recently outlined some of the new accessibility-related features and improvements in Windows 10 that are already available to Insiders today, as well as some that will be coming to users later this year.
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