Many of us rely on weather apps for travelling, but a security researcher, discovered that AccuWeather iOS weather app is potentially sending out the identifiable user and device information to a third-party company even when location data sharing is denied.
APH and HumanWare team up to create a new intelligent magnifier
HumanWare has announced a partnership with The American Printing House to provide a new powerful tool for visually impaired students combining a high-performance digital magnifier with the versatility of an Android tablet, the MATT Connect.
blind woman denied stay at a BnB, then threatened with libel after writing a negative review online
Kaye Leslie is blind and depends on service dog Stormy to get around. She was looking into a wine-tasting trip to Prince Edward County with friends this fall. However, when she called Sunrise Bed and Breakfast in Bloomfield, she was flat out rejected.
This Fashionable Tech Helps Blind and Low-Vision People Navigate
UK-based designer Emilios Farrington-Arnas has created a wearable for the blind and low-vision with the emphasis on merging fashion with technology.
Amazon Echo Speakers Are Now Accepting Canadian Addresses
Although the Amazon Echo has yet to officially launch in Canada, users are reporting that their Canadian addresses are working with the smart home speaker by adding their address through the Alexa app. You can confirm by checking the weather and local information to see if they are functional. There are some caveats — it’s still not possible to shop on Amazon using an Echo set to a Canadian address and the speaker sets the wrong time zone at first but all other features seem to be working properly. There are reports that addresses from other countries do work with the Echo, such as those from South America, South Africa and Australia.
Cool Picks: August 15, 2017
In this week’s show, the CBT Team discuss their top Cool Picks on Cool Blind Tech.
American Veterans with Blindness to Receive Cyber Eyez Glasses
Vuzix, a leading supplier of Smart Glasses, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets, has announced that they have joined with CyberTimez in partnership with the Wounded Warrior Program to deliver Cyber Eyez, a smart glasses based visual aid software to assist American veterans with low vision and blindness, wounded warriors and veterans. The Wounded Warrior Program, an approved Ability One vendor, is an organization with the mission to assist wounded warriors, both men and women who have sustained permanent injury as a result of their tour in combat in their recovery efforts, which often includes employment assistance.
DayNight: Daytime and Nighttime Awareness for iOS
Here is a simple app for those who do not have light perception. Recently recommended by Larry Skutchan, a friend of CBT.
How Technology Helps the Visually Impaired Go To a Public Washroom On Their Own
Going to the washroom is one of those unavoidable everyday things that most of us don’t even think about, but imagine putting a blindfold on and finding your way around an unfamiliar washroom… This is the reality for over 2.2 million UK residents and their families but thanks to a new audio device called RoomMate, those days are gone.
Cool Tip: How to Move Multiple Home Screen Apps on iOS 11 at the Same Time
It’s now possible to move multiple app icons using drag and drop, allowing users to move multiple icons at once.
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