On July 27, Canvas by Instructure announced that its teaming up with Amazon Alexa to help students, teachers, advisors, and parents ask questions, carry out quick tasks, and get information from Canvas on Alexa-enabled devices. The new feature was announced by InstructureCon and marks an ongoing effort scale up Canvas’s voice-activated applications.
VIP: Happy 1 Million Birthday!
CBT has gathered everyone from the past and present that was responsible for reaching this incredible milestone.
Cool Picks: July 27, 2017
This week the CBT Team returns with special guest host from the AT Banter podcast Ryan Fleury to discuss their Cool Picks. Make sure to check out their site and download this week’s VIP for all the fun CBT Banter.
Cool Picks: July 20, 2017
The Cool Blind Tech team has some great fun discussing their Cool Picks. Make sure to download this latest episode or press play to listen along!
CBT is celebrating 1 million downloads!
We here at Cool Blind Tech are excited to announce that we have reached 1,000,000 downloads of our podcasts, and we have done this in just four years. But we couldn’t have done it without the support of our guests and loyal listeners.
You Can WIN A $100 AMAZON GIFT CARD!
Update: congratulations to Natalie Martiniello!
Cool Picks: July 12, 2017
In this weeks Cool Picks, James, Jessica, and Nelson bring us some of the top technology from the AT world.
Braille on Map at New Park ‘Not Accessible for Visually Impaired Visitors
Walking into the new Trillium Park, visitors are greeted by a map highlighting the trail’s attractions in both written and braille instructions for people who are visually impaired.
Teen Wins Youth Innovation Award with App That Assists the Blind
High school student Anmol Tukrel has already begun to leave his mark on the global scientific community. The seventeen-year-old from Markham, Ontario was presented with the 2017 Weston Youth Innovation Award by the Ontario Science Centre for his creative application of science and technology towards solving a real world problem. Tukrel created the iDentifi app that assists the visually impaired in identifying objects using a smartphone. The app makes use of the phone’s camera and the app’s artificial intelligence to provide audio identification of objects, brands, colour, facial expressions, handwriting and text.
The Haptic Wave is Helping Blind Audio Engineers ‘Feel’ Sound Waves
Researchers at Goldsmiths, University of London are using haptic technology to help visually impaired audio engineers ‘feel’ sound waves.
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