In iOS 15, Apple’s Maps app benefits from a range of new features and improvements, including the ability to use augmented reality walking directions in big cities.
Robot helps deaf-blind people to communicate independently
The robotic arm, built by Johnson, a bioengineering graduate student at Northeastern, is designed to produce tactile sign language in order to enable more independence for people who, are both deaf and blind. Lard is one of the members of the deaf-blind community that is helping Johnson test the robot and giving her feedback on how it could be improved.
This navigation device assists blind and visually impaired swimmers
A product design student at Loughborough University has developed a navigation device that allows visually impaired competitive swimmers to train safely.
How to change to Alexa’s new voice and Ziggy wake word
Alexa has always had a feminine-sounding voice. But Amazon finally began rolling out a masculine-sounding voice last week – when it introduced a Shaq celebrity voice option. Amazon has also added a new wake word – Ziggy – to trigger Alexa. It isn’t specifically associating Ziggy with the masculine-sounding voice or Alexa with the feminine-sounding voice, however. You can use either voice option with any of Alexa’s wake words.
New award-winning app helps the blind and visually impaired manage their clothes
Two Industrial Design students from Carleton University have won an Innovative Designs for Accessibility (IDeA) student competition award from Universities Canada.
This Wearable camera reduces collision risk by 37% in blind and visually impaired people
Researchers report new wearable device reduces collisions and falls in those who are visually impaired by 37%.
How to use automated captions for voice tweets
Twitter has introduced a new feature that adds captions for voice tweets. This means users will now be able to add captions to their voice tweets. Voice Tweets is a creative way to express users on the micro-blogging platform that would limit people to 280 characters only.
Blind man uses EyeMusic to ‘recognize visual images
Israeli neuroscientists trained a 50-year-old man, blind from birth, to recognize objects using a sensory substitution algorithm called EyeMusic.
EnChroma introduces world’s first safety glasses for colour blindness
EnChroma launches world’s first safety glasses for people with colour blindness
How to delete your voice history from Google
You can find all of your Google activity, from Google Maps navigation to search engine queries, in the My Activity section of your Google account. You can read a list in the Google Home app or actually listen to your own voice search history (if it has indeed been recorded). Fortunately, you can easily purge your account of all these recordings.
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