South Korean tech giant Samsung introduced two new solutions-Good Vibes and Relumino – that will provide the deaf-blind a strong communication tool and enable people with low vision to see better.
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This Talking Menu Will Help Blind and Visually Impaired Customers
Pubco Fuller’s has introduced a talking menu service to improve the experience of blind, visually impaired or dyslexic customers who want to order food.
These Reality Smart Glasses Offer an Amazing 118” Screen
A new pair of mixed reality smart glasses has launched via Kickstarter in the form of GLOW which can offer a personal cinema or gaming experience for someone who is low vision or partially sighted and that can be carried with you thanks to its lightweight portable design. Watch the demonstration video below to learn more about the MAD Gaze GLOW smart glasses which offer a field of vision up to 53° and a 118 inch screen from a pair of glasses that weighs just 75grams.
How Alexa assistant Can Help You Find Your Keys in the House
As blind and visually impaired people, we’ve all lost something in the house at one point or another.
Accessibility Unlocked Offers Support to Game Developers with Disabilities
A new initiative in Australia and New Zealand has launched to better support developers with disabilities in the local games industry.
Researchers Develop New Voice Assistant making Web Browsing Easier for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Researchers have developed a new voice assistant that allows people with visual impairments to get web content as quickly and as effortlessly as possible from smart speakers and similar devices.
Speak! Is Designed to Aid the Visually Impaired and Others that Require Reading Assistance
The Speak app takes advantage of state-of-the-art artificial intelligence technology. It will read any text captured by the camera. It can be used to read anything from street signs to newspapers. The app has been specifically designed to detect text in “bad photos,” for instance when the text is rotated or far away. In addition it knows to detect relevant text only, for example when photographing a page in a book, text captured on the adjacent page will be ignored.
This Company Aims to Make the Internet More Accessible Through Artificial Intelligence
accessiBe has recently launched a pioneering web accessibility tool powered by artificial intelligence (AI). The solution simplifies the way companies and site owners can make their content accessible to users with disabilities by using AI to automatically apply accessibility standards to their websites.
Shopping Centre Improves Navigation for Blind and Visually Impaired Shoppers
Barkly Square shopping centre in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick is becoming more accessible for blind and visually impaired shoppers.
Samsung Patents ‘Smart’ Contact Lenses that Controls Your Phone by Blinking Your Eyes
Contact lenses capable of recording video and taking pictures could one day become a reality after Samsung was granted a patent in the US to develop the technology.
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