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New Alexa Update Allows Amazon Echo to REMEMBER Past Conversations
AMAZON is planning a dramatic update for its virtual assistant, Alexa, which will enable the AI to remember important dates and snippets of information you have previously discussed. This is designed to make conversation more natural.
Open Sesame! Nominated Best Accessibility App for 2018 Google Play Awards
Open Sesame! enables people with disabilities to use smartphones and tablets completely touch-free, the simple-to-use app, designed by a person with disabilities for people with disabilities, enables anyone with an Android device to control their phone or tablet hands free. Open Sesame! tracks head movements through the phone’s front-facing camera and uses advanced computer algorithms to allow users to control a cursor on the screen to make phone calls, post messages on social media, send instant messages, or download and make use of any app on the Play Store without assistance.
Pinterest Releases Accessibility Features for Blind and Visually Impaired Users
Pinterest is finally making accessibility a priority to people who are blind or have low vision. On Wednesday, it announced steps to ensure that the blind and visually impaired are not left out.
RIT/NTID Has Developed a Museum App for Art Lovers with Disabilities
The app will provide access to art for deaf and hard-of-hearing, and other people with disabilities. It provides content in various forms, including video in American Sign Language, transcripts and audio and visual descriptions.
Google AI Can Pick Out Your Voice by Looking at Faces
Google researchers have developed a deep learning system that can pick out specific voices by looking at people’s faces when they’re speaking.
Essential Phone Gets Bluetooth 5 Support and Security Patch in Latest Update
Essential recently rolled out the latest Android security update for the Essential Phone with improvements that lets you dictate how apps treat the notch.
How to Use Alexa Announcements for Your Echo
Amazon recently rolled out a new feature called Alexa Announcements that allows one-way announcements to be made to every Echo device in a household.
New Google Phone App Beta Silences Spam Calls
The Google Phone app beta will give you early access to new features, including spam calls that will no longer make your phone ring at all.
CPqD Develops Pay Voice App to Help Blind Customers Make Card Payments
Brazil research institute CPqD has partnered with ABECS (Brazilian Association of Credit Card and Service Companies) to develop Pay Voice, a mobile application for visually impaired people who use payment cards.
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