After Android users gained the ability to control Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant through a dedicated app five months ago, Amazon is bringing identical functionality to iOS, turning an iPhone or iPad into a virtual Echo device.
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Google Finally Launches An Official Podcast App
Google finally launched an official podcast app on June 19. Android’s long been in need of a first-party solution for downloading and listening to podcasts, and now that that solution is here, so was it worth the wait?
Glaukos Gets FDA Approval for Glaucoma Treatment
Glaukos has just received FDA approval for its iStent inject Trabecular Micro-Bypass System indicated for the reduction of intraocular pressure in primary open-angle glaucoma patients undergoing concomitant cataract surgery.
Apple Admits to Butterfly Keyboard Defect
After 3 class action lawsuits and an online petition Apple has finally admitted that there is a problem with the current keyboard design on the MacBook and MacBook Pro and is offering free repairs to customers who have been affected.
Grilling Classes and Videos for the Blind
Summer fun involves firing up the grill, but Chris Peltz, director of Blind Grillin’, has become a grill master, teaching fellow blind grillers locally and posting YouTube videos for those not in the neighborhood.
TalkBack App Renamed to Android Accessibility Suite in Recent Update
Google has renamed the TalkBack app to the Android Accessibility Suite. TalkBack provides spoken feedback for text or images on a screen so that blind or low vision users can navigate their devices.
Apple’s HomePod Has Launched in Canada, France, and Germany
With the launch Siri will provide news briefs from a handful of sources in Canada, including CBC, Global TV, CTV, and CNN.
Robot Operates On A Human Eye for the First Time
In 2016, researchers from the University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences launched a clinical trial to test the PRECEYES Surgical System, a robot designed to perform surgery on the retina, the surface at the back of the eye.
Plastic Overlay Makes Reading Easier for Blind iPad Users
Researchers have developed an e-reader that enables people with visual impairments to read the same text sighted readers do.
University Project Helping Blind and Visually Impaired Children to Feel the Universe
The Tactile Universe has been developed by the University of Portsmouth’s Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation to engage the blind and visually impaired community with astrophysics research.
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