Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE), on behalf of the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science (MRIS) and the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario (ADO), is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the next Accessibility Innovation Showcase (AIS) and Accessibility Tech Pitch Competition.
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VA Criticized Over Eye Care for Vets
A Department of Veterans Affairs program aimed at increasing access to eye exams for rural and homeless veterans utilizes a technique that some optometrists consider subpar care.
Smart glasses allow users to switch focus with touch of the finger
e-Vision’s Smart Focus Optics technology allows the user to adjust focus with a touch of the finger. For people suffering from presbyopia (natural loss of ability to focus on nearby objects that occurs with age), a single pair of glasses or contact lenses can no longer provide them with clear vision at all distances. Although glasses with progressive or multi-focus lenses, such as bifocals or trifocals, have been developed, many people have problems getting used to these lenses because of their restricted field of vision.
Apple’s HomePod Speaker Is Going On Sale February 9
Apple’s HomePod becomes available for pre-orders on Friday. It will cost $349 and will hit store shelves on February 9. HomePod is an Amazon Echo competitor that users talk to by saying,”Hey Siri!”
HOW TO TURN ON DARK MODE IN IOS 11 FOR IPHONE
If you are low vision or just want to extend your battery, there’s now an option in iOS 11 to enable “Smart Invert” which reverses the colors of the iPhone’s display, just like the “Classic Invert” did for all these years. But this special new inverted mode won’t reverse everything. Specifically, it won’t reverse images, media, and some apps that use dark color styles already.
HOW TO QUICKLY ZOOM ON ANY PART OF THE SCREEN
Are you having some trouble reading the text on your iPhone? Buried in the Accessibility tab of the Settings app, Apple has included a setting that’s disabled by default called Peek Zoom.
Developer Makes Website Inaccessible To Sighted For Awareness
Comics Empower is an audio comic store for the blind and or the visually impaired. The idea behind the Comics Empower store is to provide audio versions of comic books, much like Graphic Audio. The main difference is that Graphic Audio adapts and dramatizes comic books whereas Comics Empower provides a panel by panel description so the listener knows what’s in every comic. Comics Empower puts the blind first, and this has been illustrated, yet again, in a recent site update that puts the sighted in a dependent situation, requiring the aid of a blind person using a screen reader.
An Initial Look At Speech In Windows 10 – A Comparison of Windows 10 to Windows 7 and 8.1
In this episode Quentin gives a demonstration of the currant version of Microsoft’s Windows 10. He looks at the differences in TTS and other features in Windows 10 as compared to previous versions of Windows.
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