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YouTube coming out with new accessibility features
YouTube is improving video accessibility for both viewers with vision loss and other languages. The company is testing the option of adding multiple audio tracks to videos. This will help with international viewers, of course, but it should also enable descriptive audio for people with some vision to no vision. This arrives sometime in the “coming quarters,” YouTube said.
How to make Mac speak announcements and notifications
Your Mac’s Speak Announcements feature belongs to Apple’s Accessibility settings, which include several features designed to help more people access and navigate their devices efficiently.
University of Manitoba incorporates accessibility by licensing YuJa video platform
The University of Manitoba (UM) is delivering on its commitment to inclusivity and accessibility through the licensing and subsequent deployment of the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform and Panorama for Digital Accessibility.
Google designs Auditorial as an accessible storytelling website
For readers with visual disabilities, navigating the web can be a challenge. That’s because 97% of websites do not meet necessary accessibility standards, even when 300 million people have visual impairment of some kind.
DAGERSystem announces accessible games database
DAGERSystem, a company that specializes in video game accessibility, has announced the upcoming launch of an accessible games database. This database will allow players to search for games based on their accessibility and hardware needs.
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.
FaceTime calls are coming to Android and Windows
FaceTime calls used to be only for iPhones. Soon, people with Android and Windows devices can join in. Here’s how.
Apple adds two new features for Apple Music
Late on Monday night, Apple added two new features for its Apple Music subscription service: immersive Dolby Atmos spatial audio and lossless-quality streaming.
TELUS Tech for Good program expands to help Canadians with disabilities get connected
TELUS has announced the national expansion of their Tech for Good program in partnership with March of Dimes Canada.
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