Nuance unveils Nina for Amazon Alexa, the first intelligent enterprise virtual assistant that integrates with the popular internet-of-things (IoT) device to enable a new way for consumers to connect with their bank, airline, telco and retail brands, without needing to dial a phone number.
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Google Home is Coming to Canada June 26th, Will Speak French and English
In Canada, Google Home is $179.00 CDN. The shipping time for the Google Home is listed at “2-3 weeks” for customers on the Google Store.
Adobe Announces a Free Solution for Optical Character Recognition On Your Smart Phone
It seems that the number of free apps that can help a visually impaired person with Optical Character Recognition on their smart phone keeps growing and growing. Some of them are specifically designed to help the visually impaired and some are just well coded and can be used by the blind with little or no difficulty.
Study Reveals Airbnb Hosts Reject Blind People More Often
A study by researchers at Rutgers found that guests who disclose a disability are less likely to be approved for a room and more likely to be rejected.
VIP: A Is for Apple, B Is for Braille
This week the Cool Blind Tech team is making some predictions on the Apple Keynote presentation taking place next week. Make sure to catch hosts Joel, Jessica and Tamas as they discuss the lead up to the keynote and bring you this week’s latest news in the world of Accessible Technology. Download the podcast or click on play to listen to this week’s fun-filled show.
Wearable Device Helps Visually Impaired Users Navigate Using a 3-D Camera
A new system has been developed that uses a 3-D camera, a belt with separately controllable vibrational motors distributed around it, and an electronically reconfigurable Braille interface to give visually impaired users more information about their environments.
HumanWare Unveils the Brailliant BI14 designed for mobile users
HumanWare has just come out with it’s most compact braille device to date, the Brailliant BI14 is designed for ultimate efficiency without sacrificing ergonomics or comfort, helping visually-impaired users stay connected and stay on track anywhere, anytime.
Cool Picks: May 31, 2017
The CBT team cools down from the heat wave. This week, Joel, Jessica and Nelson discuss their latest Cool Picks
New MacBooks, iPads, Magic Keyboard at WWDC, Apple Regulatory Filing Suggests
A new Russian regulatory filing in the Eurasian Economic Commission database reveals that Apple plans to launch five new Macs models, four new iPads models, and a new Magic Keyboard.
Window-eyes users, you have another choice with NVDA
The conversation solidifies. As reported previously, Window-Eyes, perhaps the third-most popular screen reader in the blindness community, is no more. At the time, Freedom Scientific (now part of the VFO group) published their guide to switching to JAWS as part of their offer.
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