AirPlay 2 has arrived on Sonos. Now any app on your iOS devices can be streamed directly to Sonos speakers including Sonos Beam, Sonos One, Playbase and the second generation Play:5. The roll out comes a week ahead of the new Beam living room smart speaker, which ships with AirPlay 2 support.
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Apple Developing Device and Wearable to Help Deaf and Blind Travelers
Apple is developing technology that would combine a cylindrical device and possibly smart clothing to provide blind and deaf people tactile or auditory signals to navigate their environments.
Portugal First in EU to Include Braille on Passports
The Portuguese passport will include a page in Braille, becoming the first in the European Union to implement the innovative measure, which will allow visually impaired citizens to identify their name, number and expiration date of the document.
Etisalat Launches Talking Bill Service for Visually Impaired Customers
Etisalat has announced its new audio bill service designed for the blind and visually impaired. The service which is available free of cost will allow its customers with visual impairments to listen to their bills every month through an automated voice call.
Pornhub Adds Closed Captioning for Videos
Pornhub is rolling out an update to the website that will add in closed caption for its videos. As one of the world’s largest purveyors of porn, the site has taken unique steps towards accessibility, with this just being the latest example.
TweetDeck releases Update Support for Image Descriptions
TweetDeck has released an update that allows people to “make their tweets accessible to the widest possible audience.” Users can now add descriptions, or alternative text, to images they share in tweets.
ADcase is a Mobile Airbag for Your Smartphone
Has this happened to you? A minor fumble, and seconds later your $1000 smartphone crashes to the floor shattering your precious phone. That’s where this inventive “mobile airbag” comes into play.
This Echo Dot Accessory Will Drive You Up the Wall for Only $20 on Amazon
Want to clear off your surfaces or polish up your home decor without losing access to your favorite voice assistant? You’ve got to check out the Dottie Plug-in Mount. It’s available in black or white and it holds your Echo Dot perfectly, allowing you to plug your Alexa smart speaker right into the wall.
Bookshare’s 390,000 Books Are Now Available for People with Blindness in India
Benetech announced a major expansion of the ongoing international effort to provide Bookshare, an ebook library for people with reading barriers in India.
Ask Chloe to Read the Label on Your Prescription Bottles
A recent collaboration between the AT&T Foundry for Connected Health (located in the Texas Medical Center Innovation Institute) and Aira, which makes smart glasses for people who are blind or have low vision, now has a solution to reading the tiny print on prescription bottles.
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