As Dan Parker climbs behind the wheel at the Phenix Motorsports Dragstrip in Phenix City, Alabama, it’s pretty obvious he’s not your typical driver. For one, Parker is blind. He’s driving with a friend in the passenger seat and an onboard guidance system that uses tones to help him stay on the center line of the strip.
New Accessibility Features Available On Kindle and Fire
Amazon has been making steady improvements to the accessibility of the Kindle e-books and the Kindle reading experience. Earlier this year they added support for ALT text for images to Kindle e-books, which were made available to blind and low vision customers on Kindle for PC and on Fire OS with VoiceView. Now there is support for accessible math equations.
Apple’s Director of Accessibility to Speak at SXSW in March
On March 15th, Apple’s Director of Global Accessibility Policy and Initiatives, Sarah Herrlinger will speak as part of a panel at the Innovations In Accessibility session during the conference’s Startup & Tech Sectors track. SXSW describes the session as follows:
Turning On VoiceView and Setting Up Fire 7 Tablet 7th Generation
The next generation of Amazon’s best-selling Fire tablet ever – now thinner, lighter, and with longer battery life and an improved display. According to Amazon, it is more durable than the latest iPad.
Guide to Setting Up VoiceView Screen Reader for Fire Tablet
The VoiceView screen reader allows you to use gestures to navigate your Fire tablet and interact with content with speech output.
Gun Club Installs System for Blind People to Take Up Shooting
A shooting club in South Devon has received a grant so that visually impaired people can take part in the sport.
Google Adds Braille Support to Sheets and Magnifier Tool to Slides and Drawings
Google recently announced that the G-Suite team is adding new accessibility features to Google Sheets, Slides, and Drawings. Specifically, Google Sheets is getting Braille support and Google Slides and Drawings are getting screen magnifier support.
RNIB Loses Millions
The blindness charity Royal National Institute of Blind People made a loss of £12.6 million in the year to 31 March 2017, the charity’s latest accounts show.
New Jonas Philanthropies Expands to Serve Vulnerable Populations
Barbara and Donald Jonas, founders of The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, recently unveiled a new vision to support the country’s most vulnerable citizens through Jonas Philanthropies. Building on more than a decade of high-impact investments in nursing scholarship, leadership, and innovation, Jonas Philanthropies will begin expanding the organization’s scope to fund other scalable solutions aimed at the most vulnerable and neglected.
ThirdEye’s X1 Smart Glasses Never Forgets a Face
ThirdEye’s X1 Smart Glasses uses augmented reality to perform any number of tasks, including recognizing individual people by their faces, which can potentially be helpful for those who are blind or visually impaired.
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