Programmer Sagar Sodah, 26, recently created a chatbot for women to anonymously report incidents of sexual harassment. “I want to use technology to create a social impact,” says the visually impaired Mumbai resident, who launched the bot in February.
BackMap Helps Visually Impaired navigate Cities and Indoor Areas
BackMap, which came out of TechCrunch Disrupt NY’s 2017 hackathon, is a backpack that vibrates to let you know when to turn right and when to turn left.
Breaking: Window-eyes discontinued, in the hands of the VFO Group
Today may be a pretty historic day when it concerns innovation and partnerships. Window-eyes might not be a household name among screen readers, but it’s discontinuation means that many especially within the international blind community may be impacted. For anyone who has used the offer whereby a free copy of Window-eyes could be used with Office licenses, you will now be running an unsupported screen reader, and we know how quickly Microsoft has been changing their framework with newer, more modern Windows 10 releases. I am for one doubtful that Window-eyes users will ever experience the new audio ducking behavior changes which will be coming in releases such as NVDA 2017.2. Alas, updates will come no more.
Cool Picks: May 15, 2017
This week Jessica, Joel, and Hugo drop some knowledge in their latest Cool Picks!
You Can Now Pre-Order the Chromebook Pro from Amazon
at CES 2017 Samsung announced a pair of Chromebooks, the Chromebook Plus and Chromebook Pro. The Chromebook Plus is powered by a custom ARM-based OP1 processor, while the Chromebook Pro is equipped with an Intel Core M3 6Y30 chip. The Plus was released back in February, but the Pro was delayed.
Spotlight Interview with Andrew Lahart: Head of Accessibility, Enablement, and Competency at IBM
In this exciting Spotlight Interview, James Oates sits down with Andrew Lahart, the head of accessibility, enablement, and competency at IBM, to talk about:
South Korean Search Giant to Challenge Alexa as a Better Digital Personal Assistant
South Korea’s biggest search engine Naver launches Clova, the personal assistant to rival Alexa.
Who is Smarter, Alexa, Cortana, Google Assistant or Siri?
On the heels of the success of the Amazon digital personal assistant Alexa we have seen an explosion in the personal assistant realm with Google, Microsoft, Apple and recently with Samsung introducing Bixby. So which one of these assistants is smarter?
Report Reveals Low-Income Working People with Disabilities are Punished for Working Harder!
The alarming report from the Library of Parliament shows that federal and provincial taxes combined with various benefit clawbacks make many working disabled taxpayers worse off for working longer hours, getting raises or in some cases even working in the first place.
It’s an issue that disability advocates have long known about, but this marks the first time it’s been formally tabulated by the government.
Are You Getting Enough Physical Activity?
Quite often our technology keeps us chained to a chair or living room sofa with the need to devour more content from the internet. But, whether you are visually impaired or not, physical activity is very important to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. If you thought that technology couldn’t help motivate the blind to be more physically active, think again.
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