An optional new accessibility feature allows the upcoming iPhone 14 models to play a sound while turning on and off. The optional accessibility feature will allow blind and low-vision users to tell when the new iPhones have restarted. This is understood to be a chime similar to those played by generations of Macs.
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New integrated assistive technology service gives people with low vision or blindness access to human-to-human visual interpreting
Assistive technology specialist Envision is partnering with Aira, a provider of visual interpreting services, to add the live, professional service to the smart Envision Glasses.
App that helps blind travelers navigate public transit debuts in Washington
An app designed to help visually impaired or blind pedestrians use public transit debuted at a Washington subway station last Tuesday.
Google testing technology for athletes with blindness exercise unassisted
Athletes living with blindness regularly put their trust in sighted counterparts to guide their every footstep as they run across pathways they cannot see. But Google is developing technology that could one day allow these runners to exercise independently.
New study reveals blind people remember speech and language better than sighted people
Blind people can remember speech better than sighted people, but a person’s ability to see makes no difference in how they remember sound effects, found a new study by Johns Hopkins University and the University of California, Irvine.
Train stations fitted with new devices to help blind and partially sighted people
Train stations fitted with new devices to help blind and partially sighted people
New sensor technology helps blind and visually impaired pedestrians avoid hazards
A new patented technology from Intelligent Material Solutions, Inc. is designed to help pedestrians who are blind and visually impaired navigate busy sidewalks and avoid sidewalk hazards. The sensor tech uses a cooperative guidance system to determine the pedestrians’ precise geolocation and guide them to public transportation, retail entrances, sidewalk exits and other locations.
Microsoft project helps blind people with social cues and behaviours
PeopleLens is a research project at Microsoft that helps the user stay aware of the locations and identities of the people around them, promoting richer and more spontaneous interactions.
Company develops illumie for blind and visually impaired people to navigate
illumie is a project out of Europe and ran through Sopra Steria, a software developer. It was part of the House of Creative Denmark at South By Southwest in Austin last week. The event focused on Danish creators in film, technology and other platforms.
UArizona develops new navigational tool for blind and partially sighted travellers
Those who are visually impaired may have a new navigational tool thanks to a collaboration at the University of Arizona.
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