A Canadian startup has been named a grantee of Microsoft’s AI for Accessibility initiative, a $25 million, five year grant program launched last year to help NGOs, academics, researchers, and inventors accelerate their work for people with disabilities.
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New Chrome Feature Describes Images On Websites for Blind and Partially Sighted Users
Google has added a new feature to Chrome that can identify the objects in an image, and describe them for blind or partially sighted users.
Mattel Releases Braille Version of Uno for Blind Players
Mattel rolled out a braille version of the popular game Uno, allowing people who are blind or partially sighted to play.
Error Instruments Launches Blind Noise Touch-Synth
Experimental instrument makers, Error instruments have just released Blind Noise.
Amazon Launches New Alexa Skill That Identifies Groceries for People Who Are Blind and Visually Impaired
Amazon launched a new first-party Alexa Show skill called Show and Tell in order to help the visually impaired identify groceries and other household items like boxes, cans, or other packaged items that are hard to identify by touch.
Yahoo Finance App Makes Charts Accessible To Blind and Partially Sighted Users
Yahoo Finance is making its stock charts on iOS and Android apps accessible to the blind and partially sighted.
Unseen, An Audio Comic Book for Blind People
Unseen, an audio comic book. It is the first comic book aimed at blind people
How losing access to comics after becoming blind inspired Unseen, the first audio comic aimed at readers who see with their mind.
Samsung Launches New Apps for Deaf-Blind and Visually Impaired
South Korean tech giant Samsung introduced two new solutions-Good Vibes and Relumino – that will provide the deaf-blind a strong communication tool and enable people with low vision to see better.
Legally Blind Engineer Makes Self-Driving Car Sensors See
Nico Gentry, a 25-year-old manufacturing engineer from Orlando, Florida, is working in the autonomous car industry, where “they’re building the eyes for cars,” as he put it. He works at a LiDAR company called Luminar. LiDAR stands for Light Detection and Ranging; it’s a sensor technology that uses light to measure distance and detect objects, and it’s often called the “eyes” of self-driving cars.
This Talking Menu Will Help Blind and Visually Impaired Customers
Pubco Fuller’s has introduced a talking menu service to improve the experience of blind, visually impaired or dyslexic customers who want to order food.
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