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How To Install Blinds
Garth goes from tech-man to tool-man in this episode as he demonstrates his handyman skills on how to install blinds. This is one for all those people who ask you how you shave or cook when you are blind. Don’t let us down Garth.
This braille glove reads out loud for you
It can be difficult for some blind people to learn to read braille. That’s where the BrailleWear glove comes in, as it verbally tells them. The glove is being developed by assistive tech startup ORama AI.
The next Forza will be the most accessible Forza ever
Forza Motorsport is arriving later this year with all the usual improvements in visual immersion and fidelity you’d expect from the latest Forza. But it’s also going to let players who are blind or have low vision race around tracks by listening for clever audio cues making Forza Motorsport the most accessible Forza title ever created.
Be My Eyes integrates GPT-4’s image-recognition abilities
Be My Eyes, a Danish startup, applied the AI model to a new feature called Virtual Volunteer, for blind or partially sighted people.
Smart’ walking stick helps guide visually impaired grocery shoppers
A team of engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder are using artificial intelligence (AI) to develop a ‘smart’ walking stick for the blind or visually impaired.
TransLink launching accessibility pilot project using NaviLens
New Westminster and Vancouver are part of a TransLink pilot project to help customers with sight loss. The first of its kind in Canada, the project is designed to help customers to better navigate the transit system independently using the NaviLens app.
Bristol Braille Technology develops first braille gaming system
The sky is the limit for the tactile gaming device, called the Canute Gaming Dock‘s, from Bristol Braille Technology, which allows blind and partially sighted people to play and create their own video games.
JMU tests technology on campus for the visually impaired
James Madison University hosted a group of high school students to try out Microsoft Soundscape, with hopes of figuring out whether or not college is a good fit for them.
Railway company launches new sight loss assistance trial
In an industry first, South Western Railway (SWR) has embarked on a trial of new, cutting-edge technology which enables people with sight loss to navigate train stations with greater ease. The train company is trialling the myEyes app, which uses Near Field Technology, the same technology that allows contactless payment by mobile phone, to provide audio directions. These directions guide customers from the station entrance to the SWR Assisted Boarding Points on platforms, where they can get help to board their train with as little as 10 minutes notice.
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