This week Jessica, Joel, and Hugo drop some knowledge in their latest Cool Picks!
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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:
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.
VIP: Can’t Touch This! Hands-Free Tech Meets Fashion, and More!
Join Jessica, Joel, and Hugo for another exciting VIP! This week, our team explore everything from fashionista Alexa, to Google’s latest venture which might just allow you to use that smart phone with greasy hands. Here’s a taste of what’s coming in this exciting episode!
New Method In Printing Braille Is Now In Prototype
A UK based engineering company has created a new and innovative way of providing printed Brailled for the blind. KW Special Projects, along with engineers from Hungary, have developed a prototype of a Braille printer called “B.My.Jet.”
CNIB Launchs Vision Loss Rehabilitation Saskatchewan
“If an optometrist or ophthalmologist or general practitioner refers a client, they will come to Vision Loss Rehabilitation Saskatchewan rather than the Canadian National Institute for the Blind,” said Christall Beaudry, executive director of CNIB Saskatchewan. “The reason for that is really simple. We wanted to break down stigmas and barriers for people who have vision loss.”
VIP: Beaming Directly in to Your Brain
Join James, Jessica, and Nelson as they discuss some of the top stories from CBT this week.
An introduction and installation guide to the Windows 10 Creators update
Note: This is the first part of two in a series detailing what is to come in Microsoft’s new Creators update. Part 2 details new features and experiences.
Spotlight On COMMTECH USA: Empowering Through Technology
Join Jessica for an exciting spotlight interview with Gabe Vega, CEO of Commtech USA..
Bristol Braille Develops the Canute: First Multi-Line Braille EBook Reader.
Bristol Braille has created Canute, a multi-line braille eBook reader. It has 9 lines of refreshable braille. Each line has 40 cells of braille. That is an amazing 360 cells, essentially making it a full page of refreshable braille.
It is about the size of a laptop, and is designed to work as a braille version of a Kindle eBook reader. It is estimated to cost about 600 Brittish Pounds, or about $750 U.S.
If you are curious about the name, Canute is the name of an English king from the eleventh century.
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