The Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) has added hundreds of episodes of on-demand accessible television programs with audio description and captions. School personnel and parents with children who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind qualify for access. DCMP is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, and there are no costs associated with our program.
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Aipoly for Android is Now Available!
Earlier this year at CES2017, Aipoly won the Best of Innovation Award for Aipoly Vision 2.0. They also announced that Aipoly Vision for Android would be available for Android in April.
Spotlight with iMerciv: Creators of the BuzzClip
In this Spotlight Interview, James Oates sits down with Bin Liu and Arjun Mali, the founders of iMerciv and creators of the BuzzClip, which is a standalone wearable that helps people who are blind familiarize themselves with their surroundings and navigate unfamiliar areas both indoors and outdoors.
Navigate VR with Oculus Voice Speech Recognition.
Oculus announced that voice speech recognition is now available in English for users of the Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR headset. You can use your voice to navigate games and apps, and new features will be coming soon to enhance the social VR experience. Oculus wants everyone to be able to share their VR experience with all of their friends.
Although this doesn’t make the VR experience fully accessible for a blind person, it is a step in the right direction. Using this feature along with several other features for low vision users definitely helps those users enjoy the VR headsets that are out there.
Math Melodies is a Fun Way for Visually Impaired Children to Learn Math.
The creators of Math Melodies have developed a fun and interactive way for blind and visually impaired children to understand basic math concepts that are usually presented in a visual way. Although this app will work on an iPhone, it is designed to work best on an iPad. It allows a child to get audio feedback while feeling the layout of the math problem on the screen. In this way, a visually impaired child can see how the math problem looks in the same way a sighted child does. This might seem like a minor thing, but it is incredibly difficult for a young visually impaired child to understand these math problems when they are read by a screen reader on a computer. They just don’t get how the problems are being presented to them.
VIP: I Got a Feeling Somebody’s Watching Me
This week the Cool Blind Tech team discuss some major issues affecting your privacy while you are logged on to the internet. Joel, Jessica, and Hugo share their thoughts on Virtual Private Networks, how it affects you and why you should care. Plenty of important and fun topics are just waiting for you to press play on your favorite podcast player.
The new focus and features of the Windows 10 creators update: Further Unifying experiences
As the new Creators Windows 10 update keeps rolling out, many will find themselves wondering: Is it worth upgrading anyway? What am I getting? Will I lose functionality I’ve had? The answer is yes, yes you possibly might. However, what you do lose is replaced and in a way that can help you transition seamlessly to this new Windows 10 version without feeling overwhelmed.
A Demonstration of the Google Home Voice Activated Speaker
In a previous podcast, James Oates showed us the features available on a Google Home voice activated speaker. Now he gives us a live demonstration of those features in action. After listening to this podcast, you should have a good understanding of what the Google Home can do.
VIP: Explosive Accessible Technology
This week the Cool Blind Tech Team discusses some of the important questions surrounding the headlines in the tech world. Join Joel, Jessica, and Nelson as they share their opinions on whether or not a companies reputation should influence their decision on what accessible technology to buy. These answers and more are just waiting for you to press play and listen.
Cool Picks: April 3, 2017
In this week’s, Cool Picks, James Oates, Joel Ramos, and Rachel Feinberg discuss their favourite gizmos and gadgets.
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