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UberAssist Arrives in Another Location to Help People with Disabilities.
Uber announced that UberAssist will start running in Macau, which is sometimes called the Vegas of China. People who are disabled can choose the UberAssist button from within the app to let Uber know that they will need special assistance. For now, Uber has trained 100 drivers in Macau to handle special needs. They can communicate in sign language; they have been trained on how to fold wheelchairs; they know how to help people in and out of the car; and they have been trained on how to help people who are blind or visually impaired.
Once a person with a disability request an Uber
Assist ride, a qualified driver will call them to make sure of the meeting place, and ask if there are any special needs. The cost is the same as an UberX ride, which is the least expensive version.
This program is already running successfully in neighboring Hong Kong, and Uber hopes to bring it to many more locations.
TalkBack 5.2 Gets Major Changes in Beta Release
Version numbers are not always what they are cracked to be. Windows 10, for example, has kept the version at 10.0, with only incremental build numbers which are prefixed by the month and year.
Spotlight with Charlene Xia of Team Tactile: Creators of Tactile: A Real-Time Text to Braille Device
3D Ultrasounds for Expecting Mothers and Fathers Who Are Visually Impaired
Many years have passed since I had the experience of finding out I was going to be a parent. My youngest is ten now but, none-the-less I still remember the awe and wonder I shared with friends and family as I passed around each of my children’s ultrasounds.
VIP: To Measure Or Not to Measure?
Join Jessica, James, and Nelson for another exciting VIP as they discuss the latest happenings in accessible tech. Lots of excitement this week, and we’ve got you covered! Here are our stories
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Cool Picks: March 20, 2017
Cool Picks returns with Jessica Rickards, Joel Ramos, and Hugo Gallegos as they tell us all about their latest tech.
Spotlight On Everett Elam: Experiencing The World Through Study Abroad
Join Jessica for another special CoolBlindTech Spotlight Interview. This time we feature Everett Elam, recipient of the Gilman Scholarship Program. He shares some amazing experiences and highlights from his exciting experience which are not featured anywhere else.
Microsoft’s Game Chat Transcription Provides Text to Speech and Speech to Text Transcription.
Microsoft announced a new accessibility feature for Xbox and PC gamers. This new feature allows a person to have their spoken game chat transmissions transcribe to text for those who cannot hear, and it also allows people to have their text chat transmissions converted to speech for those who are blind and cannot read the screen.
VIP: Setting Assistive Tech on Fire!
In this VIP, Joel Ramos, Hugo Gallegos, and Jessica “Fyre” Rickards tell us all about what is burning up the Assistive Tech World.
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