Archive for the ‘Access’ Category

Keyboard Access for Google Maps

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Web Axe points to an article where Patrick H. Lauke provides a solution to making Google Maps keyboard accessible by retrofitting keyboard access into google maps. (Obviously JavaScript is still required.) Also, Google Maps provides a text-only option, which is nice for those using assistive devices, mobile devices, low or ...

RFID controlled phone dialing

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

More and more uses are surfacing for RFID chips and I can foresee many practical applications for alternative access to a myriad of life related activities. Hackaday reports on a phone prototype which uses RFID tags to dial. It is common for our motor skills and eyesight to deteriorate as we get ...

Puff activated kick pedal mod for Guitar Hero

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

[caption id="attachment_332" align="alignnone" width="290" caption="{puff switch for gh}"][/caption]Ben Heck has modded the kick pedal on the drums of guitar hero so it can be operated by puff of the mouth by someone who uses a wheelchair.   Ben shows exactly how he went about the awesome mod over on his blog in ...

Clarifi iPhone Case with Macro Lens for Low Vision?

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Great idea for people with low vision to read small print. Which is an interesting point. Just what 'Universal Access' (to use Mac OSX parlance) does the iPhone have? Anyone? [ThinkGeek :: Clarifi iPhone Case with Macro Lens]

Revisiting touch on the OLPC XO laptop and hardware access design

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

"Accessibility is about accommodating characteristics a person cannot change by providing options" -- Joe Clarke, 2001 * An outline * some ideas in olpc first look was promising * accessibility and usability are hardware issues too * accessibility should venture out of the online space into hardware design Last year I had a first look ...