Microsoft Accessibility Feedback Welcome to Microsoft’s Accessibility Feedback forum. We are very interested in learning more about what products, features, and tools will delight our customers. Please share your ideas with us and remember to vote for ideas posted by others that you also think are great. If you accidentally came here in need ofContinue reading “Microsoft Accessibility Feedback: Hot (133 ideas) – Customer Feedback for Microsoft Accessibility”
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Mobile Phone Physicality and Inverse Feedback for Input
Thought: Feedback can be turned to alternative input if inverted. Fabian Hemmert does research through and about design and creates projects like shape-changing-mobiles, weight-shifting-mobiles, breathing and pulsating ambient-life mobile device feedback. The mobile concepts are designed to provide different feedback mechanisms that are physical. I’ve often written about the importance of feedback when operating all mannerContinue reading “Mobile Phone Physicality and Inverse Feedback for Input”
Using Posterous as a feeder
I'm trying to setup Posterous as a central place that will handle posting of stuff to my various sites. This is kind of a test. The idea is to have one place to manage it all and have a central place to post to and have that feed into whichever service I wish. This isContinue reading “Using Posterous as a feeder”
Phone designed for the Blind shows importance of feedback
SENS concept phone. by Japanese designer, Takumi Yoshida I’ve written previously about the importance of the correct type of feedback for input, especially when one or more of your senses fail you. This SENS phone uses a combination of tactile sensors and audio feedback to the user. When a person key is pressed the phoneContinue reading “Phone designed for the Blind shows importance of feedback”
New iPod and the Importance of Input Feedback
Being the geek I am, as well as the sleeper I am, I found myself following the Apple ‘Let’s Rock’ event at 2.30am. One interesting thought about the new stuff that was announced is the accessibility aspect is being thought about and incorporated at th design stage. Like most of the things to do withContinue reading “New iPod and the Importance of Input Feedback”
Mark Pesce feed munger
After chasing all the places Mark Pesce chooses to write his missives, a tweet sent by @stilgherrian this morning asking Mark if he had a feed which gathers his writings from all the places it’s thrown spurred me on to creating one. So this evening I threw together a yahoo pipe of Mark’s feeds. GetContinue reading “Mark Pesce feed munger”
ConnectingUp 2008 yahoo pipe feed
Seeing I won’t be there I’ve created a yahoo pipe to track activity at ConnectingUp 2008 Conference.I’m using the tag ‘cu08’ and as suggested by @kanter following the #cu08 hashtag for twitter.Feed published at this link here.http://pipes.yahoo.com/js/listbadge.jshttp://pipes.yahoo.com/js/imagebadge.jsDave
Feeds
Below are the direct links to the different feeds I have. Blogs Blob – the blog of David N Wallace Lifekludger – life=life; kluge=workaround FuneralMusicList – User contributed list of suggested music for funerals. Podcasts Spoken Lifekludger posts– this is the feed of all the posts on Lifekludger in audio format {via Odiogo.com} Blobcasts –Continue reading “Feeds”
Feedburner FeedFlare add-ons
Was wandering around Bloglines and came across this in the Mashable blog about some new features in Feedburner. I use Feedburner so added them to my Lifekludger blog. Check out the Lifekludger feed and see what you think. Look for the links at the bottom of each post. From the Feedburner blog: FeedFlare is initiallyContinue reading “Feedburner FeedFlare add-ons”
How to Add Alternative Text to Facebook Photos
The news about adding alternative text to Facebook images wasn’t announced in the same way as the news that Twitter added the alternative text feature for images a couple of years ago. … … What is Alternative Text? Alternative text, also known as alt text, lets you add text descriptions to photos, diagrams, and illustrations.Continue reading “How to Add Alternative Text to Facebook Photos”
Ford’s ‘Feel The View’ prototype aims to help visually impaired people ‘see’ outside cars
… Developed in collaboration with visual impairment specialist Aedo and GTB Roma in Italy, Feel The View is a unique device that uses a range of hardware to relay vibrations on a car’s windows. These vibrations effectively relay Braille-like feedback of the scenery outside the car, hence enabling the visually challenged individuals to ‘see’. ThisContinue reading “Ford’s ‘Feel The View’ prototype aims to help visually impaired people ‘see’ outside cars”
Should developers work around assistive technology bugs?
… I was surprised at how little people were aware of this bug. I wondered if people were really testing their work with Safari and VoiceOver. Perhaps nobody thinks this is as big a deal as I thought? The biggest surprise though was the negative feedback over my solution. I got a lot of feedbackContinue reading “Should developers work around assistive technology bugs?”
Tipo : Braille Smartphone Keypad
After working with a user group of visually impaired on earlier version’s of braille keyboards, it was highlighted that there is no comprehensive way of typing into a smartphone. Current software solutions are too slow, do not give good tactile feedback or just are a pain to type with. Even though there are many softContinue reading “Tipo : Braille Smartphone Keypad “
Accessibility With Apple – Brave In The Attempt
… Apple continues to lead the way. In fact, every photo and video on their site is made accessible with captions for the hearing impaired (in multiple languages) and audio descriptions for those with visual impairments. Even basic features you like are accessible in ways you may not have considered. Consider the Apple Watch with taptic feedback for theContinue reading “Accessibility With Apple – Brave In The Attempt”
Google’s DeepMind AI can lip-read TV shows better than a pro | New Scientist
An artificial intelligence system developed by researchers at DeepMind and the University of Oxford got so good by watching 5000 hours of BBC programmes Artificial intelligence is getting its teeth into lip reading. A project by Google’s DeepMind and the University of Oxford applied deep learning to a huge data set of BBC programmes toContinue reading “Google’s DeepMind AI can lip-read TV shows better than a pro | New Scientist”
New accessible purchasing rules for Australian government – Information Access Group
In great news for people with disability, last month the Australian Government announced that all levels of government will adopt an internationally aligned standard for purchasing websites, software and digital devices. This means that, when governments buy products and services, they must be accessible. … So, this is a great step forward for inclusion inContinue reading “New accessible purchasing rules for Australian government – Information Access Group”
WCAG is not scary anymore – A progressive approach to Website Accessibility | Herin Hentry
WCAG is not scary anymore was the title of my presentation at A11yCamp, Melbourne 2016 representing Planit Software Testing, Accessibility Services which received good feedback from the audience. I thought I will follow that up with an article on LinkedIn to share with a larger audience. … Source: WCAG is not scary anymore – AContinue reading “WCAG is not scary anymore – A progressive approach to Website Accessibility | Herin Hentry”
9 Video Secrets Only Top Marketers Know – Ai-Media
… 4. They know that mobile is king and silence is golden. On Facebook, three-quarters of all video content is seen on a mobile device. Since smartphones allow us to watch videos anywhere that’s connected to the Internet, we’re watching video almost everywhere. And when you’re in public places, silence is golden.Here’s a look atContinue reading “9 Video Secrets Only Top Marketers Know – Ai-Media”
WordPress Accessibility Team Seeks Testers Using Speech Recognition Technology
Rian Rietveld and the Accessibility team are working to improve the experience of using WordPress with speech recognition software, such asDragon Naturally Speaking (widely considered as one of the best for desktop use.) In particular, the task of adding media to a post has a number of obstacles that make it nearly impossible for thoseContinue reading “WordPress Accessibility Team Seeks Testers Using Speech Recognition Technology”
Why Your Links Need a Hover Effect – UX Movement
Links contain text, but they should never look like text. When users read a web page, they need to be able to distinguish what’s clickable. If your links don’t have enough contrast, users could miss them.Color is Not Enough for the Colorblind Most sites make their links a different color from their text. But that’sContinue reading “Why Your Links Need a Hover Effect – UX Movement”
Innovative Web-based Accessibility Solutions Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments
JACK is an unprecedented 5-in-1 online accessibility suite comprised of turnkey desktop & mobile applications to meet core AODA legislative requirements in less than 1 hour. The software automates core compliance required by all Ontario businesses with 1 or more employees and includes AODA eTraining for staff and much more. JACK is also a CustomerContinue reading “Innovative Web-based Accessibility Solutions Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments”
Two New Smartwatch Apps Aim to Help the Visually Impaired
A new pair of watch apps from pharmaceutical company Novartis has been launched with the intent of helping the visually impaired. The first app, Via Opta Nav, provides turn-by-turn navigation in the manner of Google Maps or Waze, but directions are provided with both voice directions and with haptic feedback. The second app, only availableContinue reading “Two New Smartwatch Apps Aim to Help the Visually Impaired”
Designing for Non-Native Speakers
… Some curious facts emerge when you compare the languages most sites use, versus the languages most internet users speak. While around half of all web pages are in English, only about 28 percent of the people using the internet speak English as a first language. Interesting, right? There are billions of people who useContinue reading “Designing for Non-Native Speakers”
Answers for Society’s Most Uncomfortable Questions
5 Helpful Answers To Society’s Most Uncomfortable Questions | Cracked.com. [parts saved here for posterity] You’re not a person. This is going to sound like some real Rust Cohle shit, but bear with me because deep down you already know all of this. For instance, you already know that you are, to a certain degree, a productContinue reading “Answers for Society’s Most Uncomfortable Questions”
Robot-building twins enable themselves through 3D printing technology
The ABC runs a article on two brothers with advanced muscular dystrophy in Melbourne who are using 3D printing tools to build things they need. The brilliant thing about 3D printing is that you don’t need your own. You can design your own things and send the file to others who have a 3DContinue reading “Robot-building twins enable themselves through 3D printing technology”
