The Blind Deserve Tech Support, Too Why don’t tech companies care more about customers with disabilities? Finding himself in the position of having to justify his disability to a person who was intent on questioning its reality, Bahram asked—in terms he admits were rather pointed—that the call be escalated to a manager. … But accessibleContinueContinue reading “Tech companies should care more about customers with disabilities.”
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Picture this: An app for blind photographers
The app, which has already won two prestigious design awards, allows someone who is visually impaired to not only recognize their photos but also to organize them and even share their shots through social media. Curated by (Lifekludger) Read full article at Source: Picture this: An app for blind photographers
Disability and Graduate Job Hunting | Robbie Crow
I’m blind. Not completely, but I’m registered blind. I have been since birth and there’s no chance of fixing it. During my life I’ve faced many challenges, most of which I’ve overcome. … Nevertheless, the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do as a blind person is find a job. Why? Of course, I faceContinueContinue reading “Disability and Graduate Job Hunting | Robbie Crow”
Smartphones, apps liberate the blind, visually impaired
Ruben Morales, a blind 59-year-old retired engineer who lives in this Silicon Valley city, has used a specialized screen-reading program for years to write and run spreadsheets on his desktop computer. But recently, he figuratively cut the cord to his desktop and joined the mobile revolution. Morales was visiting an area Veterans Affairs blind rehabilitationContinueContinue reading “Smartphones, apps liberate the blind, visually impaired”
Map Traffic Lights for the Visually Impaired
Imagine trying to cross a busy city street without being able to see the traffic lights change color or glance down the road to make sure the oncoming cars have stopped. For the blind and visually impaired, that’s just one aspect of navigating the world that presents a challenge, but an app called SeeLight aimsContinueContinue reading “Map Traffic Lights for the Visually Impaired”
Smartphones, apps are liberating the blind and visually impaired
Ruben Morales, a blind 59-year-old retired engineer who lives in this Silicon Valley city, has used a specialized screen-reading program for years to write and run spreadsheets on his desktop computer. But recently, he figuratively cut the cord to his desktop and joined the mobile revolution. … learning how to use an iPhone’s features for vision-impairedContinueContinue reading “Smartphones, apps are liberating the blind and visually impaired”
Accessibility – beyond the screen reader | Web design | Creative Bloq
There are 6.3 times as many people who have low vision than there are people who are blind. … People with low vision will usually either depend on browser features to resize text or zoom the page, magnification software, customized style sheets, built in high contrast themes, or a combination of the above. While screenContinueContinue reading “Accessibility – beyond the screen reader | Web design | Creative Bloq”
A shape-shifting navigation device for both the sighted and visually impaired (w/ Video)
Without doubt, this concept has to be the most lateral thinking piece of technology I’ve seen recently. Just think what it would be capable of if it had GPS built in and a route could be preprogrammed in it from a map. Or a phone providing real time navigation information from a pocket and the cubeContinueContinue reading “A shape-shifting navigation device for both the sighted and visually impaired (w/ Video)”
Chieko Asakawa: How new technology helps blind people explore the world | TED Talk | TED.com
How can technology help improve our quality of life? How can we navigate the world without using the sense of vision? Inventor and IBM Fellow Chieko Asakawa, who’s been blind since the age of fourteen, is working on answering these questions. In a charming demo, she shows off some new technology that’s helping blindContinueContinue reading “Chieko Asakawa: How new technology helps blind people explore the world | TED Talk | TED.com”
Smartphone Device That Maps Surroundings to Aid Blind
Curtin University research a smartphone-like gadget that senses an entire room’s features, builds a virtual map of it and communicates this to the user may one day replace the humble white cane to help blind sense their surroundings. Using special multi-sensor array technology, the Indoor Navigation Project will enable blind to sense their surroundings beyondContinueContinue reading “Smartphone Device That Maps Surroundings to Aid Blind”
Tactile Watch – ‘Touch Time’
On Kickstarter is a beautifully designed time-piece called ‘The Bradley’ – made for wearers – including the blind and visually impaired — to tell time through touch rather than sight. Instead of traditional non-visual designs allowing one to ‘feel’ the watch hands,or rely on audible read time, “The Bradley” uses two ball bearings: oneContinueContinue reading “Tactile Watch – ‘Touch Time’”
Snapvoice – Photos With Audio Recordings
Using Snapvoice you can add an audio recording of up to 90 seconds to a single image. I came across SnapVoice and it reminded me of an earlier post on a similar app, VoicePic, and some thoughts I had in that post around Mechanical Turk. I think this would be an excellent way to shareContinueContinue reading “Snapvoice – Photos With Audio Recordings”
Dynamic Physical Buttons on Touch Screens
World’s first dynamic deformable tactile surface capable of creating dynamic physical buttons that users can actually see and feel in advance of entering data into the device. [wp_youtube]bwbO2JvW6lE[/wp_youtube] Tactus Technology
Bluetooth Bracelet with Vibration and Display
bluetooth wristband Hack a Day had a post about this BT bracelet. Forgetting the usefulness or otherwise of the display, I think there must be a myriad of uses due to the vibration of the device, especially for Blind users, for alerts of different kinds. [via] [Bluetooth Bracelet with Vibration and LCD Display – FromContinueContinue reading “Bluetooth Bracelet with Vibration and Display”
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 phoneContinueContinue reading “Phone designed for the Blind shows importance of feedback”
Turn phone into walking radar to detect physical spaces
The “Walking Radar” project connects up a Basic Stamp and IR sensor to your cell phone in order to detect objects in the environment and influence games on the device or trigger SMS messages to be sent. [Make] It occurred to me this gadget if hooked up to the vibration part of your phone couldContinueContinue reading “Turn phone into walking radar to detect physical spaces”
