Digital Divide: Only 4% of Mid-sized Cities Have Fully Digitized Services
April 01, 2020
CityGrows, a workflow automation platform for local governments has released its 2020 U.S. Remote Government Preparedness Index to assess how mid-sized cities are transitioning to digital services. Read More
Source: Smart Cities Dive
Braille Displays Could Become More Detailed and Resilient with New Material
April 01, 2020
A new material has been developed that could improve refreshable braille displays that are currently only able to show a relatively small amount of information at one time. Read More
Source: Engineering & Technology
New COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan Released
March 28, 2020
António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations has launched a new Global Humanitarian Response Plan that aims to address the needs of vulnerable people including persons with disabilities. Read More
Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Charlie Speech Recognition Device to Help Persons with Hearing Impairment Work Remotely
March 26, 2020
The Charlie speech recognition device by the Sensor-Tech Lab uses Artificial Intelligence to convert speech into text and display it on a smartphone or computer for persons with hearing impairment. Read More
Source: Invest Foresight
New Phonetic System to Enhance Access to Braille
March 25, 2020
A new phonetic system for students with visual impairment aims to increase braille literacy using designated symbols that represent the singing sounds of six languages. Read More
Source: Multi Briefs
Free Accessibility Tools for Remote Users
March 24, 2020
Freedom Scientific, a provider of accessibility tools for persons with visual impairment, is offering free licenses for the JAWS screen reader to help work from home. Read More
Source: Bureau of Internet Accessibility
New Resource on Accessibility and Distance Learning Options
March 21, 2020
U.S. Secretary of Education clarifies that federal law should not be used to prevent distance learning opportunities to all students, including students with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
Source: U.S. Department of Education
Mexico: Mexican Sign Language (LSM) to be Used in All Official Communication
March 17, 2020
A Mexican Courts order requires that authorities inform all population including persons with hearing impairment in Mexican sign language (LSM) about health details during COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
Source: Yo Tambien
GiveVision Partners with Sony to Develop and Manufacture Wearables for Persons with Visual Impairment
March 17, 2020
A UK-based startup has partnered with Sony to manufacture its next generation device that will condense its existing vision enhancing technology into a single pair of glasses to enable greater ease. Read More
Source: Tech Crunch
FCC Provides Flexibility for Sign Language Interpreters
March 16, 2020
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has provided temporary waivers to help American Sign Language interpreters telework to maintain the telecommunications relay services (TRS). Read More
Source: Multi Channel
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