New Tool Launched for Developers to Understand How Users with Visual Impairments Interact with Websites
March 13, 2020
Google Chrome has launched a new tool to help developers simulate vision impairments to make changes accordingly to their code and ensure the website is accessible for persons with visual impairment. Read More
Source: The Next Web
New Insurtech Launched for Digital Accessibility Compliance
March 11, 2020
A new insurtech product known as AAAtraq has been launched to help organizations demonstrate reasonable adjustment toward digital accessibility compliance and help mitigate the threat of legal action. Read More
Source: Insurance Business
New Study by University of Surrey Awarded Grant to Make Multilingual Content Accessible to All
March 11, 2020
The Economic and Social Research Council, UK has awarded £426,000 to the University of Surrey to research on interlingual live subtitling to ensure accessible multilingual content to all. Read More
Source: Telemedia Online
Deque Brings Machine Learning to Accessibility Testing
March 09, 2020
Deque has successfully integrated Machine Learning technology to perform powerful visual analyses to significantly reduce the amount of manual work required to identify and fix accessibility issues. Read More
Source: Devops
Kenya: Portable Devices to Help Students with Visual Impairment Access Education
March 05, 2020
The Kilimanjaro Blind Trust Africa and Ministry of Education, Kenya have launched Orbit Reader, a paperless portable device for students with visual impairment to access their study syllabus. Read More
Source: All Africa
Ireland: New Report Aims to Developing Entrepreneurial Potential of Persons with Disabilities
March 03, 2020
The report, 'Pathway to Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities in Ireland' aims to provide policymakers with a blueprint for developing the entrepreneurship in persons with disabilities. Read More
Source: Silicon Republic
Software in UMD Libraries Aims to Improve Computer Accessibility
March 02, 2020
A pilot version of the software Morphy allows assistive technologies to be accessible on computers and has been created by Trace Research and Development Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore. Read More
Source: The DiamondBack
China Launches New National Standard for Internet Users with Visual Impairment
March 02, 2020
China has launched a new national standard synchronized with W3C standards for the development of barrier-free internet services, with the aim to better serve internet users with visual impairment. Read More
Source: Xinhua
Disney Announces New Collaboration for Inclusive, Custom Tours
February 25, 2020
Disney Parks has collaborated with Listen Technologies on it’s MagicALL initiative to develop assistive technologies that provide a more inclusive and accessible experience for touring guests. Read More
Source: Rave Pubs
Rwanda: AI Firm Builds Speech Recognition for Kinyarwanda
February 25, 2020
A Rwandan artificial intelligence (AI) firm is working to build an automatic speech and voice recognition infrastructure for Kinyarwanda, the official language of Rwanda Read More
Source: New Times
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