Smart Cities Must be Accessible for Persons with Disabilities
January 09, 2019
Smart cities could be lousy to live in if you have a disability as they fail to make sure the technologies they adopt are accessible to everyone. Activists and startups are working to change that. Read More
Source: MIT Technology Review
Texas Tech to Offer Students with Visual Impairment Access to the Aira App
January 04, 2019
Aira technology will be fully accessible and free of charge to anyone on Texas Tech’s campus and will help ease navigation within the campus for students with visual impairment. Read More
Source: KCBD
Kenyan Develops App to Communicate With 6-Year-Old Niece with Hearing Disabilities
January 04, 2019
Roy Allela, a Kenyan technology evangelist, has invented smart gloves named Sign-IO that convert sign language movements into audio speech. Read More
Source: Kenyans
Chat Functionality in Games Must be Accessible to Players with Disabilities
January 03, 2019
Under the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act games released after January 1, 2019 must include accessible chat functionality for persons with disabilities. Read More
Source: Paste Magazine
Highlighting China’s Accessibility Work in 2018
January 03, 2019
The resource conveys the major progress in information accessibility for China in 2018, ranging from central and local government policies to development from IT industry giants. Read More
Source: Weixin
Huawei's App Uses Sound to Allow Persons with Visual Impairment See Emotions
January 02, 2019
Huawei’s has developed an app called Facing Emotions app that uses AI to allow persons with visual impairment see the emotion on the face of the person they are talking to by translating it into sound Read More
Source: Dezeen
Robot Stands and Live Streams for Student with Disabilities at School
January 02, 2019
Utilizing virtual communication technologies, a young student with a disability is using robotic technology known as The Beam,to attend class virtually and make interaction with peers less restrictive Read More
Source: The Athens News
Using AI Technology for Subtitles in Real-Time
January 02, 2019
Valencia’s Polytechnic University have developed Polisubs, an automated, real-time subtitles system created using AI technology to be used during live events for persons with hearing impairments. Read More
Source: SciTech Europa
India: Reserve Bank of India invites Tech Solutions to help Persons with Visual Impairment Identify Currency
January 01, 2019
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has invited expression of interest from vendors to develop mobile phone-based solutions to help persons with visual impairment easily identify Indian currency notes. Read More
Source: Hindu Businessline
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