India: Global Campaign Launched to Flatten the Inaccessibility Curve
May 14, 2020
Indian NGO Chakshumathi has launched a 60-day online training program in assistive technologies aimed at popularizing their usage in education for students with visual impairment Read More
Source: Times of India
New Device to Aims to Help Restore Sight for Some Persons with Visual Impairment
May 14, 2020
The Orion, developed by researchers at UCLA is an experimental implantable device that enhances users’ ability to navigate by restoring their capacity to detect movement and distinguish light and dark Read More
Source: WMC 5
Tool Provides an Opportunity to Make Coding Accessible to Persons with Visual impairment
May 12, 2020
A tool named CuriO takes a multisensory approach to programming and has been designed with an interface that combines touch and sound to make coding easier. Read More
Source: Nature
Fiji: Sign Language Interpreters Make News Bulletins More Accessible on National Television
May 09, 2020
Persons with hearing impairment in Fiji now have daily access to accurate news information on COVID-19 through the availability of sign language interpreters on two national television stations. Read More
Source: Fiji Village
Inclusive Education: Grant for New Project Aims to Provide Equitable Services for Students with Disabilities
May 08, 2020
An $8 million, five-year grant aims to improve educational inclusivity for children with disabilities in New Jersey’s public schools Read More
Source: North Jersey
New, Free App Provides Entertainment Access to Persons with Visual and Hearing Impairment
May 08, 2020
Spectrum Access is an app available on Apple App Store, designed to provide accessible entertainment by enhancing the in-home entertainment experience for customers with visual and hearing impairment Read More
Source: Telecom Paper
FCC Grants Conditional Certification For IP Captioned Telephone Service Using Only Automatic Speech Recognition
May 05, 2020
The FCC has granted conditional certification to MachineGenius, Inc. to provide Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service using only automatic speech recognition technology Read More
Source: FCC
United Nation (UN) Releases Policy Brief on a Disability-Inclusive Response to COVID-19
May 05, 2020
The Policy Brief highlights the impact of COVID- 19 on persons with disabilities and outlines key actions and recommendations to make the response and recovery inclusive of persons with disabilities. Read More
Source: United Nations
Researchers in Ireland Help Develop Platform to Teach Math to Students with Visual Impairment
April 29, 2020
A team at Dublin City University (DCU) has helped develop new assistive technology to help children with visual impairment learn maths online. Read More
Source: Silicon Republic
FCC Proposes Expanding Described Video Mandate to More Markets
April 23, 2020
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to require forty more markets to provide audio descriptions of video programming. Read More
Source: Multichannel
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