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
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
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