New Website Rates Accessibility in Local Restaurants in Illinois
October 29, 2019
To assist restaurant-goers University of Illinois students have evaluated the accessibility of local Ilinois restaurants and reported their findings on the website Access Urbana-Champaign. Read More
Source: Illinois News Bureau
United Kingdom: £34m Government Investment Could see ‘Care Robots’ for Older Persons
October 28, 2019
The U.K. government has launched a research program that may result in the development of sophisticated “care robots” deployed to assist older persons. Read More
Source: CNBC
Indonesia: Inclusive Education Aims to Reduce Barriers to Education for Children with Disabilities
October 25, 2019
The Australian aid program and Indonesian government have partnered to identify new ways of improving learning outcomes and reduce barriers to education for children with disabilities. Read More
Source: Devex
International Sign Language Draws Attention as Tokyo Games Approach
October 25, 2019
As the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics draw ever closer, more people in Japan are taking courses in international sign language. Read More
Source: Kyodo News
Ohio State Implements New Disability Services Program
October 25, 2019
Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities and the Ohio Department of Higher Education announced the Ohio College2Careers program for persons with disabilities. Read More
Source: The Lantern
Microsoft Awards Accessibility Grants to Startups
October 17, 2019
Microsoft’s AI for Accessibility grants program has recently announced grants for ten new startups looking to adapt AI for accessibility. Read More
Source: Tech Crunch
MTA Unveils New Accessibility Laboratory
October 17, 2019
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York has launched an accessibility laboratory in Brooklyn to test eleven different accessibility features in one station including smartphone apps Read More
Source: ABC7 NY
New Movement Encourages Use of Alt Text
October 12, 2019
New Zealand nonprofit Blind and Low Vision NZ through its campaign Alt Text For All, aims to encourage individuals and businesses to use Alt Text for digital content. Read More
Source: News Now
LinkedIn's AI Tool Suggests Alt Text Descriptions for Photos
October 10, 2019
LinkedIn has built a computer-vision tool that can generate text descriptions for images uploaded onto its platform and aims to make content on its platform accessible to more users. Read More
Source: Venture Beat
Researchers Use AI to Make Memes More Accessible
October 10, 2019
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have developed a tool that uses Artificial Intelligence to describe the image and text to make memes more accessible to persons with visual impairments. Read More
Source: The Next Web
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