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Live Captions for everything on MS Windows 11
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Planck EZ: A Powerful, Backlit, Open-Source, 40% Mechanical Keyboard | Planck EZ
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Live Captions for everything on MS Windows 11
Microsoft Live Captions A chance typo (Win/Ctrl/L) brought t my attention that Microsoft (MS) actually provides a lot of captions at a system level that will in real time like captains of any audio played. It even will transcribe buit-in access features...
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Computer Control – with your tongue
Want to control your electronics with your tongue? This company is making that happen MouthPad resembles a plastic retainer and encases a trackpad, pressure sensor, battery, charging coil, and Bluetooth chip. Here’s what users can do with it. via...
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SNOWL – The Mouse Reimagined
Snowl is a wearable ring-shaped device that brings 3D range of motion to devices that are traditionally 2D such as touch screens and computer mice. With Snowl, you can experience precision control over your favorite devices through three motion tracking...
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Planck EZ: A Powerful, Backlit, Open-Source, 40% Mechanical Keyboard | Planck EZ
RGB Backlight? Check. Powerful open-source firmware? Check. Graphical configurator? Check. This keyboard has it all — 47 keys is all you are going to need. This compact keyboard impressed me as a possible good condidate for me or others who use a mouthstick...
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Operating System and Browser Accessibility Display Modes – The A11Y Project
Most computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones, and web browsers have specialized tools to help people read and take action on the content they display. Some of these tools are display modes, which are pre-defined display configurations you can tell your...
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Tue, Jan 01 2020 1:24 PM
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Designing Accessible Experiences at Scale
When we talk about scale, we think about systems, organizational patterns, and ways to optimize design. We want to make it easy for everyone who works in product to contribute. Most organizations use a single source of truth to organize components known...
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Accessibility Strategies for Your Content Team | Deque
Content creators can have a major impact on accessibility, here are some tips and tools to help empower content creators to take ownership of accessibility. … Read more at source: Accessibility Strategies for Your Content Team | Deque Read...
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Ford’s ‘Feel The View’ prototype aims to help visually impaired people ‘see’ outside cars
… Developed in collaboration with visual impairment specialist Aedo and GTB Roma in Italy, Feel The View is a unique device that uses a range of hardware to relay vibrations on a car’s windows. These vibrations effectively relay Braille-like...
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Siri Shortcuts stands to be a boon for people living with disability
I watched the Apple WWDC presentation this morning and was excited to see the announcement of Shortcuts. Siri Shortcuts Streamline the things you do often with shortcuts. Siri can now intelligently pair your daily routines with third-party apps to suggest...
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How a Smart Home Empowers People with Disabilities
… While advances in personal technology continue at a rapid pace, at times their designers seem to forget about the population that could perhaps benefit from it the most. Stabelfeldt says just the ability to charge a phone with a wheelchair didn’t...
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Airline Web Accessibility: Post US DOT Deadline Round Up
Round the world in 8 Days We are pleased to say we can conclude our round the world airline accessibility review, having looked at the six airlines (one from each continent) to see how they have approached the new US … Continued Curated by (Lifekludger...
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Sun, Aug 08 2016 1:11 AM
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Don’t let a disability stop you from using your smartphone
Watch video from usatoday Apple CEO Tim Cook recently tweeted, “Accessibility rights are human rights. Celebrating 25yrs of the ADA we’re humbled to improve lives with our products. #ADA25.”Apple and Google have baked strong accessibility...
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Tue, Aug 08 2015 7:57 PM
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Leapmotion Gestures for accessibility
Christian Heilmann has a neat article and video about using the Leap motion for accessibility gestures. In essence, this means: Swiping your finger right will scroll the page down, left will scroll up. The speed of the swipe defines the amount of pixels...
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Tue, Sep 09 2013 2:50 AM
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Head-gesture control in iOS7 accessibility options
iOS7 introduces head gesture contol as part of Apple’s accessibility tools. It cycles automatically through every on-screen icon, just like a scanning on-screen keyboard, with the user selecting options by moving their head. The ‘Switch control’...
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Tue, Jul 07 2013 2:20 AM
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Windows 8 & Metro Accessibility
Great article outlining Windows 8 & Metro Accessibility: “Our accessibility goals in Windows 8 are to: Improve the assistive technologies that are components of Windows, and provide a good experience with the Metro style UI. Provide developer...
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Wed, Mar 03 2012 1:00 AM
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