Deaftel Wireless – Phone Service for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
A new iPhone app for the hearing impaired recently hit the market late last year. Deaftel Wireless uses state of the art technology to convert a hearing person’s voice into a text message and a deaf person’s text response into a voice during a phone call. iphone users need only to visit the Deaftel website […]
The Vodafone Foundation Smart Accessibility Awards
The Vodafone Foundation Smart Accessibility Awards is a contest that promotes the development of apps designed specifically to improve the lives of older adults and people with disabilities. The program is supported and co-organized by AGE Platform Europe, the European network of around 160 organisations of and for people aged 50+, and the European Disability […]
Color Accessibility
Designer and illustrator Geri Coady authored an interesting piece about designing for people who are colorblind on the web design blog 24 Ways to Impress Your Friends. Coady provides background about colorblindness and explains how it can affect the usability of various visual media such as websites, graphs, maps, and even video games. Coady also […]
Free Online Tourism Tool
The Instituto de Biomecanica de Valencia has been presented with the Ulysses Award for Innovation in Research and Technology. Presented by the World Tourism Organization, the institute was given this honor for its online application tool, TurAcces/IBV. With this tool, tourism managers can assess their facilities for accessibility based on current ADA laws and standards. This […]
100 Resources for An Accesisble Website
WHdb has put together a great list of ‘100 Killer Web Accessibility Resources: Blogs, Forums and Tutorials.’ The list is broken up into several categories, including resources for people who are color blind and hard of hearing, or those looking to expand their knowledge on how to create an accessible website.
Study Finds that iPads Help People with Low Vision Read Better
At the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting, researchers from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School reported on a study that found that digital tablets improve reading speeds for people with low vision. The study was made up of two separate experiments. In the first experiment, 62 people read newspaper articles in three formats – […]
WeMo Baby – The iPhone Baby Monitor
Belkin has made parenting a little more convenient with the new WeMo Baby iPhone Baby Monitor that turns your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch into a baby monitor. Setting up the WeMo Baby is very easy – after putting the monitor in the baby’s room, parents can download the free application on their iOS device […]
Closed Captioning on YouTube
New regulations requiring closed captioning for Internet-based video which has previously been broadcast on television went into effect on September 30, 2012. According to the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act that was signed into law in 2010, video that has been shown on television is required to include closed captioning when later redistributed […]
AT&T faces complaint over iPhone Facetime blocking
Public interest groups on Tuesday said they will file a complaint against AT&T for blocking certain customers from using Apple’s FaceTime video app over the mobile network, a practice that may violate rules on Internet access.
Washington State School for the Blind recognized for distance-learning innovation
Since 2010, Washington State School for the Blind has put Microsoft’s Lync software to use in an effort to keep students learning and teachers teaching – even when they cannot be in the classroom. The distance learning system has been praised by both teachers and students, allowing individuals who are sick or cannot get to […]