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Introducing XploreNinja, a navigation app powered by BlindSquare for Android

BlindSquare – Friday, June 30, 2023 at 5:50 PM Introducing XploreNinja, a navigation app powered by BlindSquare for Android devices In today’s fast-paced world, technology has become an integral part of our lives, shaping the way we communicate, work, and navigate our surroundings. For individuals with vision loss, technology has opened up new possibilities andContinue reading “Introducing XploreNinja, a navigation app powered by BlindSquare for Android”

Evolution & History of E-books

Despite the common e-book myths and backlashes, e-books have become the new face of famous textbooks and titles for bibliophiles. Its popularity shows a gradual increase, with a projected growth of 1.12 billion users by 2027. Meanwhile, its revenue is likely to show an annual growth rate of 2.01%. At such a pace, its marketContinue reading “Evolution & History of E-books”

No, ‘AI’ Will Not Fix Accessibility

No, ‘AI’ Will Not Fix Accessibility June 8, 2023; 0 Comments In recent years, a series of new technologies have provided better experiences and outcomes for disabled users. Collectively branded “Artificial Intelligence”, the two biggest breakthroughs have been in computer vision and large language models (LLM). The former, computer vision, allows a computer to describeContinue reading “No, ‘AI’ Will Not Fix Accessibility”

https://kathiecomments.wordpress.com/2023/06/05/digital-access-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-user/ Digital Access: a day in the life of a user 05/06/2023 // 1                 At a recent committee meeting, I was asked: What is the current state of digital access for those of you who use screen readers? Here’s a report about one day’s usage by one heavy user.                 Every day I read andContinue reading

https://www.helenkeller.org/7-common-accessibility-errors-on-websites-and-how-to-fix-them/ Learn about the most common accessibility errors on websites and how to improve them to build better website pages or call out issues on existing websites. By Aliana Manteria, Megan Dausch (Accessibility Specialist), Matthew Salaverry, and Tara Brown-Ogilvie (Accessibility Specialist) | May 18, 2023 Accessibility affects everyone: individuals who are DeafBlind, people with combinedContinue reading

How Screen-Reader Users Type on and Control Mobile Devices

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/screen-reader-type-control/? How Screen-Reader Users Type on and Control Mobile Devices “I can do everything you do as a sighted person, but it takes me a little bit longer and it takes me an alternative way of finding it and getting to it. […] The biggest thing we try to help blind people understand is [that]Continue reading “How Screen-Reader Users Type on and Control Mobile Devices”

AI? Artificial Intelligence? Accessible Intelligence!

AI? Artificial Intelligence? Accessible Intelligence! What We Can Look Forward To in the New AI World The Journey For the uninitiated, the concept of AI could seem new, but I can remember learning the term in the late 1980s when I took a course in LISP. LISP is a computer language originally developed over sixtyContinue reading “AI? Artificial Intelligence? Accessible Intelligence!”

New to Being Blind: How Lenovo’s Accessibility Features Help Overcome Vision Loss

Lenovo’s Product Diversity Office was formed in 2020 to ensure that Lenovo’s emerging technologies work for people of all backgrounds and abilities. While the team works to eliminate bias, they also look for improvements that provide a competitive user experience for people with disabilities. — Read on finance.yahoo.com/news/being-blind-lenovo-accessibility-features-161500505.html

A Beginner’s Guide to Accessibility Tools on Windows The Windows Accessibility tools help people with a variety of disabilities every day. Here’s a quick overview of all the tools. Microsoft has been at the forefront of accessibility and first took steps to address it in 1990 with Windows 3.0. Now with Windows 11, they’ve rampedContinue reading