A Single Injection of Nanoparticles Restores Vision to Blind Rats – COOL BLIND TECH
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A Boston-based software developer wanted to make COVID-19 stats accessible
He created a website that would be easily readable by electronic braille readers and other assistive devices used by the blind and partially sighted.Tyler Littlefield, a software developer based in Boston, has created a database of COVID-19 statistics meant to be accessible to the visually impaired.
Called CVStats.net, the site organizes up-to-date COVID-19 data in simple charts specifically designed to be legible to a range of aid devices the visually impaired use to access websites.
For Littlefield, and many other people with visual impairments, trying to stay updated during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge because many of the commonly shared charts and graphs are inaccessible, including those from the CDC and Department of Public Health.
“For many people with various types of disabilities, graphics and the information conveyed in them is hard to read and understand,” Littlefield told Vice.
“I believe in the idea of open data, data that everyone can access to help make informed decisions. Finding this lack, I created CVStats to present the data to users in a straightforward way, free of ads, click-through news articles and graphics.”
One of the main obstacles in making COVID-19 information more accessible are the conventions of modern web design. With a profusion of autoplay videos, pop-up windows, and animated inserts, many modern websites make it difficult for braille embossers to scan a webpage and convert its content into a braille printout.
“Clutter is the enemy of tactical legibility,” Naomi Rosenberg of the accessibility firm Lighthouse told Vice.
“For each of these, a blind reader is at the mercy of the designer, writer, or educator to produce quality graphics, concise image descriptions, or properly formatted tables,” Rosenberg said.
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Blackboard Launches Free Accessibility Tool that Converts Digital Course Content Into Accessible Formats
APRIL 6, 2020 6:36 AM
Blackboard Inc. announced the launch of the File Transformer, Powered by Blackboard Ally — a free resource enabling students to convert their digital course content into a range of alternative formats to meet their unique learning needs and preferences as they adjust to digital teaching and learning modalities.
The new resource allows students to personalize their learning experience and choose from several different format types designed to work better with mobile devices, assistive technologies, and study tools. The temporary, free resource is designed to ease students’ transition to digital learning as K12 school districts and higher education institutions continue moving to fully remote learning environments over the next several weeks as a result of COVID-19 contingency planning.
The File Transformer is an extension of Blackboard Ally, a solution that helps improve the accessibility of course content and uses machine learning algorithms to generate alternative formats of digital content for students. While Blackboard Ally integrates seamlessly into leading Learning Management System (LMS) solutions, the File Transformer is temporarily available to anyone and can be accessed outside of the LMS via web URL. Students can simply upload a digital file from their courses and select their desired file format, including mobile-friendly HTML, audio MP3, ePub, electronic Braille, and Beeline Reader.
Importance of ALT Text on your website | Turn7 Digital
ALT text is defined as alternative text or alt attributes. Alternative text is used as descriptions for images on an HTML document.
Why is ALT text…
— Read on turn7.io/resources/alt-text/
for those who are looking for TalkBack tutorials, Here is a link for instructional videos published by Hadley institute for the blind.
https://hadley.edu/InstructionalVideos/Listen_with_TalkBack.asp
See what the google assistant can do now!
This Handy Command Deletes the Last Thing Google Assistant Heard
There have always been incidents when Google misinterprets something I just said and triggers the Assistant. At times like this, I wonder how much personal
information it would have “accidentally gathered”. Well, there is a Google Assistant command that might come in handy in such cases.
All you have to say is “Hey Google, that wasn’t for you” and the Assistant will immediately forget everything it just heard. The incident will not be logged
in your Assistant activity. Cool, right?According to Google’s support page, you can also use commands like “Hey Google, delete my last conversation”, “Hey Google, delete today’s activity”, or
“Hey Google, delete this week’s activity” to quickly delete your Assistant data.Google is making some serious efforts to help you take control of your data and privacy. Recently, the software giant made it possible for you to
automatically delete your location history and activity data
periodically.Google Assistant has gained a lot of features in the recent past, including the ability to
narrate stories to kids
and an
interpreter mode.
With a few tweaks, you can even use Google Assistant to
control your Windows PC.The next time Google Assistant gets triggered out of nowhere on your phone or Google Home (I know it will), you know what to do.
Siri Comes to the Rescue of a 18-Year Old College Student Who Crashed into Freezing River
Siri Comes to the Rescue of a 18-Year Old College Student Who Crashed into Freezing River
— Read on www.iphonehacks.com/2019/12/siri-helps-car-crash-victim.html
WeWALK Smart Cane | AppleVis
WeWALK provides accessible navigation for the visually impaired. Use WeWALK application to get navigation, ask your questions to Alexa, initiate voice based interface called as voice menu and set your preferences… WeWALK transforms the usual white cane into an innovative smart cane, increases visually impaired people’s ability to move independently and promotes
— Read on www.applevis.com/apps/ios/health-and-fitness/wewalk-smart-cane
Counterfeit iPhone and iPad repair scheme costs Apple over $6 million, authorities say – 9to5Mac
Counterfeit iPhone and iPad repair scheme costs Apple over $6 million, authorities say – 9to5Mac
— Read on 9to5mac.com/2019/11/13/counterfeit-iphone-ipad-repair-scheme/
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