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Accessibility – BingNews – Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 7:05 PM Employers And Workers With Disabilities Both Benefit From Technology Accessibility Companies that ensure their technology is accessible to all, typically experience enhanced … [+] productivity, more innovation, improved recruitment and retention, as well as a stronger brand identity. Pexel Technology in our lives andContinue reading

New apps for visually impaired users provide virtual labels for controls and a way to explore images

https://news.umich.edu/new-apps-for-visually-impaired-users-provide-virtual-labels-for-controls-and-a-way-to-explore-images/ New apps for visually impaired users provide virtual labels for controls and a way to explore images With VizLens, users can touch buttons while their phones read out the labels, and Image Explorer provides a workaround for bad or missing alt text VizLens uses a smartphone’s camera to view control interfaces, such asContinue reading “New apps for visually impaired users provide virtual labels for controls and a way to explore images”

Developing Apps With Accessibility In Mind

According to the World Health Organization, there are almost 1.3 billion people in the world who live with some form of physical or cognitive impairment—that’s 16% of the world’s population! Making apps accessible means that these people can enjoy the same experiences as everyone else. But it’s not just about people with special needs. AccessibilityContinue reading “Developing Apps With Accessibility In Mind”

Today on the show, Steven and Shaun talk about the breaking news over the weekend that a group of developers have come up with an alternative to the much-loved Microsoft SoundScape app, called OpenScape. The new app is in a beta phase and is slowly being rolled out to people who want to take partContinue 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”

Behind Apple’s new voice cloning feature ↦ Fast Company’s Harry McCracken talked to some of the team behind Apple’s new Personal Voice accessibility feature about its development as well as some more fine details: When it came to enabling third-party apps to speak via Personal Voice, Apple put privacy measures in place similar to thoseContinue reading