CTV Newsflipped into SaskatoonSaskatchewan New Braille books to expand selection for young Sask. readersctvnews.ca - Carla Shynkaruk SASKATOON -- Learning Braille has opened up the world for Saskatoon Grade 5 student Dev Nayak. Nayak, who is legally blind, came to Canada from India …
Global Newsflipped into Global NewsCanadian News Donation helps support visually impaired students in SaskatchewanGlobal News - nicolestillger Sitting in the Confederation Park School library, Xavier Stonechild-Dorward reads his Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials book out loud – gently moving his …
Technology Braille reading in decline; technology, lack of teachers among causesfox5vegas.com - Cassandra Mlynarek LAS VEGAS (FOX5) – The nation is facing a major shortage of braille teachers. Less than 10 percent of visually impaired people can read braille …
University of North Texas Mattel's new braille UNO deck promotes proper inclusivenessntdaily.com - Davie Nguyen On Oct. 1, Mattel announced that UNO will be releasing a new deck of cards. However, this time the deck will be designed in braille. The game has …
HyperledgerSD Times news digest: Microsoft’s AI for Accessibility grants, Hyperledger Sawtooth 1.2, and Accusoft Barcode Xpress .NETsdtimes.com - Jakub Lewkowicz Microsoft announced that it is offering a grant to ObjectiveEd, the makers of the Braille Tutor app, which incorporates AI-based speech recognition …
ABC News US facing national shortage of braille teachersABC News Fewer than half of legally blind Americans are braille readers.
TechCrunchAccessibility Microsoft accessibility grants go out to companies aiming to improve tech for people with disabilitiesTechCrunch - Devin ColdeweyThe tech world has a lot to offer those with disabilities, but it can be hard to get investors excited about the accessibility space. That’s why Microsoft’s AI for Accessibility grants are so welcome:
Microsoft Storiesflipped into Microsoft StoriesAccessibility Ideas from the heart could help make employment more attainable for people with disabilities - Storiesmicrosoft.com Kim Charlson was 11 when she started losing her eyesight because of glaucoma. An operation a year and a half later not only didn’t help, it resulted …
Belfast Liveflipped into NewsBelfast Maghaberry prisoners produce braille school books for Co Tyrone schoolgirlbelfastlive.co.uk - Orlaith Clinton The new books have made a positive impact on her progress Prisoners from Maghaberry have produced 100 braille books for a school child who was born …
Gloucestershire, UK Blind woman finds surprising fault with Cheltenham but has plan to fix itgloucestershirelive.co.uk - Robin Jenkins Megan Paul found very few restaurants in the town had menus in braille Megan Paul has found very few restaurants in Cheltenham have menus in braille …
Mandurah, WA All about the kids: Mandurah Children's Festival set promises fun for everyone this weekendmandurahmail.com.au - www.mandurahmail.com.au Children and families will pack out the Eastern Foreshore this weekend for the annual Mandurah Children's Festival. Coinciding with National …
MTA MTA testing new accessibility features at busy Brooklyn subway stationnydailynews.com - By Clayton Guse One of Brooklyn’s busiest subway stations has turned into a testing ground for features designed to help riders with disabilities. Metropolitan …
Brooklyn, NY MTA unveils new 'accessibility laboratory' in Brooklyn testing commuter ideas for disabled ridersabc7ny.com DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A transit hub in Brooklyn is being used by the MTA as a so-called "test kitchen" to see which ideas work best …
ABC NewsEducation There's a national shortage of Braille teachers and the situation is direABC News - Faith Bernstein "When my son was born, he was the first blind person I’d ever met," Emily Coleman told "Good Morning America." Coleman, 40, now works as a …
NeatoramaBlindness UNO Cards Now Available in Brailleneatorama.com - John Farrier Mattel now offers its famous card game in a format accessible to the visually impaired. The company is now selling decks in which the numbers and …
TechRadarflipped into TechRadarGoogle New Chrome feature describes images on websites for you – here's how to try ittechradar.com - Cat Ellis Google has added a new feature to Chrome that can identify the objects in an image, and describe them for users with sight impairments. The new tool …
Mediumflipped into Human PartsHumanity It’s Like You’re Trying to Waterboard Me With Honeymedium.com - Ben Kassoy It’s like tonight is a blank page and a blinking cursor. They say Shakespeare was a woman. They say God is, too. It’s like you’re nesting dolls of …
Outlook Magazineflipped into Outlook IndiaHaryana Photo voter slips printed in Braille for Haryana pollsoutlookindia.com Chandigarh, Oct 15 (IANS) Haryana Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Agarwal on Tuesday said that for the convenience of the visually-impaired, electors …
Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee VA celebrates White Cane Safety Day with services for visually impaired veteranscbs58.com MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Tuesday, Oct. 15 is White Cane Safety Day. At the Milwaukee VA, the day is meant to show off all of the opportunities available …
Book Riotflipped into AudiobooksPopulation Viral Story of Edmund Kemper’s Audiobook Narration Tells Bigger Storybookriot.com - Kelly Jensen A few years back when Mindhunter first hit Netflix, a story went viral about Edmund Kemper, serial killer, who narrated a number of popular books on …
Ravens Ravens Superfan Mo Gaba Named Honorary Captain Ahead Of Game Against Bengalscbslocal.com - CBS Baltimore BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Sunday afternoon, the Bengals come to town to face off against the Ravens. For the game, the Ravens will be led by a very special …
CNNflipped into U.S.Law School A lawsuit argued the LSAT discriminates against the blind. Now it's changing for everyoneCNN - By Ryan Prior, CNN(CNN) — A man in Michigan has won a legal settlement that will change the test all prospective lawyers take to get into law school. Angelo Binno said he felt called to be a lawyer since he was in middle
The Washington PostBooks Book Club from The Washington PostThe Washington PostIt was hard, but the Swedish Academy found a way to foul up this year's Nobel Prizes in Literature. You may remember that the academy members took last year off to put their house in order after a shocking
EngadgetGoogle Chrome Chrome will use AI to describe images for blind and low-vision usersEngadget - Georgina TorbetThe internet can be a difficult place to navigate for people who are blind or who have low vision. A large portion of content on the internet is visual, and unless website creators use alt text to label
MNNorth70flipped into Watch TimeGratitude Review: Eone makes a high-quality Braille watch for those who are blind - Business InsiderBusiness Insider - Owen BurkeWe should all only be so lucky to be able to look at a watch let alone anything. Eone's watches are works of modern art that help people who are blind and living with low vision tell time in style. They'll
Regina, SK Here’s everything you need to know about how to vote on Election Dayctvnews.ca - Digital Content Producer If this is your first time voting in a federal election, you’ve come to the right place. Below is a list of everything you need to know before you …
TechSpotGoogle Lens Chrome now uses AI to describe images for users with vision impairmentTechSpot - Cal Jeffrey In context: As a primarily visual medium, the internet can be difficult for those with eyesight problems to use. Unless web designers used alt text …
MobileSyrupflipped into MobileSyrupVisual Design New Chrome feature uses AI to aid users with visual impairmentmobilesyrup.com - Aisha Malik Google has announced a new feature for Chrome that uses artificial intelligence to help people who are blind or have low vision. The feature will …
Fast CompanyGoogle Photos Chrome’s new AI feature solves one of the web’s eternal problemsFast Company - Katharine SchwabTo help blind and low-vision users, Google is using machine learning to generate descriptions for millions of images. The internet—and social media in particular—is dominated by images. But not everyone
Icon version of the Flipboard logoColorado Q&A – X Ambassadors’ Sam Harris Talks Game Of Thrones, Lizzo, Inclusivity and Beer303magazine.com - Mariah Hansen The last year has been nothing if not busy for alternative band X Ambassadors. Amidst an album release, they’ve also found time to collaborate on a …
