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Assistive Technology: Screen Readers (JAWS and NVDA)

Zheng Geng / September 9, 2024 / News

Screen readers, like JAWS and NVDA, enable people who are blind or visually impaired to access digital content by converting text into speech and allowing navigation through keyboard shortcuts. These tools enhance digital accessibility, providing users with an alternative to visually engaging with websites, applications, and documents. Screen Readers: Enhancing Digital Accessibility Screen readers are […]

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Assistive Technology: Bloomberg Connects App

Leewon Seo / September 9, 2024 / Design Critiques

What is Bloomberg Connects? The Bloomberg Connects app provides free digital guides to over 550 museums, galleries, gardens, public art, festivals, historic sites, and more, expanding access to arts and culture around the world. The app offers the ability to learn about current exhibitions at a portfolio of participating cultural partners through dynamic content exclusive

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Assistive Technology: Netflix Audio Descriptions

Sara Ma / September 9, 2024 / Design Critiques

Audio descriptions are an accessibility feature on video streaming platforms that uses narration to describe what happens in a scene between dialogue. This feature benefits people who are blind or have low vision to understand plot-critical details that are visually communicated in a video.

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Assistive Technology: Seeing AI

Anita Liao / September 9, 2024 / Design Critiques

Seeing AI is a free app by Microsoft available to mobile devices from Apple and Android that helps people who are blind or have low vision navigate the world. This app uses augmented reality, artificial intelligence (AI), and aural technology to accomplish a number of tasks its users can rely on.

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Design Critique: Polycam

Anita Liao / February 6, 2024 / Design Critiques

The app critique that will be discussed is Polycam, which allows its users to scan real-life items or space into 3D objects in the software. Some of the goals and tasks the user may want to perform on this app include scanning an item of interest and converting it into virtual reality objects as well

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Design Critique: Screen Slate (Website)

Yu-Hsien Wu / February 5, 2024 / Design Critiques

Analyzing the design of the Screen Slate webpage.

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Design Critique: Capsule Pharmacy

Priscilla Ignacio / February 2, 2024 / Design Critiques

What is Capsule? Capsule is a digital pharmacy that delivers prescribed medication straight to patient’s doors in four of New York’s five boroughs (Staten Island excluded), on the same day and free of charge. Its goal is to create a more friendly and seamless experience for patients and doctors, facilitating the logistics and access to

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Design Critique: Little Alchemy 2 (iOS app)

Sarah Geiz / February 1, 2024 / Design Critiques

Little Alchemy 2 is a puzzle game where players start with four basic elements (air, earth, fire, and water) that they can combine into new elements, with a maximum of 720. This design critique is focused on the iOS app version, but it is also available on the web, Chrome, and Android. STARTING PAGE Upon

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Design Critique: The Domino’s App (iOS)

jiten thakkar / February 1, 2024 / Design Critiques

Domino’s is the largest pizza chain in the US and the world over. They are industry leaders in terms of innovation, marketing, supply chain management and coming up with innovative campaigns such as the recent ‘Domino’s Pinpoint Delivery’ service that delivers pizza to you anywhere you like, without requiring your address.This along with their market position and popularity should ideally mean they have an extremely efficient, user friendly and responsive website and app interface.And through this design critique, I shed light on some key usability issues I noticed in the Domino‘s app interface.

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Design Critique: Medium Website

nidhi Gowda / February 1, 2024 / Design Critiques

Medium is an influential online blog platform, that seamlessly brings together professionals, publishers, and knowledge enthusiasts. It offers a rich mix of original and curated content, fostering a vibrant space for sharing ideas and insights. Catering to both those seeking knowledge and content creators, it serves as a hub for quality articles, fostering meaningful discussions.

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