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Introduction Amtrak is a travel application designed to streamline the process of planning and booking train journeys across the United States. It offers features such as real-time train schedules, ticket purchasing, and seat reservations. Users can easily search for routes, view fare options, and manage their bookings directly from the app. The Amtrak app also […]
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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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Authors: Cassandra Cyphers, Shivani Kolte, Eleanor Cunningham-Rothwell Pinterest has both an ethical responsibility and business interest in ensuring its platform is accessible to all users, with approximately 1 in 4 U.S. adults experiencing a disability at some point in their lives. The platform itself does meet several accessibility principles set out in the Web Content
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Apple Maps is a web mapping service created by Apple inc. Apple Maps is the default mapping software on all iOS devices. As a web mapping service, Apple Maps provides global cartography based on the travel patterns from iOS devices. Users can get directions through various modes of transportation as well as find locations nearby
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FigJam is an online collaborative tool which can be used for anything from brainstorming to build including diagramming, strategy and planning. It empowers teams to express their ideas visually and make things together in real-time. FigJam has fun elements like adding stickers, dot voting, leaving voice messages, etc that makes collaboration more engaging and personalized.
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StoryGraph is a new social cataloguing app for users to log and share the books they are reading. Serving as one of the only competitors to Amazon’s Goodreads, StoryGraph is a promising solution to the growing resistance among users towards interacting with Amazon. Users can accomplish many of the same tasks on StoryGraph as they
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Domino’s is one of the largest pizza restaurant chains with locations in the United States, India, the United Kingdom, and other locations. They offer pickup and delivery through their own service or through a third party like Uber Eats and Doordash. In this article, I will critique Domino’s iOS mobile app using concepts discussed by
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The BRO wheelchair is meant to provide the function of an electric wheelchair, in which the user is able to move around in society in accordance with their needs and disability. In addition to this ground-level function, the BRO also has technology that allows for users to climb curbsides, sets of stairs, and navigation on
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Via Jersey City : Like a ride share, but better! Via Jersey City is a ride-sharing application designed to provide residents and visitors in Jersey City with convenient, affordable, and on-demand transportation solutions. Serving as Jersey City’s on-demand public transportation service, Via offers seamless connectivity to the PATH and various other destinations. With just a
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The Pattern, an astrology mobile application available to both IOS and Android users. Generates personalized profile of users, offering insights to various personality traits and notable timing; aimed at helping users understand themselves and others. You may add friends to learn more about their personalities, their timing, and relationship dynamics. 1. Create an account While
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