The Nike Go FlyEase is accessible designed footwear that can be put on and taken off without any hand-held assistance. Slipping the shoe on and stepping down allows the shoe to lock into place. The shoe opens when one foot steps on the “kickstand” heel, allowing the shoe to pop up, and open. The design […]
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The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite is a staple e-reader that offers users the ability to read and listen to books on an LED-backlit screen. While not designed for use only by disabled users, the Kindle is an assistive technology that allows for flexible usage depending on individual accessibility needs. The Weight of Reading I have a
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“ModMath” is an educational application that assists students with dyslexia and dysgraphia who struggle with numerals formation and mathematical notation, which can be astounding for the development of mathematical capability over a lifetime. This assistive technology application was invented and developed by Dawn and Josh Denberg for their son suffering from dyslexia, dysgraphia, and ADHD.
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Skyle Eye Tracking device, is a device designed to help individuals with physical disabilities control their devices with their eyes that uses eye-tracking technology to track the movement of the user’s eyes and translate that into input for the device.
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What is Bionic Reading? Bionic Reading is a new method facilitating the reading process by guiding the eyes through text with artificial fixation points. As a result, the reader is only focusing on the highlighted initial letters and lets the brain center complete the word. In a digital world dominated by shallow forms of reading,
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Envision Glasses is an AI-powered smart glasses aid for people with visual impairments to read text, identify people, describe the scene, and navigate. Based on the enterprise edition of Google Glass, Envision Glasses is able to articulate everyday visual information into speech and speak that out to the users.
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In 2009, Google introduce machine-generated automatic captions to YouTube. These automatic captions are generated by machine learning algorithms, and allow YouTube creators to easily add captions to their videos. YouTube viewers can toggle captions on and off in video settings.
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Seeing AI is an app developed by Microsoft to utilize AI for accessibility. The app features various modes to assist blind people such as barcode scanners, document readers, and experimental AI modes such as person recognition. “Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you. Designed for the blind and low vision
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A Brief History For those of us who live with a dog, or dogs, we make sacrifices to ensure our canine companions have the best life. We buy their food, purchase the best beds, and forgive them when they rip apart our favorite throw pillows. Most of all, we sacrifice our dignity and swallow our
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Reading is a fun diversion, whether it’s a riveting novel or an interesting blog post or a funny tweet. It becomes a challenge when you are sleep-deprived or in a noisy environment and it’s hard to concentrate. This simple activity poses an even greater challenge for people with cognitive impairments that affect their ability to read.
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