Tag: software
Look to Speak helps people communicate with their eyes
https://youtu.be/c3oNaq2Cugs
Richard Cave has been a speech and language therapist for more than 10 years.
Throughout my career, I’ve specialized in working with people living with speech and motor impairments, particularly those who are non-verbal and...
Introducing Voice Control on Mac and iOS — Apple
https://youtu.be/aqoXFCCTfm4
Voice Control gives your voice the power to navigate, dictate, and work your devices in a new way. Coming Fall 2019.
Introducing Voice Control. Your all-access to all devices.
macOS Catalina includes new features to help...
Use your voice to access the world with a new Android app
Everyone can benefit from hands-free support when using technology, but for the 62 million people in the U.S. with motor and mobility impairments, it can be a vital requirement. For Stefanie Putnam, a quadriplegic...
Microsoft controller makes gaming more accessible to people with disabilities
https://youtu.be/9fcK19CAjWM
In an inspired moment, Microsoft is unveiling a game controller that enables players with disabilities to play games again. It is part of a growing movement to make tech more accessible to everyone on...
App lets quadriplegics use phone without physical assistance
https://youtu.be/yGwyLJV1Zr0
Instead of swiping with a finger, the technology lets users control the device with small head movements or voice commands. The technology can help people who are paralyzed or have limited mobility due to...
Bionic bodies: From typing with a glance to restoring paralyzed limbs, new technology aids...
If eye-gaze technology, motion sensor tracking and functional electrical stimulation sound like secret weapons of the CIA, you’d be half right. Much of the newfangled equipment in use for those with medical disabilities came...
A better world for wheels on Google Maps
https://youtu.be/_LbO-lr-6lU
More than 65 million people worldwide need wheelchairs. I became one of them after an accident eight years ago, and I discovered what it’s like to navigate the world on wheels.
As I learned, those...
EVA Facial Mouse for mobile devices
EVA FACIAL MOUSE is an application developed and promoted by CREA with the support of Fundación Vodafone España.
EVA FACIAL MOUSE is a free and open source application that allows the access to functions of...
Wheelchair accessible? Just ask Google Maps
Google is relying on crowdsourcing to make the world more wheelchair-friendly.
The search giant has launched a new feature through Google Maps that lists whether a location is wheelchair-accessible. Available only in the US to...
