Tag results for: accessibility
Google Gemini eases web surfing for users with vision and hearing issues
Android devices have offered a built-in screen reader feature called TalkBack for years. It helps people with vision problems to make sense of what appears on their phone’s...
Android’s screen reader can now answer questions about images
Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), and, as in years past, many tech companies are marking the occasion with the announcement of new assistive features for their...
Kia debuts the PV5 WAV, a wheelchair-ready electric van
Kia has introduced a wheelchair-accessible vehicle (WAV) iteration of its first electric van. The PV5 WAV offers several accessibility features, such as a side-entry system so a wheelchair...
Apple brings Magnifier to Macs and introduces a new Accessibility Reader mode
This Thursday is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), and as has been its custom for the last few years, Apple's accessibility team is taking this time to share...
Apple is bringing accessibility labels to the App Store later this year
Each year, on the same week as Global Accessibility Awareness Day, the accessibility team at Apple shares a slew of upcoming assistive features ahead of their public release....
DotLumen’s haptic headset could help blind people navigate
DotLumen founder Cornel Amariei describes his product as a “self driving” system to enable blind and low-vision people a way to get around. It’s essentially the electronic equivalent...
