Wegmans launches new ALS accessible app

Wegmans launches new ALS accessible app. The app, called Aira, connects those hard of hearing on a video call with an ALS ...
Mashable

Apple adds accessibility labels to App Store, braille options to hardware

Apple's new accessibility features include more customizable reading modes, new Apple Vision Pro uses, and an update to the App Store. Credit: Apple Previewing a slew of new features set to be ...
Forbes

The App Store’s Major Allure Always Has Been, And Always Will Be, Accessibility

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steven covers accessibility and assistive technologies. Jason Snell recently wrote a piece for his Macworld column in which he ...
Forbes

Croissant App Makers Talk Accessibility, User Interface Design, More In Interview

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steven covers accessibility and assistive technologies. When Apple redesigned the App Store in iOS 11 in 2017, the company boasted ...
CNET

This App Is Like a Waze for Accessibility. Here's How You Can Use It -- and Pitch In

AccessNow is an accessibility platform that uses AI and community insights to help people with disabilities find and share information worldwide. Carly Quellman, aka Carly Que, is a multimedia ...
Engadget

Google’s accessibility app Lookout can use your phone’s camera to find and recognize objects

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Google has updated some of its accessibility apps to add capabilities that will make them easier to use for people who need them. It has ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

App makes museum experience more accessible

Art lovers who are deaf or hard-of-hearing soon will have access to a deeper, richer museum experience, thanks to Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf. The ...
9to5Mac

New Sonos app breaks accessibility for visually impaired users, here’s what this advocate recommends

The new Sonos app launched today and was met with swift and intense backlash for removing many features and capabilities that long-standing customers value. While the company made an official ...
Android

Reddit will exempt accessibility apps from its new API pricing

The recent changes Reddit made to its API pricing has left some third-party app developers in chaos, however, some developers — specifically, of apps focused on accessibility — will be off the hook ...
WBJournal

EcoTarium launches accessibility app to boost equitable museum viewing

Worcester’s EcoTarium has launched a mobile-phone navigation app prototype in collaboration with students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute aimed at elevating the outdoor museum-going experience for ...
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Erika's Favorites: New app confronts an accessibility barrier in Boston

BE DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE, EVEN MORE SO IF YOU’RE A PERSON WHO NEEDS ASSISTANCE WITH MOBILITY. SO ENTER THE AHOY APP AND IT’S FOUNDER JAY KANDEL WHO IS HELPING TO OPEN NEW DOORS FOR PEOPLE WITH ...
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New app confronts an accessibility barrier in Boston

FOR. JAKE HANDLE NAVIGATING THE NORTH END OF BOSTON ON HIS ELECTRIC SCOOTER GIVES MIND THE GAP AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT MEANING. VROOM, VROOM. OH, BOOM. MADE IT EVEN WHEN IN THE COMPANY OF HIS FRIEND AND ...