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… was still novel, De Witt defined it and described its application in an article for the "Americans with … American society. For people with disabilities [,] the application of technology is particularly powerful." Born in … we're particularly interested in hearing about include: Apple iOS mobile devices Android mobile devices MS Windows …
AccessWorld August 2014

Android's Big Step Forward: A Review of the Screen Enhancement Features of Android 4.2.2

… Android market is inching ever closer to the one million apps marker, indicative of the potential influence Android … OS For several years now, the level of accessibility within Apple's mobile and tablet operating system (iOS) has been … pan any part of the viewable screen, regardless of which app or setting you're in. The Magnification Gestures feature …
John Rempel
AccessWorld July 2013

Seeing the Possibilities: An Analysis of STEM Resources Available for People with Vision Loss

… the money—the model was durable and I could feel the Golgi apparatus, nucleus, mitochondria, lysosomes, etc. This "toy" … high above the paper. All diagrams are very detailed, and appropriate for high school and college studies. The charts … past issues. Also, the iPhone has its own Color Identifier app, which appears to surpass all others when it comes to …
Tara Annis
AccessWorld July 2011

Transportation

… door if needed or speak to the driver. When they are [strapping my power chair down], they have no choice [but] to … his gloves from when he was driving the bus to when he strapped me down. ... [In my opinion, he needed to] wipe the … be established. Public transit agencies must make their apps and websites fully accessible to those who are visually …

Focus on AFB: Summer 2020

… indoor spaces using beacons that send signals to an app, now she’s working on building sensors into a suitcase … What surprises people about your life? That I’m actually happier and more creative now than I was before I lost my … advocate for yourself? When I was first losing my sight, I applied for a lot of jobs I was perfectly capable of doing, …

Focus on AFB: Fall 2020

… the gamut from usability and conformance testing of mobile apps, websites, and devices by people with disabilities, to … mouse, either.” Many firms simply scan websites and mobile apps to make sure they comply with accessibility laws and … But AFB Consulting prefers to take a 100 percent user-based approach. The team digs deep, talking to users and drawing …

Transcript of Making Money Work

… find all of our AFB100 events at afb.org/100. We're also happy to have our ASL interpreters here with us today. And … But one of the things we wanted to really look at is what happens when we started to look at that intersection between … before COVID. So just a couple of things to highlight that happened in the first four months of COVID. We saw that for …

Pokémon GO: Let’s Catch ’em All!

… the unprecedented opportunity that Nintendo and the app developer, Niantic, have to provide equal access to the … distance and actual address, would allow anyone with the appropriate orientation and mobility skills to navigate to … Stop, you have to spin a disc and collect some items that appear by swiping over them. This can be done with auditory …
AFB Staff

Book Review: All You Need and Want to Know about iMessaging

… via cellular network on their mobile phones. In 2011, Apple introduced iMessage, a text messaging service that has … the length of messages sent, and, perhaps of even greater appeal, using iMessage is free. If you have an iPad, for … texts using iMessage via WiFi without charge. You need an Apple ID, which you can get by signing up with iTunes …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld January 2013

What's New in Assistive Technology at the 2017 American Council for the Blind Conference and Convention

… to each summer is the opportunity to find out what's happening at all of the conventions related to blindness and … One thing that was promised was the ability to update apps individually. At this year's ACB conference, I didn't …
Jamie Pauls
AccessWorld August 2017

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