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Accessible Banking for People with Visual Impairments

… a Talking ATM near you, check your bank’s website or mobile app, or call their customer service hotline. Banking Online … accounts. It may also offer both Android and iOS mobile apps you can use to check your balance and perform other banking tasks on the go. Most of these websites and apps are quite accessible, especially those offered by the …

Ooma phone—a mostly accessible and nearly free option for your home landline phone

… a cellular network when your internet is down—extra fees apply. Ooma combo packages include either one or more Ooma … use alternate color schemes. The Ooma Telo The Ooma Telo is approximately 8 by 6 by 2 inches tall, With the rear edge … access and review VMs on the phone, on the Ooma Home Phone app discussed below, or have your VMs emailed to you, which …
Bill Holton
AccessWorld February 2023

Four Ways Google Is Building a More Accessible World for the Visually Impaired

… awarded a Google Impact Challenge grant to develop a mobile app that helps users independently locate bus stops and … and a new set of navigation sounds. Creating accessible apps — The Accessibility Scanner is a new tool for Android that lets developers test their own apps and get tips on ways to enhance accessibility. For …
AFB Staff

In This Issue

… In This Issue Editor's Page Happy Holidays! 2018 Holiday Shopping and Gift Giving Amazon and Target Offer One-Stop Shopping Apps for Holiday Gifts by Janet Ingber iOS apps from Amazon and Target have been designed to simplify …
AccessWorld December 2018

A Guide to the Read2Go App for Apple iOS, from Bookshare

… We've been reading with the Read2Go app from Bookshare since it was released in 2011. The app was buggy when it first came out, but a series of … or volunteer, at Bookshare's website . An Overview of the App Read2Go is available in the iTunes App Store for $19.99. …
Aaron Preece, Darren Burton
AccessWorld March 2012

Reading Print with Low Vision

… or a smartphone. For more tech-savvy users, there are apps and Web services available to allow subscribers to … options built into each device, there are often other apps or programs that may add more features. For example, a … program for Windows is Vispero's ZoomText , and a popular app for the iPhone or iPad is Microsoft's Seeing AI . Here …
Steven Kelley
AccessWorld July 2021

Amazon Fire-TV Recast: Accessible over-the-air TV channels with no cable bill

… So far we’ve covered Netflix, YouTube TV,  Disney+, Apple TV+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, HBO+, and … antenna, and smartphone running the iOS or Android Fire-TV app to set up the Recast and, if you  like, stream live and … not need to be near your TV--install  and open the Fire TV app.  Beneath listings for your current Fire TV devices, …
Bill Holton
AccessWorld September 2022

Braille and Tactile Graphics at CSUN 2022

… and four other buttons that can be configured by the application. The Dot Corporation has been working with Apple to add additional braille features to their screen … five control buttons and two system buttons. The Bonocle app runs on iOS or Android. It includes dozens of …
Judy Dixon
AccessWorld April 2022

Running Galaxy TalkBack on the Sprint Galaxy S6 Smartphone

… so much as an iPhone 6. With a glass front and back wrapped in a metal bezel, identically placed volume buttons … and a lock button just a bit more centered than that on Apple's flagship model, the Galaxy S6 represents a new form … personal experience, the Sprint GS6 is without doubt the snappiest, most responsive Android phone I have ever tested. I …
Bill Holton
AccessWorld July 2015

Around the web: What we're reading this week

… that contract with the federal government. The Unofficial Apple Weblog: LookTel releases recognizer app for the visually disabled LookTel , which came out with the Money Reader app last year, has come out with a new app using the same …
AFB Staff

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