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AFB Releases Phase 2 Study of Barriers to Digital Inclusion

… of people with disabilities on websites and mobile applications. The study continues to affirm that major … encountering inaccessible content online, through mobile apps, or kiosks. Among the key findings, researchers … truly reveal how time-consuming inaccessible web and mobile applications are for people who rely on assistive technology …

ATIA 2020 Wrap-Up: What's New and Noteworthy at the Assistive Technology Industry Association Conference

… at previous ATIA conferences, HumanWare unveiled a new app that aims to assist teachers in instructing their … to students or assist students with specific features. The app will take specific device tasks and break them down into … quickly. When the user selects the "How To" item in the app, they will be presented with a list of product …
Aaron Preece
AccessWorld February 2020

Windows Basics, Part 1

… default view you are presented with when Windows starts. Application windows are views that appear in front of the desktop. The desktop is always available behind other running applications. The taskbar is situated across the bottom of …

AccessWorld News

… only available on the iOS platform, is a notetaking app that has been designed to take advantage of Android's built in screen reader, TalkBack. The app has also been optimized to work with wireless Bluetooth … all of the features found in the iOS version of the app, but for this version we were able to add several other …
AccessWorld February 2015

Letters to the Editor

… capitalized word. With JAWS and NVDA at least, this is not happening as yet, and I'm not sure note takers are doing it … you know that I made a Jet account after reading To me, it appears really usable. I browsed and added an item to my … developers about blindness. And they need to make their apps fully accessible to blind and visually impaired users. …
AccessWorld February 2016

'Tis the Season

… shopping reviews of the Best Buy and QVC websites and apps as alternatives to the stress and inconvenience of … reviews of accessible culinary and recipe websites and apps. There is still time to get the shopping done, so if … out any past online holiday issue of AccessWorld . If you happen to be doing some cooking this time of year, you may …
AccessWorld December 2016

Digit-Eyes Product Representative Responds to AccessWorld Article

… depth of information. This option is free to use. I would appreciate you letting AccessWorld readers know about these … the next few months, AFB will be launching a notetaker app for iOS devices. You could download this app and purchase a wireless braille display to use with it. …
AccessWorld June 2012

AccessWorld News

… AFB Applauds Senate Introduction of the Access Technology … Act On behalf of the American Foundation for the Blind, we applaud Senators John Boozman and Ben Cardin for their … you definitely need to be. BeMyEyes is a free mobile app, available for both iOS and Android , that uses a …
AccessWorld April 2019

Assistance May be Right Next Door: A Review of Nextdoor.com

… subdivision, and/or neighborhood. There are also Nextdoor apps for both iOS and Android. I first joined Nextdoor when … in that screeching auto crash I heard the other night? Happily, the answer was no. Is there anyone in my small town … screen-reader friendly, both on the Web and using an app. The news feed is well tagged with heading markers, and …
Bill Holton
AccessWorld April 2020

Apple iOS for iPhone and iPad: Considerations for Users with Visual Impairments and Blindness

… The Apple iPhone operating system, known as iOS, was the first … you everything you will wish to know about operating an Apple touchscreen mobile device with accessibility. What we … just used Siri, that magical helper you hear on all the Apple advertisements, to enable VoiceOver. Turning VoiceOver …

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