Wednesday, 2 October, 2013
Source: Media Access Australia
The website Media Access Australia assures Facebook is now more accessible than a year ago, particularly, to screen reader users. Notwithstanding, it also warns that despite these improvements, the popular social network still remains a complex platform for persons with disabilities and assistive technologies users to access.
Monday, 30 September, 2013
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued guidance for developers of mobile medical applications that perform similar function as traditional medical devices. The guideline outlines the FDA’s tailored approach to mobile apps.
Thursday, 12 September, 2013
The ZTE Open is the first smartphone running on Mozilla’s Firefox OS mainly targeted to first-time smartphone users. While it offers a few interesting features, it may not be accessible to some users with disabilities.
Thursday, 12 September, 2013
The Amóvil website, in collaboration with the Vodafone Spain Foundation, will offer its 1st Workshop on Accessible Mobile Technology. It will focus on the methodology used to analyze accessibility of mobile technology. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the accessibility guidelines and the features required to make mobile devices fully accessible to people with disabilities and other special needs.
Tuesday, 3 September, 2013
My Smart Eye is an app designed to crowdsource vision, and help blind users identify objects in their surroundings with the help of micro-volunteers.
Using available assistive devices in their smartphone, the blind person makes a picture of any object with their mobiles, and shares it with a network of micro-volunteers who provide descriptions in real time. Replies are received in seconds and through text to speech features.