In recent years, Facebook has tried to be more accessible to people who are blind and visually impaired by using alt text for their photos so a screen reader will be able to describe photos they come across their visual feed. Later on they introduced automatic alternative text (AAT) that generates photo descriptions on demand … Read more
Software developer creates a simplified website of coronavirus statistics to make them accessible for the blind or visually impaired A Boston-based software developer wanted to make COVID-19 stats accessible He created a simplified website that would be easily readable by electronic braille readers and other common aid devices used by the visually impaired Called CVStats.net, … Read more
Apple could release a camera app for its iPhone that SPEAKS to help those who are visually impaired snap the perfect photo Apple’s new patent will help those visually impaired take pictures with an iPhone The camera app analyzes the scene and tells users where the faces It determines if the camera is not level … Read more