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Project Understood: Teaching Google To Understand People With Down Syndrome & Speech Impairment
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/12/11 13:34:50) 
Since the inception of voice assistants like Amazon Echo and Google Home, a lot more products have voice assistants built in now – be it smartphones, headphones, various devices around the house, and even vehicles. It is estimated that by 2023 there will be 8 billion voice assistants in use! Voice Assistants are becoming a way of life for many people. With just a simple voice command, these assistants can perform simple to complex actions – be it telling what the weather is to ordering a pizza for you. However, for people with speech impairment, using a voice assistant is not easy because of its inability to understand the person’s speech, People with Down Syndrome, for example, have a unique speech pattern that makes it difficult for voice technologies to understand them, Why do voice assistants have trouble understanding people with speech impairments to begin with? Because today’s voice assistants are trained on what’s known as “typical speech&#8 ...
Dot Watch: Braille Smart Watch For Blind & Deaf-Blind People
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/12/9 7:26:18) 
It didn’t take long for the watch, which, for the longest time, had just one purpose (of telling time!), to go smart. For a smart watch, telling time is just one of the hundreds (if not thousan ...
Avaz Reader Helps Children With Dyslexia Read At Their Own Pace
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/11/18 13:34:39) 
MDA Avaz Reader, built in association with the Madras Dyslexia Association, is an app that helps and encourages children with Dyslexia to read independently by offering various features and techniqu ...
Simple Smartphone – An Easier Way to Stay Connected
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/11/12 14:00:12) 
Whether the text is too small, the meaning of the icons are hard to identify and remember, or one finds themself making accidental calls because of the complexity of modern smartphones, Simple Smartp ...
UNO Braille is Here!
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/11/7 14:39:45) 
Mattel and the National Federation of the Blind have partnered together to create the first ever Braille edition of UNO®. Now, both sighted, blind and low vision people can play together! UNO Braill ...
See this Poop-Scooper Robot in Action
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/11/4 13:34:40) 
Nobody likes picking up poop, but for some people with disabilities, this activity can be difficult or impossible. With Beetl Robotic’s Poop-Scooper prototype, this challenge may soon be a thin ...
3 Companies Making Wheelchair-Centric Halloween Costumes to Wow You!
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/10/26 17:53:10) 
Seriously MAGIC Wheelchairs The nonprofit, Magic Wheelchair, is an organization that “builds epic costumes for kiddos in wheelchairs — at no cost to families.” Founder, Ryan Weimer, fir ...
Grandma on a Mission: Custom-Made Pants for People with Down Syndrome
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/10/20 16:32:39) 
Growing up, did your grandma ever make you handmade apparel? Karen Bowersox took this idea for her granddaughter who has Down Syndrome to the next level. She founded the clothing line, NBZ Apparel In ...
A Stylish Weighted Blanket – The Gravity Blanket
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/10/18 14:00:26) 
A study conducted by the Occupational Therapy in Mental Health journal revealed that 63% of subjects using a wieghted blanket reported lower anxiety and 78% preferred the weighted blanket as a calmin ...
Detailed Voice Guidance In Google Maps Makes Walking For Blind People Much Easier
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/10/15 14:51:13) 
People with vision impairment who are also Google Maps users are in for a nice surprise! Starting October 10, which was also World Sight Day, Google announced a new update to Google Maps that will pr ...
Top 3 Innovative Accessible Offerings in Chicago’s Cultural Scene
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/10/11 15:09:28) 
If you are an arts and culture enthusiast living in or planning a visit to The Windy City, the Chicago Cultural Accessibility Consortium is definitely worth checking out. It highlights over twenty Ch ...
3 DIY LED Life Hacks For Parents Of Children With Visual Impairments
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/10/7 13:30:21) 
Did you know October 7th is National LED Light Day? To celebrate, today’s blog highlights 3 creative projects that use LED lights to help kids with visual impairments have more independence &#8 ...
Google’s Action Blocks Make Phones Accessible For People With Cognitive Disabilities
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/10/4 14:27:31) 
There are manythings an able bodied person can do very easily on their phones. Want to gosomewhere? Open the lyft app and get a ride. Cooking dinner? Look up a recipeonline. However, for the 630 mill ...
Tablift: Tablet Stand Provides Relief & Relaxation To People With Disabilities
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/9/30 13:59:17) 
Tablift is a low tech assistive technology device that can provide relief and relaxation to people with disabilities by giving them the ability to use tablets in a “hands-free” manner. Ta ...
New Accessible Music Tech Device ‘LOOPFREE’ Wins International Sound Award 2019
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/9/26 16:12:24) 
A new paradigm in music creation has been officially recognised at the prestigious International Sound Awards 2019 at the World Music Showcase, Reeperbahn Festival Hamburg Germany this week. LOOPFREE ...
Samsung Good Vibes App Lets Deafblind People Text Using Morse Code
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/9/20 5:21:20) 
Developed in association with Sense International India, Samsung Good Vibes is an app for deafblind people that lets them communicate with others using Morse Code! The app has two interfaces  &#8211 ...
Signia Introduces Hearing Aids That Understand Soundscape And Adjust To Wearer’s Movements
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/9/18 5:11:33) 
Acoustic-motion sensors enable a completely new sound processing technology that measures more aspects of sound than existing hearing aids to deliver vastly improved hearing from any direction, in an ...
WeWalk Is A White Cane Accessory That Changes How Blind People Navigate
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/9/9 11:00:44) 
A new startup, WeWalk, which recently graduated from the Microsoft for Startups program, is making waves in the assistive technology world. WeWalk has invented a product by the same name that attache ...
Nike Announces Air Zoom UNVRS Shoes For People With Special Needs
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/9/4 14:06:00) 
Continuing their trend of making shoes that works for everyone , Nike just announced a  new shoe that’s easy to take on and off for people with disabilities. The Air Zoom UNVRS was created kee ...
Lego Now Has Audio And Braille Instructions For Customers With Visual Impairment
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/9/3 14:08:12) 
Lego sets are possibly the most fun construction toys that are enjoyed by both children and adults. Through these fun lego sets, children learn a lot about planning, communication (if they are buildi ...
Plastic Bottles Turned Into Cheap Prosthetics
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/8/22 14:10:38) 
Engineers at DeMontfort University have found an ingenious and inexpensive way of creatingprosthetics. These engineers ground regular plastic bottles down and createdpolyester yarns from them. They t ...
See Sound Makes Sounds Accessible To Deaf People
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/8/19 14:11:55) 
Whether we are at home or work, we don’t really pay attention to the many sounds that surround us, and that we depend on to take action. Think of the microwave beeping – if it beeps, our ...
DisabilityTech Kickstarter HealthWhale is the newest HIPAA Compliant Database for the Disabled Community
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/8/12 6:08:38) 
Cashel Enterprises, LLC (DE) has launched a Kickstarter for their new product HealthWhale , the next best thing in Disability Technology. HealthWhale, which is being released online and is soon to be ...
Two Blind Brothers Make Clothes To Raise Awareness About Stargadt Disease
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/8/6 13:56:22) 
Brad and BryanManning were diagnosed with Stargardt disease when they were very little. Sincethen, they have been known as the blind brothers. Stargardt is a form ofmacular degeneration that causes a ...
Brain Implant Could Improve Cognitive Function For Alzheimer’s Patients
  from Assistive Technology Blog  (2019/7/17 14:09:00) 
According to a 2016 study , someone develops Alzheimer’s disease every 66 seconds. Alzheimer’s causes progressive memory loss as well as slow degradation of other cognitive functions that ...

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