accessibility

Haptic’s touch-based navigation helps blind and sighted alike get around without looking

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Smartphones and navigation apps have become second nature these days. But for those with blindness and low vision, it’s not quite so convenient. Haptic Works has been building a non-visual, non-verbal way of telling people where to go, and they’ve decided it’s time to scale up and take it global. Haptic presented onstage today as […]

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Fable adds cognitive and hearing impairments to its accessibility tools with $25M round

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Fable has gained a reputation as the go-to startup for helping companies build digital products that are more accessible to people with disabilities. After raising $25 million in new funding, the Toronto-based startup is now expanding the communities it supports and working to make AI training data more inclusive. Fable started in 2020 as a

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Yelp updates app with AI-powered alt-text for images and new accessibility identifiers for businesses

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Yelp is rolling out an app update to include more accessibility identifiers for businesses, improved screen-reader experiences, and AI-powered alt-text for images. The company said that from 2020 to 2023, there has been an average rise of 40% in searches for “wheelchair accessible” places. With the new update, the company is adding eight more attributes

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Google expands hands-free and eyes-free interfaces on Android

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As part of 2024’s Accessibility Awareness Day, Google is showing off some updates to Android that should be useful to folks with mobility or vision impairments. Project Gameface allows gamers to use their faces to move the cursor and perform common click-like actions on desktop, and now it’s coming to Android. The project lets people

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Apple announces new accessibility features for iPhone and iPad users

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Apple is bringing new accessibility features to iPads and iPhones, designed to cater to a diverse range of user needs. These include the ability to control your device with eye-tracking technology, create custom shortcuts using your voice, experience music with a haptic engine and more. The company unveiled the announcements ahead of Global Accessibility Awareness

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How European disability tech startups are leveraging AI

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Making life better for people with disabilities is a laudable goal, but accessibility tech hasn’t traditionally been popular among VCs. In 2022, disability tech companies attracted around $4 billion in early-stage investments, which was a fraction of fintech’s intake, for example. One reason is that disability tech startups are often considered too niche to attain

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