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How tech advances are helping innovators do more for people with disabilities
How tech advances are helping innovators do more for people with disabilitiesGoogle's self-driving car that can allow the blind to drive with their voice. -
How tech advances are helping innovators do more for people with disabilities
Ladner and Lay-Flurrie represent two pillars when it comes to the creation and implementation of accessible technology, from research at places like the UW, to the products built by companies like Microsoft. -
7 Tech Breakthroughs That Empower People With Disabilities
7 Tech Breakthroughs That Empower People With DisabilitiesIn combination with the Vmax+, the DynaVox EyeMax system gives individuals with paralysis, cerebral palsy and stroke victims the ability to participate in spoken communication using only their eyes. Using a sophisticated eye tracking system, users can interact with an on-screen keyboard, allowing them to enter words and phrases, which are then translated into spoken text via the -
7 Tech Breakthroughs That Empower People With Disabilities
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Science and Technology Could Do More to Help People With Disabilities, Experts Say
Science and Technology Could Do More to Help People With Disabilities, Experts SayTechnology developers also need to think more about how to integrate accessibility into applications early in the process, Cerf said. "To imagine that you can just overlay some accessibility pixie dust that makes a specific application work all right for a person with hearing impairment or a person with motor problems, I think, is overly optimistic," he said. "You really have to think 'how is this application going to be made usable for someone with a disability.'" -
Science and Technology Could Do More to Help People With Disabilities, Experts Say
DANDAN YIN, A STUDENT IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SCHOOL AT BEIJING UNION UNIVERSITY, DEMONSTRATES THE KINECT SIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR, WHICH USES THE MOTION-SENSING TECHNOLOGY OF THE XBOX GAMING SYSTEM TO CAPTURE A SIGNING PERSON'S MOVEMENTS. THIS PROTOTYPE IS A POTENTIALLY POWERFUL TOOL, BUT MANY OTHER TECHNOLOGIES HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE THEY ARE TRULY USEFUL FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. | MICROSOFT RESEARCH -
New Technologies Get More Disabled People Into Workforce
The unemployment rate last year was 13.4 percent for the 28 million Americans who are deaf, blind or have serious physical, mental or emotional conditions, compared with a 7.9 percent rate for people without disabilities. But a Labor Department survey released earlier this month showed that the number of employed disabled adults jumped close to 4 percent over the past two years, more than the 3 percent gains among nondisabled people. -
New Technologies Get More Disabled People Into Workforce
Blind people can take notes using voice-recognition programs, and listen to emails or "read" a website with screen readers. People with attention deficit disorder can use apps that remind them to stay focused by announcing appointments with lights and sounds. And those with spinal cord injuries share tips on forums such as apparelyzed.com for how to go hands-free on digital tablets using mouth sticks like those mounted on wheelchairs.
