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05 January 2009
Intelligent eyes
Researchers in the United States have developed a cheap wearable device that would enable the visually impaired to identify stationary and moving objects and navigate their surroundings. The system uses glasses with camera lenses that are linked to earphones.
Colour blindness tools
An overview of 15 tools both for those with colour blindness to assist in distinguishing colours and also tools for designers to enable them to optimise the user experience for people with colour blindness.
Turn blogs into podcasts for free
Odiogo enables bloggers to easily add text-to-speech functionality to their site and gives users a number of different ways they can listen to podcasts. Text-to-speech can benefit a broad range of people including those with dyslexia, learning disabilities, screen magnifier users or non-native English speakers.
Screen reader testing
Guidance on how to configure your machine for testing with screen readers, specifically JAWS and Window-Eyes.
Sun lead on accessibility
Sun Microsystems are taking the lead on a global project to solve accessibility challenges across all devices including mobile phones, desktop computers and web applications.
Why products fail
Mike Elgan talks about why products continue to fail even when technology companies engage in extensive usability testing.
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