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Claudia.Cahalane | 12 Feb 2018
AbilityNet has told the government that ensuring access to online job opportunities and web accessibility is vital for it to meet its target of one million more disabled people in employment within the decade.
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Claudia.Cahalane | 31 Jan 2018
The latest SOCITM Better Connected survey has found that 4 in 10 of 270 UK council websites are inaccessible to millions of people with dyslexia, sight loss, cognitive impairment and physical disabilities - an increase on the number who failed in the last annual survey
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Claudia.Cahalane | 24 Jan 2018
Research by students at Stanford University shows a bigger focus on web accessibility expertise for businesses and developers in 2017, with the trend set to continue exponentially into 2018.
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Claudia.Cahalane | 14 Jan 2018
Now the festivities are over it's time for us all to start thinking about the year ahead. For most students it's time to get to work. Whether you've got a thesis, dissertation or a simple report to write, these student apps will help to maximise productivity, reduce procrastination and even improve...
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Claudia.Cahalane | 08 Jan 2018
From virtual reality, to Seeing AI updates and a BBC producers struggles and ultimate success as someone with dyslexia, our blogs got more views in 2017 than ever before.
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Claudia.Cahalane | 20 Dec 2017
AI-powered image recognition is taking off and it's helping blind people gain a better understanding of the world around them. At the AbilityNet technology and disability event last month, TechShare Pro, we heard from Orcam, the makers of AI vision tech MyEye who've recently launched MyEye 2.0.
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Claudia.Cahalane | 18 Dec 2017
The latest advances in Artificial Intelligence are powering ever-greater voice-recognition capabilities - but how do we build machines we can to talk in ways that are intelligible and sensible to a range of people, including those with disabilities, asks Léonie Watson’s at TechShare Pro.
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Claudia.Cahalane | 11 Dec 2017
“The Echo Dot makes me feel included," says Ellie Southwood, chair of The Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB). “I spend far less time searching for things online; I can multi-task while online and be more productive.
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Claudia.Cahalane | 27 Nov 2017
Paul Smyth of Barclays says that 90% of the bank's customers interact with the bank through a screen, so unless those services are accessible the business risks losing 20% of its customers.
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Claudia.Cahalane | 25 Nov 2017
The UK branch of the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) launched at the TechShare Pro conference in London on 23 November.
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