0800 269 545A new smartphone app which lets people with sight loss know when their bus, or bus stop, is approaching, is to be piloted by developers at University College London. It was conceived at a Barclays' Maker Change event at London's Makerversity in Somerset House.
Expert Resources: blind
These are the items that relate to blind found on the AbilityNet website. They may be factsheets, webinars, news stories, blog posts or reports.
Blog Post | Oct 2016
More people are making their own video content, but it often isn't fully accessible. Check out our simple guide for advice on making sure your videos can be enjoyed by a bigger audience. Ideally, also test your film with people who have a range of abilities.
Blog Post | Oct 2016
Wayfindr is winner of our AbilityNet Tech4Good Accessibility Award 2016. We interview marketing manager, Katherine Payne to find out how the technology was created and when we can expect to see it available for people with sight loss and other abilities and disabilities.
Blog Post | Sep 2016
The world is going crazy for Pokemon, but how accessible and inclusive is it for people with disabilities?
Blog Post | Jun 2016
As momentum builds behind driverless cars AbilityNet's Head of Digital Inclusion has tried the autonomous features of a Tesla and is excited about the future, after a lifetime of assuming he would never drive because of his blindness.
Blog Post | May 2016
More than 500 hours of Youtube footage is uploaded every minute, but almost every second of it is impossible millions of visually impaired people to understand. AbilityNet's Robin Christopherson thinks that's about to change and that by the end of the decade robots will be delivering high quality descriptions of video as well as images.