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This tactile display lets visually impaired users feel on-screen 3D shapes – TechCrunch

Using a computer and modern software can be a chore to begin with for the visually impaired, but fundamentally visual…

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iPhone 11 Pro is the most accessible iPhone yet – TechCrunch

Last year’s iPhone was an outlier for me. Although I reviewed the then-new iPhone XS line, the model I ultimately…

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Amazon’s Echo Show can now identify household pantry items held in front of its camera – TechCrunch

Amazon is introducing a new feature to its Alexa Show device designed to help blind and other low-vision customers identify…

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Google details AI work behind Project Euphonia’s more inclusive speech recognition – TechCrunch

As part of new efforts toward accessibility, Google announced Project Euphonia at I/O in May: An attempt to make speech…

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Apple & Google celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day with featured apps, new shortcuts – TechCrunch

With last fall’s release of iOS 12, Apple introduced Siri Shortcuts — a new app that allows iPhone users to…

accessibility, Blindness, Braille, Gadgets, Gaming, Hardware, Microsoft, vision impaired, Xbox

An Xbox controller with a built-in Braille display is Microsoft’s latest gaming accessibility play – TechCrunch

Microsoft has been leaning into accessibility in gaming lately, most visibly with its amazing Adaptive Controller, and a new patent…

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LEGO Braille bricks are the best, nicest, and in retrospect most obvious idea ever – TechCrunch

Braille is a crucial skill for children with visual impairments to learn, and with these LEGO Braille Bricks kids can…

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Gaming, crypto, shipping and the multiple future strategies of tech – TechCrunch

Niantic EC-1 Illustration by Nigel Sussman Greg Kumparak published the first part of his planned four part EC-1 series on…

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Portal automatically opens doors for wheelchair users, no button pressing required – TechCrunch

Buttons or plates (like the one above) that automatically open doors can do a lot to make a building more…