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accessibility, artificial intelligence, Google, natural language processing, project euphonia, Science, Speech Recognition

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…

accessibility, android, apple, apps, disabled, Google, ios, Mobile

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…

accessibility, Blindness, Education, Gadgets, Hardware, Lego, TC, vision impaired

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…

accessibility, Alphabet, Amazon, Cooley LLP, Facebook, Google, Larry Page, Microsoft, Niantic, Nintendo, nvidia, Sony, TC

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…

accessibility, Portal, TC, Y Combinator

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…

accessibility, apps, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, Blindness, computer vision, Disabilities, machine learning, Microsoft, Mobile, seeing ai, vision impaired

Blind users can now explore photos by touch with Microsoft’s Seeing AI – TechCrunch

Microsoft’s Seeing AI is an app that lets blind and limited-vision folks convert visual data into audio feedback, and it…

accessibility, Lyft, TC, Transportation

Lyft says it has more wheelchair accessible vehicles available in NYC – TechCrunch

Lyft, which has faced at least one lawsuit pertaining to its alleged discrimination against people with physical abilities, announced today it…

accessibility, Disabilities, Disability, Emoji, Mobile, Social, Unicode

Official emoji debut for disabled folks, service dogs, waffles and more – TechCrunch

A gaggle of new emoji have just been approved by the Unicode Consortium, meaning they’ll be standard across any platforms…