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Touch Screens Are Causing Serious Accessibility Issues For Blind And Visually Impaired People
https://www.rsvplive.ie/news/touch-screens-causing-serious-accessibility-29746727

Touch screen card machines are making blind and visually impaired people's lives more difficult, with some people having to disclose their bank card's pin number to staff in shops and restaurants.

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@gocu54 No, not in the least. But what is news is that touch screens are proliferating. Rapidly. Which means the problem is steadily getting worse for the access community. So we want to keep it on people's minds until we find a solution. Speaking of which, something like this might just do the trick:

Researchers Develop Tiny Hydraulic Haptics For Touchscreen Notifications You Can Physically Feel | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/27/tactile-push-notifications/

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@gocu54 Yes indeed they do. I believe you're referring to JAWS for Kiosk. The only issue with dedicated solutions is that they are not already present everywhere that access persons need them to be, like touch screen phones and tablets, which is where a lot of business payments are taking place today. In my humble opinion the only true solution will be to make all touch screens accessible. Everywhere. With or without installed software. Am I dreaming? Right now, yes, But maybe not for long. 😊

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Visually Impaired Man Denied Access To Business Because Of Service Dog | Video | WITN | Greenville, NC
https://www.witn.com/video/2023/04/20/visually-impaired-man-denied-access-business-because-service-dog-2/

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Be My Eyes: How ChatGPT4 Is Helping Visually Impaired People Picture What They Can't See | ITV News | YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUSeFnZGIzY
AI is being used to help blind and partially-sighted people picture what they can't see. TikTok star Lucy Edwards is one of the first people in the world to use a new iteration of an app that can now not only describe the world around her — but contextualize it too. The 'Be My Eyes' app has been upgraded with ChatGPT4 to help Lucy with everyday life.

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Envision Incorporates ChatGPT AI Sight Assistance Into Its Smart Glasses for the Visually Impaired
https://www.toptechtidbits.com/157.html

Envision, a top creator of smart glasses designed to assist blind individuals in reading and identifying objects, has integrated a groundbreaking voice-activated sight assistant into its glasses, powered by the most sophisticated artificial intelligence ever developed.

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Now Available: Second Edition Of The Windows Screen Reader Primer: All The Basics And More | David Kingsbury | Carroll Center for the Blind
https://carroll.org/the-windows-screen-reader-primer-all-the-basics-and-more-second-edition/
The second edition of my book, "The Windows Screen Reader Primer: All the Basics and More," is now out. Published by my organization, The Carroll Center for the Blind, It is available to you for free in Word and ePub formats.

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Access Information News for Monday, May 1, 2023 - Volume 908
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The Redemption Story: The Journey From iOS, To Android, And Back Again | Drew Weber | AppleVis
https://www.applevis.com/forum/other-apple-chat/redemption-story-journey-ios-android-back-again
A few weeks ago I stumbled across a used Android phone, the Galaxy A11 from Samsung. It was $45, so, why not. I'd never truly used the Android OS before. It came, I charged it, and dove in. The Talkback gestures were similar enough to iOS and the ability to pop in an SD card, up to 512 GB, provides mass storage opportunities, no pun intended.

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Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, April 27, 2023 - Volume 908
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This information was just shared with us, directly from Amazon, just a few moments ago.

Amazon A11Y: Prime Video Dialogue Boost launch
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/entertainment/prime-video-dialogue-boost

Amazon’s Prime Video team just launched “Dialogue Boost” - an industry-first innovation that lets you self-select dialogue volume levels to suit your needs on any device with Prime Video.

We welcome feedback about your experience using our accessibility features. Please send us an email at: dialogue-boost-feedback@amazon.com.

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Why Midjourney's New Image-to-Text Generator Is an Accessibility Home Run | Charlie Sorrel | Lifewire
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/why-midjourneys-new-image-to-text-generator-is-an-accessibility-home-run/ar-AA19Gq0w

Midjourney now offers a clever twist on its AI image software, using its powerful machine-learning algorithms to generate text descriptions of already-existing images. This makes detailed image captions trivially easy to make and could totally change the game for blind people when it comes to pictures.

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New Assistive Technology Of 2023 — Conference Highlights | The Blind Life | YouTube
Here are some of the new assistive technology that I've seen at conferences so far this year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbPpBHeAjtk

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