Did you know that Leap Day was also the 27th Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference in Los Angeles? Sprint knew, and announced that it has launched a free app that provides easier access to the smartphones of blind or low-vision Android users.
Written by: Stuart Corner | Published in: Home ITWoolworth's online shopping site was named the winner of two awards, on the same day that discrimination and disability commissioner, Graeme Innes, bemoaned the loss of access for the vision impaired.
Written by: Stuart Corner | Published in: EntertainmentThe Government has launched a 13 week trial on ABC TV, of audio description to explain to people with vision impairments what is happening during TV programs, while they also listen to the soundtrack.
If you’re blind, or vision impaired, but you still want to get the most out of Australia’s multitude of digital free-to-air TV channels, Bush Australia’s brand new talking set-top-box won’t leave you lost for words.
Please spread the word around as much as possible (especially ouside Facebook) to help this new documentation project for vision impaired computer users who want to use or at least try Linux and Free Software: http://stop.zona-m.net/node/150
In Google's vision of the future all apps will run in the cloud and be executed on computers with 'super browsers' - all conforming to the same open standards. But the vision goes beyond this to embrace the idea of application access and execution continuing as users move from device to device.
Hear ye, hear ye! Smartphones for one and all! Qualcomm has announced a breakthrough in smartphone interfacing to allow the visually impaired access to the smartphone technology we all know and love. The new interface, named Project Ray, adapts to user preferences and habits to allow easier access to commonly used actions such as contacts, SMS, and the dialer.
Hello, I have recently purchased a laptop that supports nvidia 3d vision and has the card GeForce 460M. I want to have the 3D vision running on Ubuntu (I am using 11.04 beta 2)
I have found out that 3d vision is not supported in linux for GeForce cards and only supported for the Quad series.
Any ideas on what modifications would be required to support 3d on GeForce in Ubuntu?
Just did a speed test today while I'm on leave and got these results.
Maybe new vision towers in the fort Knox area?
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