The team at Fordhall Organic Farm, England’s first community-owned farm, in Shropshire are excited to have introduced a ‘Braille Trail’ on-site, providing a tactile experience for visually impaired visitors.

Sunday, the 27th of April 2025 marked a major turning point for Tech-Freedom, one of the blind-specific apps on Android, which includes features like a

– The personal website of Sara Soueidan, inclusive design engineer

For anybody who's been putting video on the web for a long time and cares about accessibility, Able Player has been the feature leader for accessible

How do we translate web accessibility standards to command line applications? This is GitHub CLI's journey toward making terminal experiences for all developers.

Introduction This text describes the location, orientation and nature of some aspects of the framework 16 laptop for the benefit of visually impaired owners. It can be used alongside the framework maintenance guides. Thank you to everyone who's comments helped me to locate various components, connectors and screws in the laptop. All measurements are in millimeters and are (x, y) coordinates measured from the left and front edges of the laptop. The term "vertical" is used to refer to front/ba...

Eloquence synthesizer NVDA add-on compatible with threshold versions of NVDA (2019.3 and later). Supports Python 3 and new NVDA speech framework. - pumper42nickel/eloquence_threshold

This project is aimed at developing and maintaining the NVDA IBMTTS driver. IBMTTS is a synthesizer similar to Eloquence. Please send your ideas and contributions here! - davidacm/NVDA-IBMTTS-Driver

Remote Desktop Accessibility for the NVDA screen reader - LeonarddeR/rdAccess

The one accessibility area I don’t like and avoid working on is PDF files. I frankly find the process people have to go through to make a PDF accessible is far too complex and far too antiquated. …

Chain of paper cut out figures with one missing in the middle Over the past few years, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs have become more...

England, the US and Canada are among the countries with national autism strategies — and now Australia has one too.

Doctors in the U.S. have reported feeling unprepared to care for people with disabilities and have revealed significant negative bias about this population, according to previous research. A new Northwestern Medicine study has found much of this could be rooted in their medical school training.

Nearly nine million students rely on DOE-backed disability accommodations.

New research suggests that the risk for developing dementia is significantly higher than previously estimated, and the burden on the United States population will grow substantially over the next few decades.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday signed a long-awaited bill to stop Illinois organizations from paying less than the minimum wage to workers with disabilities.

With the new Samsung announcement, it is now confirmed that the Galaxy S25 will be the first Samsung device to receive Gemini image descriptions in its

We are very excited to announce our third annual Apple Vision Accessibility Report Card and invite you to participate in the survey that will determine the ratings. Plus, participants who complete the survey will be entered into a drawing to receive a $200 gift card, thanks to Be My Eyes.

The remastered versions of DOOM and DOOM II have arrived, bringing with them a host of new enhancements and features, including improved accessibility options. These updates aim to make the first-person shooter games more inclusive for players with disability. Visual accessibility options include High Contrast Text and Menu Typeface, making…

Lawsuit over accessibility widget This article originally appeared on TechStart-ups on 23/12/2024. Userway is facing a class action lawsuit filed by

Learn how to kickstart inclusive accessibility research with practical advice from Fable’s experts. Get tips on building rapport with assistive tech users, navigating barriers, and bringing accessibility into your product development with confidence.

How do we make impactful accessibility change that better integrates into what we’re already doing? The answer is to create systems around accessibility work, instead of treating it like a barrier or a checkmark.

Read EcomBack's 2024 ADA Website Lawsuits Report. Discover which states have the most lawsuits, key plaintiffs and law firms, industries most affected, and insights on overlay widget myths. Get a clear view of the ADA website compliance scene in 2024.

I wanted to share a project a good friend is creating because it’s an important project. Last week, my friend Derek Riemer announced his adaptive sports project and I wanted to share it with…

We need to talk about recent executive orders and memorandums regarding accessibility.

The Nuance Audio hearing aid smart glasses have received FDA clearance and a CE marking in the EU, clearing the way for a Q1 launch.

The optional features include letting drivers know in advance you travel with one. Drivers who try to cancel will be reminded that doing so is against Uber policy — and the law.

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My name is Edis, and this is a place where I try to make 3D more accessible. Not just for blind and visually impaired people, but also sighted people. join m...

The first week of the new republican administration was frightening and disorienting for all of us who believe in civil and human rights, justice, equality, fairness and more. This guest article is written by Eve Hill, a disability rights and digital accessibility lawyer, about actions taken on day

How are financial institutions faring in this often-overlooked component of the digital banking experience?

The refreshed museum of the American Printing House for the Blind in Louisville, Kentucky, is slated to open in 2026 with a novel invitation to visitors: please touch.

Additional data can help differentiate subtle gestures, hand positions, facial expressions

The organization appears to be in the process of renaming the tool they use to score hundreds of companies' on disability inclusion.

A new accessibility program based on an app for deaf and hard of hearing users is being tested on the...

Brent Devloo hopes to inspire kids who become blind to not only continue their schooling but to return to their passions as soon as they can.

Improved service or even more barriers?

Screen readers are great, and they deserve a lot of love. But let me give you a better option to start testing with.

Baltimore, Maryland (February 15, 2025): The National Federation of the Blind strongly condemns the inappropriate and harmful stereotyping of blind people that has been highlighted in the response to a recent Co

Ableton Move's screen reader support is still getting rave reviews from blind and low-vision users, even though it's not officially documented. Here's more about how it works and more about what's left to do - and an appeal to the entire industry to add more accessibility features.

In recent years, an alarming trend has emerged in the legal landscape: the filing of mass lawsuits alleging violations of the Americans with…

The Braille Institute has just launched their Atkinson Hyperlegible Next, now with enhanced characters, upgraded with seven weights, and a bonus variable version for all you professional hyperlegible-ites out there. It has improved legibility and readability for individuals with low vision. They have also released Hyperlegible Mono, a brand-new monospaced typeface inspired by the original

I was glad to learn that a lawsuit was filed in federal court challenging two Executive Orders published shortly after trump became president. These sweeping (and unlawful) executive orders attack diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) from many angles.

I was also glad to see that

UI Automation (UIA) is Microsoft’s recommended accessibility framework for Windows, replacing the earlier Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) framework. De...

The ESA and leading game developers have formed a new initiative that aims to make it easier to know what accessibility features a game has.

Sorry, dear designers, your excuses are officially dead. GitHub just proved you wrong with the rebuild and redesign of their home page.

Podcast Episode · Twenty Thousand Hertz · 04/02/2025 · 32m

Explore various Nintendo Switch 2 system settings that can help support different types of players and individual needs.