Assistive Technology
- • 100%www.theatlantic.com A Logo on a Prosthesis Is Like a Tattoo You Didn’t Ask For
As artificial limbs become more advanced, branding is becoming almost inescapable.
- • 93%hackaday.com Apple May Break Into The Hearing Aid Industry
When the entry of a tech giant such as Apple into a market represents its liberation from exploitation, that market must be really broken, yet the reported FDA approval of the hearing aid feature i…
- • 95%www.scientificamerican.com John McFall Is Breaking Barriers as the World’s First Parastronaut
Paralympian and surgeon John McFall is redefining the astronaut image and proving that space travel is achievable for people with physical disabilities
- • 100%www.w3.org How People with Disabilities Use the Web
Introduces how people with disabilities, including people with age-related impairments, use the Web.
I am working on a project that archives 80s and 90s tech documentaries and TV segments. The goal is to archive them to multiple platforms, to attempt to better ensure they don't become lost media.
Many of these videos don't have their original closed-captioning retained, so the only option is the generated subtitles.
I want my archives to be as accessible as possible. So my question is, are the YT auto-generated subtitles useful for those with limited hearing? Or maybe the question is, are they better than nothing?
- mastodon.online Matthew J (@bermudianbrit@mastodon.online)
If anyone out there is really, really board, the BBC did a technology and visual impairment retrospective, talking about how tech has changed the lives of blind folk. I feature, talking about the law and AI, at about the 17 minute mark: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0021j0v
- www.bbc.com Freedom of City award winner criticises disability access
Anna Landre got an award for her disability work but was denied the chance to accept it on stage.
- • 100%spectrum.ieee.org Biocompatible Mic Could Lead to Better Cochlear Implants
The implantable device is as sensitive as today’s best hearing aids
I went to university with someone who had a cochlear implant, and he rarely used it because of the reasons listed in this article. Instead he'd just rely on his excellent context awareness and us other students' meager sign language attempts.
I visited the local planetarium recently, and this booklet caught my eye. Each page has the images embossed so they can be felt, and the text is all duplicated in braille.
The amateur astronomers here like to expound on how exploring the cosmos can instill a sense of wonder and awe. I think finding more ways to share that with people who would otherwise be left out is an important area for assistive technologies and design.
I came across this and found it too interesting not to share.
- • 100%www.nature.com Bionic leg moves like a natural limb — without conscious thought
Computer interface links signals from the brain to an artificial limb, giving the wearer better balance, flexibility and speed.
- • 100%bc.ctvnews.ca Abbotsford student's speech about accessibility challenges at her school censored by administrators
As part of her Grade 12 art activism class, Lexis De Meyer was tasked with investigating accessibility challenges faced by people with disabilities in her community of Abbotsford.
cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/11926067
