Thomas Logan, Equal Entry CEO, recently delivered a presentation at Princeton University about APS technology. APS stands for Accessible Pedestrian Signal Device. You may have noticed these devices at crosswalks, where they help people who are blind or low-vision know when they can safely cross a street. The current APS solution is a sign box […]
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Section 508 Refresh: Five Things You Should Know
Feb 15, 2018The Section 508 requirements were established in 1998, and they require Federal agencies to develop and procure technology accessible to people with disabilities. Over the past 20 years, many technological changes have taken place, and these changes have necessitated updates to the Section 508 requirements. After a great deal of consideration and development by the […]
On February 6th, Accessibility NYC hosted a meetup at the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library in New York. At the meetup, Bryan Gould and Geoff Freed from the National Center for Accessible Media gave a presentation about CADET, their new (and free!) tool for writing captions and descriptions. Here are some highlights from […]
This installment of our Accessibility Activists column is an interview with Karen Gourgey, Chair of the Executive Board of the NY State Commission for the Blind. She has also served as the Director of the Computer Center for Visually Impaired People at Baruch College, City University of New York, since 1983. When did you first get […]
On October 26th, Accessibility NYC hosted a meetup entitled “Accessibility, Technology, and Fashion Design.” Shawn Lauriat, an accessibility engineer for Google Apps, talked about his work as an adviser for Open Style Lab. They are a nonprofit organization dedicated to making style and clothing accessible to people of all abilities. Here are some highlights from Lauriat’s presentation: How […]
by Sam Berman The Leap Motion Controller is an exciting new navigation and interaction device for virtual reality and personal computing on both Mac and Windows platforms. This device promises to allow users to navigate and interact with content with only their own hands rather than holding onto a physical object such as a mouse. […]
On October 26th, Accessibility NYC hosted a joint meetup with the Computer Center for Visually Impaired People at Baruch College entitled “Two Decades of Disability Rights Advocacy: A Conversation and Book Signing.” Lainey Feingold, Attorney, gave a presentation about her work with some of the largest companies in the United States to improve access to websites, mobile apps […]
Earlier this month, Accessibility NYC hosted a meetup entitled “Implementing Resizable Text Without Breaking the User Experience.” Presenter Adina Halter, Senior Product Manager and Chief Technologist for Accessibility at Comcast, described how to implement relative font sizing while keeping the integrity of your web page intact. Here are some highlights from Halter’s presentation: What […]
by Sofia Gallo Most iPhone owners do not even know it exists, but every Apple phone comes with a feature called VoiceOver — a screen reader that allows visually impaired people to use an iPhone without looking at the screen. Like web screen readers, VoiceOver (and others such as Android’s TalkBack) reads any text out […]
The State of Accessibility and VR, Part 1
Nov 1, 2017The most popular application of VR as it stands now is gaming. Never has this been more obvious than with the opening of VR World, New York City’s first virtual reality arcade. While gaming is the most natural and apparent use, we will see VR incorporated in an increasingly broad array of industries as hardware […]