Steven Aquino

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Webex And Speech Startup Voiceitt Team Up To Make Video Calls Accessible To All

By: Steven Aquino

In a nutshell, Voiceitt has worked with Webex to create deeper integration into the latter’s popular videoconferencing software such that people with atypical speech (...

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GitHub’s Ed Summers Talks Accessibility At GitHub, GAAD, Inclusivity, More In Interview

By: Steven Aquino

In a blog post, the company’s head of accessibility, Ed Summers, said everyone is "thrilled to celebrate the achievements" of developers who have disabilities.

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Meta Touts Accessibility-Relevant Voice Control Improvements, More In Latest Ray-Ban Stories Update

By: Steven Aquino

In a blog post, Facebook parent company Meta on Tuesday announced a slew of updates for its Ray-Ban Stories smart sunglasses.

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Boom Home Medical Is Remaking Accessibility And Assistive Technology For Women With Its Loona Urinal

By: Steven Aquino

Put simply, the Loona is a piece of assistive technology meant to make responding to one’s bodily functions a more accessible experience.

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How A Real Estate Agent Is Using ASL and Technology To Make Buying And Selling Homes More Accessible And Inclusive Than Ever Before

By: Steven Aquino

In an interview with me via videoconference last month, Smith described his parents as "very capable [and] very smart" people who maintained a "very strong" Deaf house...

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Inside Google’s Effort To Use AI To Make ASL Accessible To All

By: Steven Aquino

Google announced the competition’s next phase earlier this month at its annual I/O developer conference at its Mountain View headquarters.

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Turo Chief Data Officer Albert Mangahas Talks ChatGPT, Innovating In An ‘Antiquated’ Industry, And Making Travel More Accessible In Interview

By: Steven Aquino

The company has utilized the latest version of OpenAI’s uber-popular ChatGPT-4 tech to create a plugin that allows users to use their voice in searching for vehicles.

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Final Frontier Executive Producer Chris Colman Talks Amplifying Disabled People, Disability Representation On Screen, More In Interview

By: Steven Aquino

On its website, the firm bills itself as "a visionary production company driven by the creation of beautiful things" that specializes in "animation for advertising and...

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How The Halo Collar Uses Tech To Make Caring For Dogs More Accessible Than Ever Before

By: Steven Aquino

The $699 so-called "internet of things" device uses Wi-Fi and GPS tracking technology to create a virtual fence for one’s dogs using the companion app on iOS or Android.

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Microsoft Honors Captioning Software Maker Ava With ‘Special Recognition’ At Microsoft Store App Awards

By: Steven Aquino

Late last month, Microsoft’s Alexandre Chohfi wrote a post for the Windows blog in which the Redmond-based tech titan honored a slew of winners in this year’s Microsof...