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		<title>Anticipated refreshable Braille reader launches, seeking to disrupt the market</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 23:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Orbit Reader 20 refreshable Braille device has been released in the UK, aiming to transform the current market by offering the technology to blind and visually impaired people at a low cost. The device features 20 refreshable eight-dot Braille cells and can connect to Apple, Windows, Android and Kindle devices. Books and other texts (such [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Vital Tech: Decoding assistive tech for all</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 22:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s easy to take technology for granted. New devices and apps are being designed and built faster than most people’s appetite and understanding can keep up with, particularly in the rapidly evolving world of assistive tech (AT). Despite this, there are surprisingly few resources available to help people navigate the sometimes-overwhelming world of AT. Vital Tech, a newly launched [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit claims Apple’s website is inaccessible for visually impaired users</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2018 23:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lawsuit has been filed against electronics giant Apple in the United States, over claims that its website violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not fully accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired. The action has been taken by Himelda Mendez, described as “visually-impaired and legally blind” in the complaint [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding screen-reader navigation: a tale of two rooms</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2018 16:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Jones]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assistive technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Screenreaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web accessibility]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ryan Jones. [Editor’s note: This is an edited version of an article originally published by The Paciello Group, an international accessibility agency. The original post is linked to at the end of this article. Its author, Ryan Jones, is a project manager and trainer at The Paciello Group.] For those of us who use screen-reading [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Websites, not assistive tech, are key to accessibility, say screen-reader users</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 23:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New research into screen-reader usage has revealed the majority of users feel that improving existing websites would have a bigger impact on accessibility compared to better assistive technology. The newly published findings are taken from the seventh Screen Reader User Survey by non-profit organisation WebAIM, conducted in October 2017. A total of 1,792 people responded [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook uses AI to open up photos for blind users</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 22:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blind and visually impaired users of Facebook will be able to find out which of their friends are in photos thanks to facial recognition technology. Facial recognition is already used by the social networking site – for example, to suggest friends that users may want to tag in photos – but the company recently extended [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview – Jackie Brown, Chair of the British Computer Association of the Blind: finding your game-changer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 22:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Jackie Brown was introduced to the speech synthesiser on the Acorn BBC Micro computer in 1984, it was to be the beginning of a valuable and productive interest in assistive technology. Jackie, who is blind, continued to use and explore different technologies as they evolved, finding them beneficial to her career as a writer. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>New accessible ATM app points users in the right direction</title>
		<link>http://www.headstar.com/eablive/?p=1351</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2017 12:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new app that helps blind and visually impaired users track down accessible ATMs has been launched. The free LINK ATM Locator lets users search for cash machines that have a range of usability features, including: audio assistance; wheelchair access; free-to-use ATMs; £5 note dispensing; mobile phone top-up facilities; and PIN number management. The app [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Many US government sites not accessible for disabled users, claims new research</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2017 07:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Various high-profile US government websites, including major service portals, are not accessible for users with disabilities, according to a new study. The ‘Benchmarking U.S. Government Websites’ report found that 42% of US federal sites tested failed to meet the necessary accessibility criteria. The report aims to give a broad picture of US government website usability [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Online shopping ‘not as inclusive as it should be,’ new research finds</title>
		<link>http://www.headstar.com/eablive/?p=1315</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2017 22:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The websites of six popular UK retailers would not achieve the basic standard of online content accessibility, according to new research by a usability consultancy. After a series of ‘mini-accessibility audits,’ accessibility design consultancy User Vision found that some online shoppers with impairments would have difficulty purchasing items from each of the websites examined, due [&#8230;]]]></description>
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