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		<title>3D audio maps out the world in new app for visually impaired users</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2018 16:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Soundscapes and audio landmarks are two of the features in an innovative new navigation app designed for users with sight loss. Designed by Microsoft, the Soundscape app maps out locations using 3D audio to help users build a picture of their surroundings, allowing them to locate specific places, such as restaurants, shops and specific addresses. The [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Maps calls on millions of users to boost access info</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2017 15:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Google Maps team has requested its extensive user community help improve its accessibility listings. As reported in previous issues of e-Access Bulletin, Google has taken various steps to increase its accessibility offerings in maps during previous months (see e-Access Bulletin December 2016: eab.li/7v ). Now, however, the Google Maps team have explicitly asked that [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>New accessible ATM app points users in the right direction</title>
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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>Google Maps begins listing venue accessibility information</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2016 20:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google Maps app now tells users whether some locations are wheelchair-accessible, thanks to the efforts of a Google employee in his spare time. Rio Akasaka, a product manager for cloud storage service Google Drive, undertook the project using his ‘20% time’ – a well-known Google employee policy that allows staff to spend 20 per cent [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Crowdsourcing site aims to be world leader for venue accessibility data</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2016 22:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tristan Parker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new online platform built around user ratings and feedback is aiming to become “the world’s leading provider of accessible venue information,” according to the site’s developer. The Access Earth site is about to launch in full after ten months of public testing in beta stage, with a mobile app to follow soon. The platform [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Mapping mobility access across Europe</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2014 18:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Jellinek]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An open source map that plots information on accessibility of public spaces is being enhanced by a European Commission-funded research project. The CAP4Access project aims to improve the Wheelmap platform, an interactive website that allows users to input mobility information about an area using editable mapping platform OpenStreetMap. Information might cover issues such as how [&#8230;]]]></description>
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