Neowin News Feed for: Disabilities

Honor will bring phone-controlling eye-tracking tech to its phones this month

Paul Hill — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 12:20:02 +0000

The Chinese phone maker, Honor, will roll out eye tracking technology to its phones from August 27. With this, you will be able to open notifications and apps just by using your eyes. Read more...

Microsoft's Adaptive Accessories will be available in select markets from October 25

Paul Hill — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 14:00:09 +0000

Microsoft is planning to launch new Adaptive Accessories on October 25 in select countries. They include a customizable mouse and a hub that can connect buttons, d-pads, and joysticks. Read more...

Microsoft launches new tool to make elections more accessible

Hamza Jawad — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 18:00:01 +0000

The new tool arrives with the U.S. Disability Voting Rights Week 2022 having kicked off today as well. It is available in all 50 states in the United States, as well as in Washington DC. Read more...

Uber settles lawsuit claiming it overcharged disabled passengers with $2.2 million fine

Alap Naik Desai — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 01:00:01 +0000

Uber will pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the ride-hailing service discriminated against customers with disabilities. The company will compensate more than 65,000 passengers. Read more...

200 volunteers donate voices for Xiaomi's "Own My Voice" project

Fiza Ali — Thu, 19 May 2022 09:56:01 +0000

Xiaomi's "Own My Voice" project, through self-developed speech technology and advanced algorithms, offers a spontaneous style text-to-speech solution for users with speech disorders and diverse needs. Read more...

Meta's avatars can now be equipped with assistive devices and NFL shirts

Paul Hill — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 20:40:02 +0000

Meta has updated its avatars to be more inclusive of people with certain disabilities. NFL fans can also equip their avatars ready for Super Bowl LVI which is set to take place on February 13. Read more...

Mozilla launches Firefox 73 with global zoom settings

Paul Hill — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 15:24:02 +0000

Mozilla has pushed Firefox 73. While the update isn't huge, it has made life easier for the visually impaired by handling High Contrast Mode better and adding global zoom settings. Read more...

Zyrobotics becomes Microsoft's first AI for Accessibility grantee

Hamza Jawad — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 11:16:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that Zyrobotics will be the first company to receive monetary grants, AI tools, and more, under its AI for Accessibility program that was announced earlier this year. Read more...

Microsoft collaborates with Be My Eyes to offer tech support to the blind

Hamza Jawad — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 06:42:01 +0000

Be My Eyes is an app that caters to people who are blind or have low vision. Microsoft will now be offering technical assistance to customers of Be My Eyes via its Disability Answer Desk. Read more...

Google cracks down on apps exploiting its Accessibility services

Justin Luna — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 14:40:01 +0000

As part of an effort to remove apps that exploit Accessibility services to serve malware, Google has emailed developers to remove their app if it doesn't really help users with the app experience. Read more...

Windows 8 Narrator changes detailed

John Callaham — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:08:39 +0000

Microsoft has offered up a development update on its Narrator features in Windows 8, designed to help users who have physical disabilities work better with a Wndows 8-based PC. Read more...

Microsoft Australia to Provide Technology to People with Disabilities

Fri, 02 Aug 2002 05:24:59 +0000

Thanks WishX for emailing us. The Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, announced a joint initiative this week between Technical Aid to the Disabled (TAD) and Microsoft Australia to enable people with disabilities to access... Read more...