Where It's AT – Assistive Technology Blog

For the week of September 12, 2011, check out articles on improved Google accessibility, concept smartphones, accessibility webinars, and so much more!

• Project:Possibility – Have an idea for a piece of accessible software? We’re looking for project ideas. http://bit.ly/qMiaoF
• #Deaf students sue college for failing to provide access: http://ow.ly/6vqmd
• Google Docs, Calendar enhanced for blind users – GMANews.TV http://tinyurl.com/3z4kb8r
• Stevie Wonder thanks Steve Jobs for making the iPhone and iPad so accessible – Network World http://tinyurl.com/3g2aaqo
• This is a great idea! Chicago Lighthouse Partners with Best Buy http://tinyurl.com/636enad
• Concept Braille Smartphone could mean a bright future for the visually impaired http://bit.ly/npajMi
• Jaws 13 Will Include Integrated OCR and Better ARIA Support: http://bit.ly/nCb7pm
• FCC advisory committee recommends adoption of SMPTE Timed Text captioning for online video broadcastengineering.com/news/fcc-smpte
• INDEPENDENT LENS: Lives Worth Living, Thursday, October 27, 2011, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET on PBS. http://fb.me/1gS8N1ZRK
• Elderly prefer robot carers, study finds – The Copenhagen Post http://tinyurl.com/68cgzon
• “Smartphone #Apps Earning Respect As #Assistive #Technology” By Lindsey Aftel: http://ow.ly/6t0OJ
• IDEAL Group’s Portable Assistive Technology Software SmartDrive® http://bit.ly/q7cAKt
• DynaVox Maestro gives 10-year-old with autism chance to communicate – Beacon News: http://beaconnews.suntimes.com/lifestyles/7521643-423/dynavox-maestro-gives-10-year-old-with-autism-chance-to-communicate.html
• Sept. 27 Document Accessibility, free webinar http://weba.im/357

For the week of September 6, 2011, check out articles on assistive technology apps, adapted Kindles, innovative wheelchair prototypes, and so much more!

• Application that Turns Apple’s iPhone Into a Hearing Device – http://bit.ly/pJggsi
• Taiwan researchers unveil intelligent wheelchairs – Taiwan Today http://tinyurl.com/4x9hf3r
• Texting Towards Independent Living – PR Web (press release) http://tinyurl.com/3t46nse
• Frankenkindle (Richard’s Notes) http://tinyurl.com/3o547q6
• Sonar for the blind – http://grathio.com/2011/08/meet-the-tacit-project-its-sonar-for-the-blind/
• The HRIAA Project: Behind the mission to help people and bots Kinect (Wired UK) http://bit.ly/nxABY8
• Bookstream–New Cloud-based Library Delivers eBooks to Students’ iPads, Smartphones, and Laptops http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/9/prweb8770966.htm
• Apple Filing May Signal Focus On Disability Market http://tinyurl.com/3lxepue
• Successful blind #entrepreneurs using eBay (Reuters) http://goo.gl/YDZ7QHT
• This Wheelchair by Ivo Tanchev Pushes Fashionably Forward http://tinyurl.com/3fpr8x5
• Music from Your Mind: A Preview of Things To Come http://tinyurl.com/4yrqszb
• Self-confessed eyeborg Rob Spence’s story is a real eye opener – Herald Sun http://tinyurl.com/3uxuu3j
• Hopkins County Schools Choose Wizcom’s Research-Based Reading Pen 2 Assistive http://tinyurl.com/3ze6dzb
• Thought-Controlled Robot Avatars Provide New Help for the Disabled – Fox News http://tinyurl.com/3dautzc
• Online Bachelor’s Degree To Cater To Students With #Disabilities http://bit.ly/mUY8Bo
• Student-Designed Device Helps Kids Gain Independence http://bit.ly/pmemsc
• NPR: Blind Teens Tap Into Senses At Chemistry Camp; one of our star scholars is running this program. http://bit.ly/r1w9z2
• Enabling the disabled with tech : Tech Podium by Hosted by Eileen Yu http://bit.ly/plZDPC
• Paralyzed Veterans is the only #veterans organization w/ on-staff #architects providing design assistance to veterans. http://www.pva.org/accessibledesign
• Change People’s Lives Design Competition http://tinyurl.com/3zov75b