What I Wish Someone Told Me When I Was Getting Into ARIA, by @eric (@smashingmag):
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/06/what-i-wish-someone-told-me-aria/
AI-powered assistive technologies are changing how we experience and imagine public space
#Tech #AI #AssistiveTech #UrbanFutures #DisabilityJustice #SmartCities #WearableTech #DigitalInclusion #Accessibility #TechEthics #DataJustice #InclusiveDesign
https://the-14.com/ai-powered-assistive-technologies-are-changing-how-we-experience-and-imagine-public-space/
Making Scannable Web Pages for Assistive Technology, by @jaredcunha:
https://coforma.io/perspectives/making-scannable-web-pages-for-assistive-technology
A phone for the blind with ChatGPT built in?
The BlindShell Classic 3 might be the sleeper hit of the year.
Smart, simple, and it just works.
#BlindTech #Accessibility #AssistiveTech
https://buff.ly/5gYDBHC
Hi Mastodon! 
I'm Juan, and I'm new here.
I'm founder @LibreTactile.org — working on assistive tech as public infrastructure. Shifting people from consumers to participants of (socio)tech system.
Also building AI & XR tools with accessibility and community participation in mind.
Ablequest
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/ablequest/
Hoping those familiar with #LaTeX can give me some advice here. I've started using it to create my assignments for school. I'm not writing technical papers yet, but I find using LaTeX with #Zotero in #VSCode more #accessible with a #ScreenReader than most other setups I've tried.
Since my discussion posts have to follow #APA style, I’m using LaTeX for those as well as full papers. That part is going well—but I’m running into trouble when I need to actually post what I’ve written.
My school uses Brightspace, which allows discussion posts in either rich text or #HTML. I have #Pandoc installed, so I tried converting my LaTeX source to HTML and pasting the code. But Pandoc didn’t include my references section in the output.
I also tried copying from the PDF, but that stripped all formatting.
Does anyone know how I can get a clean HTML version of my work—with references included—that I can paste into Brightspace?
Here’s the command I’ve been using:
pandoc main.tex \
--bibliography=references. Bib \
--csl=apa.csl \
--standalone \
-o main.html
It creates the HTML file, but the references section is missing.
Any tips?
#Accessibility #AssistiveTech #Pandoc #APAstyle #Brightspace #EdTech #AcademicWriting #InclusiveTech #BlindTech #HigherEd #CitationTools #OpenSource #WritingWorkflow
June 4, 2025 marks the First Annual World Day for Assistive Technology. https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/world-day-for-assistive-technology-2025/ Devices that help #Disabled folks live more fulfilling, independent lives have come a tremendously long way over the years, so let's hear your stories. What's the first piece of #AssistiveTech you remember using? (yes, mobility devices count.) What's been your favorite? Least favorite? Most helpful? Most Fun? And what are your AT dreams for the future? We can't wait to hear about them. #WorldATDay #Blind #Accessibility
I finally got around to jotting down a few notes on using my Ray-Ban Meta Glasses:
https://tink.uk/using-ray-ban-meta-glasses/
Hello, fediverse! We’re Control Alt Access — a for-profit accessibility consultancy run by blind professionals.
We offer assistive tech training and accessibility guidance without the paperwork, the waitlists, or the patronizing.
Real help.
On your schedule.
Built on lived experience.
Because accessibility shouldn't be an afterthought.
Learn more: controlaltaccess.com
Vision loss and entrepreneurship have one thing in common.
In both cases, you are walking in the dark.
Follow us as we hit bumps, but also milestones.
I’m a solo developer, and I made a free AAC-style app called TalkTiles.
It’s designed to help non-speaking kids build simple sentences using visual tiles.
No ads
Kid-friendly interface
Free to try: https://nestables.org
I’d love thoughts or feedback from AAC users, parents, or educators — if this could be useful or how to improve it.
Also totally forgot to talk about this yesterday.
As a part of global accessibility awareness day, we put out a new update for the Be My Eyes app for Windows that is completely rebuild from the ground up. Along with giving us a better base to build amazing new features for desktop in the near future, this new app also fixes a lot of the accessibility issues that people have reported over the last 1.5 or so years.
In addition Chat History is now also available on Desktop, so you can start a conversation from mobile and continue it on desktop (and vice versa).
#a11y #bemyeyes #gaad #globalaccessibilityawarenessday
#blind #bme #tech
#disability #assistivetech
Productivity meets accessibility in this Mac Chat. Finder tips, Dock tricks, user account setup—and @CreativeChris has an exciting upcoming talk at MacStock featuring Remote Incident Manager and Scribe from @pneumasolutions 
https://unmute.show/mac-chat-finder-tips-user-accounts-and-getting-ready-for-macstock/
#MacStock #AssistiveTech #UnmuteShow
Be My Eyes and Innosearch Join Forces to Bring Seamless, AI-Powered eCommerce to Blind and Low Vision Users
Be My Eyes announced today – on Global Accessibility Awareness Day – a strategic alliance with Innosearch.ai, an AI-powered eCommerce portal. The alliance will provide super-accessible online shopping to the users of the Be My Eyes app,, without the clutter and noise present of many other websites.
Be My Eyes users will benefit from an exclusive 2% cashback credit into their Innosearch account for use against future purchases made through the Be My Eyes app. The service is currently available in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia, with more regions to follow.
The alliance represents a significant step and new direction for Be My Eyes, as it lays the foundations of the Be My Eyes app and the underlying technology platform becoming the de-facto access-tech of choice for people who are blind or have low vision, wherever they are – at home, at work or at play.
https://www.bemyeyes.com/news/be-my-eyes-to-provide-in-app-accessible-shopping/
#globalaccessibilityawearnessday
#gaad #a11y #bemyeyes #innosearchai #innosearch #blind #shopping #disability #assistivetech
Meta Ray-Ban AI Glasses get Enhanced Vision Aid for Blind, Low-Vision Users
#AI #MetaAI #RayBanMeta #Accessibility #SmartGlasses #GAAD #AssistiveTech #LowVision #BlindnessAwareness #InclusiveTech #BeMyEyes
Play AAA games using just your face?
NeuGaze turns your webcam into a controller using facial expressions, head tilts, and eye movement — no implants, no hardware.
An amazing breakthrough in accessible gaming. 
Would you try a hands-free interface for everyday use or gaming?
Read the full article →
https://blueheadline.com/future-tech/neugaze-hands-free-gaming-with-webcam/
Discover how bump-ons and tactile markers are transforming tech accessibility! 
These simple tools empower people with visual impairments to navigate devices with ease, making technology more inclusive for everyone. 
Learn more about this innovative approach here: https://vi.ie/bump-ons-and-tactile-markers-can-help-us-access-technology/ #Accessibility #InclusiveTech #AssistiveTech #TechForAll #tech
What if your guide dog could tell you why it stopped?
AI vision systems are helping guide dogs provide real-time context to blind users—like a voice saying: “Obstacle ahead: trash bin.”
It’s the future of assistive tech—and it’s happening now.
Would you trust a dog + AI system to guide you safely?
Read more: https://blueheadline.com/tech-breakthroughs/ai-vision-guide-dogs-for-blind/
I was in primary school for the first #EarthDay. It was in our Weekly Reader.
In the IDEA #ProblemSolving method, celebrating Earth Day is the bridge between the Assessing and Identifying steps.
The four steps are:
1) Identify the problem
2) Develop a plan to address/solve the problem
3) Execute the plan
4) Assess the effectiveness/efficacy of the plan
Earth Day is our annual reminder to look at how we're doing on maintaining our planetary home. And to do better.
Especially, lets solve actual problems.
I was touring a local makerspace-based education facility, and the director talked about how pointless the one-day, solve-a-problem sessions are. Because the problems generally chosen, and the solutions to those problems are not anchored to reality.
The example he gave was turning water bottles into school desks. They didn't know how that process would actually work, they assumed this could be done, and wrote specifications for all the other parts of the project: acquiring the bottles, marketing the desks, etc.
I had not thought about things in that context before. I mean, I am keenly aware of #assistiveTech designed and built without any input from actual #disabled people. I didn't realize this was a general trend.
