Google Empowers Deaf Community Through AI-Powered Sign Language Recognition
Google organized a competition to develop AI technology that can decode sign language in real time, [...]
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Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children Uses Percussion Play And Music Therapy To Benefit People Suffering From Sensory Impairment
To mark Deafblind Awareness Week starting on the 26th June, Percussion Play is highlighting how music therapy [...]
Metallica Makes ASL Music Video For Each Song From New Album 72 Seasons
Heavy metal band Metallica released 72 Seasons, its eleventh album last month. Besides being a commercial [...]
Sign Language View In Teams Meeting Is Designed to Make Video Calls More Accessible For Deaf Participants
Microsoft recently announced Sign Language View – a new meeting experience that is meant to make remote [...]
Sound Notifications in Android Now Detect Custom Sounds For Deaf Users
Sound Notifications, an accessibility feature in Android, was introduced in 2020 to identify sounds in and [...]
![The What Happened to You? graphic, featuring a sky blue background with white clouds. In the centre is a yellow donation bin. At the top of the donation bin are the words "The Disability Collective" in black font inside of a thin box. Below is the word "presents", also in black font. In the centre of the donation bin are the words "What Happened to You?" in capital letters in red font on top of off-white textured paper with tape on the top left and bottom right corners. Below the box are the words "Created by Nikki Charlesworth" in capital letters in black font. Three puppets peek out of the top of the donation bin. On the left is Noodles, a yellow non-binary puppet wearing red overalls. In the middle is Little Red, a red puppet girl in a patchwork dress. On the right is Bo, a blue puppet boy wearing a polka dot two-piece. At the bottom of the graphic is green grass with trees and flowers coming out. Over top of the grass are the words "The Toronto premiere of a new, heart-warming piece of puppet theatre for children and their families" in capital letters in white font. Below this are the words "Join Nikki and her team for a puppet making workshop before the show!" in white font. At the bottom is a sky blue banner. At the left of the banner are the words “August 20 - 21, 2022”, “Tarragon Theatre”, and “Pay What You Can Tickets” in capital letters in black font. Below this are the words “thedisabilitycollective.com/tickets” in black font. To the right of this are the sign language interpretation and audio description symbols, with the words “Integrated ASL & Audio Description available at all performances” underneath in black font. At the right of the banner are the Roseneath Theatre and Arts Council England logos in black]](https://assistivetechnologyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/What-Happened-to-You-Instagram-Post-310x174.png)
“What Happened To You?”: Puppet Show With Disabled Puppet Characters Comes To Toronto
If you live in or near Toronto, get ready to watch a puppet show like no other! What Happened to You? is a [...]
An Aspie Life & An Aspie Life Beginnings Are Video Games Developed By Person With Asperger’s Syndrome And Have Characters With Disabilities
Bradley Hennessey was 16 when he started developing “an Aspie Life” – a video game that centers [...]
Almost One Billion Children And Adults With Disabilities And Older Persons In Need Of Assistive Technology Denied Access, According To New Report
A new report published last week by WHO and UNICEF reveals that more than 2.5 billion people need one or [...]
Snap Adds Three Assistive Devices To Bitmoji Stickers For Broader Representation
Snapchat is in accessibility related news again! After introducing an augmented reality lens to teach users [...]
Snapchat’s New ASL Alphabet Lens Inspires Everyone To learn ASL
If you are a regular snapchatter, you know how much fun all the lenses can be that come with Snapchat. These [...]
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