by VR Horizons | Oct 15, 2019 | Accessibility, Blog, News, Technology
Show and Tell is an Alexa feature designed to help blind and low vision customers identify grocery items. With Show and Tell, blind and low vision customers can hold up an item to the Echo Show camera and ask, “Alexa, what am I holding,” and Alexa helps identify the...
by VR Horizons | Oct 8, 2019 | Accessibility, braille, gaming with disabilities, News
Uno, the popular card game, is expanding its audience by offering a Braille edition that can be played by both visually impaired and sighted users. In addition to text information for sighted players, Uno Braille cards feature Braille markings on their corners to...
by VR Horizons | Dec 8, 2015 | Accessibility, ePolicyWorks, News
Finding Innovative Solutions for Accessible Transportation Many individuals with disabilities face mobility challenges that prevent them from holding employment. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and the U.S. Department of...
by VR Horizons | Jan 16, 2015 | Accessibility, Disability Employment, News
The Campaign for Disability Employment’s (CDE) feature PSA “What Can You Do” tells the stories of nine individuals, all who are working in jobs they love and also happen to have disabilities. The campaign is a real winner in our books, causing...
by VR Horizons | Nov 17, 2014 | Accessibility, braille, News
In an exciting update from the VR Horizons Article posted in March of 2014, Braigo- LEGO-made Braille Printer by 12-year-old Inventor, innovative inventor and entrepreneur Shubham Banerjee has received confirmation that Intel Capital will be investing into his company...
by VR Horizons | Oct 2, 2014 | Accessibility, Disability Employment, living with disabilities, News
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and all members of VR Horizons are encouraged to participate. The purpose of National Disability Employment Awareness Month is to educate about disability employment issues and celebrate the many and varied...
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