by VR Horizons | Nov 26, 2019 | Accessibility, Blog, disability community, living with disabilities, Technology
Over 217 million people in the world are severely visually impaired or blind. This is also a world of continuous technologization, but it is somewhat surprising that high-tech assistance for the visually impaired took so long. Now, there’s a Bluetooth-enabled “smart...
by VR Horizons | Oct 15, 2019 | Accessibility, Blog, 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 | Sep 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
On Sunday October 28, 2018, the evening before the CSAVR and NCSAB Conferences, VR Horizons and Alliance Enterprises are hosting an on-site focus group at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach. Tools and Technology for Secure Data Exchange This free event will focus on one of...
by VR Horizons | Mar 30, 2018 | Blog, Technology
Apple® has proposed 13 new emojis to the Unicode Consortium, the non-profit that reviews emoji requests. Working with the National Association of the Deaf, the Cerebral Palsy Foundation and the American Council of the Blind, Apple’s request includes four categories of...
by VR Horizons | Mar 8, 2018 | Blog, Conferences, CSAVR, NCSAB
On Sunday April 8, 2018 VR Horizons will be partnering with Alliance Enterprises, the leading provider of case management solutions for Vocational Rehabilitation (VR), to host an on-site focus group at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda. This free session, scheduled to...
by VR Horizons | Feb 9, 2018 | News
The 2018 PyongChang Olympics will be the most accessible Winter Games in history, according to NBC Olympics and Comcast. The media companies announced coverage of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in South Korea will include video description services (VDS) for viewers...
by VR Horizons | May 12, 2017 | Blog, RSA, VR Agencies, WIOA
Under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), core partner programs are required to report on common measures. Data collection for this new requirement begins July 1, 2017. This will be a new endeavor for vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies, that are...
by VR Horizons | Mar 21, 2017 | Department of Education, Government, VR Agencies
Last week, the Trump administration released the President’s (executive) budget. The executive budget serves as an outline of the President’s agenda. History has shown that executive budget seldom resembles what ultimately gets passed by the Congress; however, this...
by VR Horizons | Feb 8, 2016 | News
The world’s third largest manufacture of toys, Lego, has recently unveiled a figurine in a wheelchair. The newest minifigure is a part of a new Lego CITY set that will be available at stores around the world by June 2016. Toy makers around the globe have been feeling...
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