Amazon Alexa launches ‘Call RNIB helpline’ to make information more accessible
Dr Amit Patel, a disability rights campaigner and motivational speaker, using the new Amazon Alexa feature Today, Amazon is launching the ‘Call RNIB helpline’ Alexa…
Amazon announces accessibility upgrades to Alexa app for people with vision impairments
Multinational technology company Amazon is announcing an update to the Alexa app, including light and dark modes and text scaling for improved accessibility. Alexa is…
Alexa Show and Tell feature for people with vision impairments launches in the UK
Show and Tell, a new Amazon Alexa feature designed to help blind and partially sighted people identify common household grocery items, has launched today in…
VIDEO: UK’s first smart village with assistive tech devices gives residents total control
120 dwellings across the Hugh Fraser Retirement Estate in Newton Mearns, Greater Glasgow, have been transformed into high-tech digitally enabled retirement homes to give residents…
Researchers developing assistive tech solutions to support independent living at home
Northumbria University researchers are testing and developing a range of smart assistive technologies to help elderly and disabled people live more independently at home. Tools…
Amazon Alexa technology used by charity to make its sight loss information accessible to all
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is working with Amazon to make its information and advice about living with sight loss accessible through…
Is the Amazon and NHS partnership really a positive development?
In a recent announcement by the Department of Health and Social Care, it was revealed that Amazon is partnering with the NHS to allow people…
Voice-assisted tech to help people with vision impairments access NHS health information online
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced a new partnership between the NHS and Amazon which will allow people to access reliable…