App for hearing health and personal mobility aid among six projects receiving £50k funding
The Design Age Institute has announced six Pathfinder Projects to develop commercially viable products and services that will enable individuals and communities to maintain an…
Voice accessible smartphone for visually impaired people to be more independent launches
Artificial intelligence (AI) firm RealThing Ai has launched its latest fully voice accessible smartphone, the RealSAM Pocket V4, which is designed for those with sight…
Pioneering hearing aid programme for music lovers receives coveted CES 2022 award honours
For the sixth consecutive year, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), which organises the popular annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in the US, has recognised Oticon…
Video: Free AAC software recognises blinking as a switch input
Ace Centre, a UK charity focusing on assistive technologies for people with communication difficulties, has launched a new and free-to-use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)…
VIDEO: Google invites users to test new app that helps people with atypical speech communicate easily
Google has launched a new Android app called Project Relate, which is designed to enable people with speech impairments communicate more easily and helps them…
Innovative wireless braille keyboard helps people with vision impairments use phones and tablets
Bridging the learning curve in making assistive technology easier for blind and partially sighted people, the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has launched…
Powerful communication device empowers people to control an iPad with their eyes
Tobii Dynavox, a specialist in assistive technology for communication, has unveiled TD Pilot, a powerful, medically-certified communication device for people with disabilities. With the release…
Pioneering wearable device to help blind people navigate without a white cane
US-based STRAP Technologies has created a pioneering hands-free device designed to be worn by visually impaired individuals for greater independence and mobility. The innovative assistive…
New dedicated and portable communication aid for AAC to suit broad range of complex needs
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) provider Smartbox Assistive Technology has launched Grid Pad 10s, a high-performance communication aid that will give disabled children and adults…
VIDEO: New powerful eye tracker for AAC can reliably work indoors and outdoors
Lumin-i is a newly-launched, pioneering eye tracker for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) that is effective and reliable both indoors and outdoors. Developed by assistive…