We cordially invite you to join one or many and Popular Accessibility-Related Linkedin Groups Today! Why wait! It’s free to join… and very beneficial professionally. We have over 13,000 members from all corners of the world interested in networking on a wide range of accessibility-related technology, rehabilitation, speech, language, hearing, vision, STEM content, legislation and [...]
Listing of Apps4Android’s 700,000 installations by Wireless Services Provider. Listing of Wireless Services Providers Supported: Boost Mobile® KT® Movistar® Orange® Singtel® AT&T® Atento® au by KDDI® Bell® Ben® Boost® Bouygues Telecom® B-You® C Spire Wireless® China Mobile® Claro® Cleartalk® Crazy John’s® Cricket® Disney Mobile® Docomo® E-Plus® Era® Hi® Iusacell® KPN® LG U+® lusacell® M1® MetroPCS® [...]
The following chart provides the relative percentage of active Android devices running different versions of the Android platform. The following table is based on the number of Android devices that have accessed Google Play within a 14-day period ending on December 3, 2012. Version Codename API Distribution 1.5 Cupcake 3 0.10% 1.6 Donut 4 0.30% [...]
Amazon’s Pushing to Put inaccessible Kindle E-books in Schools: IDEAL Group / Apps4Android’s Response DOJ Targeted Public Library for Lending E-Books ‘Inaccessible’ to the Blind Make Kindle E-books Accessible Justice Department Settles with Sacramento, Calif., Public Library Authority Over Inaccessible “E-Reader” Devices National Federation of the Blind to Protest Outside Amazon Headquarters Over Push to [...]
IDEAL Group Reader Selected as a Finalist FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Apps4Android, Inc. Media Relations media-relations@apps4android.org Hilliard, OH (BUSINESS WIRE) – December 10, 2012 – Steve Jacobs, President, IDEAL Group and CEO Apps4Android today announced that IDEAL Group Reader was selected as a finalist in Vodafone’s Smart Accessibility Awards 2012 competition. IDEAL Group Reader is [...]
Amazon recently launched an aggressive initiative to get inaccessible Kindle e-books into K-12 classrooms across the country. Given that the Kindle is not accessible to students with disabilities… they are going to be disenfranchised. Amazon recently launched an aggressive initiative to get inaccessible Kindle e-books into K-12 classrooms across the country. Given that the Kindle [...]
Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center (ITTATC) Dates: 10/01/00 – 9/30/06 Grant Number: H133A000405 U.S. Department of Education, NIDRR Funding Objective: Promote the creation, use and dissemination of accessible telecommunications and information technology (IT) by providing technical assistance, training and information. http://www.ittatc.org/ Enhanced Academic Achievement and Transition Outcomes Through Technology—Phase II Dates: 10/01/2005 – [...]
Initiative on the New Economy (INE) Program Dates: 6/01/03 – 06/01/07 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Funded Objective: studied how computers, the Internet, and other information technologies (IT) can increase the quality of life and employment of Canadians with disabilities in the knowledge-driven new economy. Topics of focus included; Passages to [...]
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# Country/U.S. Territory 1 Afghanistan 2 Albania 3 Algeria 4 Angola 5 Argentina 6 Armenia 7 Aruba 8 Australia 9 Austria 10 Azerbaijan 11 Bahamas 12 Bahrain 13 Bangladesh 14 Barbados 15 Belarus 16 Belgium 17 Belize 18 Bermuda 19 Bolivia 20 Botswana 21 Brazil 22 British Virgin Islands 23 Brunei 24 Bulgaria 25 Cambodia [...]
Thirty seven years ago, when I began my high-tech career, I never gave a second thought to the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM). My college education was saturated with STEM courses… and STEM concepts were woven into the fabric of my being. STEM education creates critical thinkers, increases science literacy, and enables [...]
MyApps Ingestion will close on December 17, 2012. Developers will no longer be able to submit applications to the SHOP4APPS storefront for download or sale in China. Developer’s information and applications will be transferred to a new third party app store operated by China store vendor, Crossmo. Log-in to MyApps to read more and choose [...]
The following pie chart and table is based on the number of Android devices that have accessed Google Play within a 14-day period ending on the data collection date noted below. Version Codename API Distribution 1.5 Cupcake 3 0.1% 1.6 Donut 4 0.3% 2.1 Eclair 7 3.1% 2.2 Froyo 8 12% 2.3 – 2.3.2 Gingerbread [...]
Android 4.2 has performance optimizations, a refreshed system UI, and great new features for users and developers. This document provides a glimpse of what’s new for developers. See the Android 4.2 APIs document for a detailed look at the new developer APIs. Find out more about the new Jelly Bean features for users at www.android.com. [...]
This article provides data about the relative number of active devices that have a particular screen configuration, defined by a combination of screen size and density. To simplify the way that you design your user interfaces for different screen configurations, Android divides the range of actual screen sizes and densities into: A set of four [...]
When TalkBack and Explore by Touch are turned on, you can use simple gestures to navigate your Nexus 7: Drag one finger. Explore your screen and hear audible feedback for what is being touched. Double-tap anywhere on the screen. Opens or activates the item that you last touched. Swipe up or down using two fingers. [...]
Funded since 2001, the Wireless RERC is a recognized leader on issues and solutions related to the accessibility and usability of mobile wireless products and services by people with disabilities. Here are a few highlights of what is presented in this month’s “Re:Wireless” Newsletter: Third update to the Survey of User Needs (SUN) 2012 Survey [...]
October 2012 This is a publication of the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Wireless Technologies supported by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research of the U.S. Department of Education, grant #H133E110002. The opinions contained in this publication are those of the grantee and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of [...]
Android is a resourceful invention of technology that also includes certain applications that help visually impaired and blind people in functioning. In this article we will discuss some of these applications. 1. Ideal Accessibility Installer This application is also called Platform Access Installer. It contains different packages such as KickBack, TalkBack, and SoundBack (TKS) applications [...]
October 31, 2012 03:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time DALLAS & BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In the wake of destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy, AT&T and T-Mobile are taking extraordinary measures to make sure our customers can stay in touch. AT&T and T-Mobile have entered into an agreement to enable roaming on their networks to customers of both companies [...]
Mary Rose October 31, 2012 After a long and tortuous wait, Samsung Galaxy S3 users will be finally getting their Android 4.1 Jelly Bean updates. Samsung has finally started to push the updates for its Galaxy S3 smartphones. Poland happens to be the first country where this update has been started. So the Poles are lucky [...]
On October 10, 2012, Judge Harold Baer of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the National Federation of the Blind’s Motion for Summary Judgment in The Authors’ Guild v. HathiTrust case. Dan Goldstein, Laura Abelson, and Jessie Weber from Brown, Goldstein & Levy represented the National Federation of [...]