Jedi glove, Apple's new series "See," more assistive tech links

[kestrell]

Jedi Glove Assists Visually Impaired with Sonar
https://interestingengineering.com/nui-galways-jediglove-assists-visually-impaired-with-sonar

Meet the blindness consultant ensuring Apple TV Plus show See respects accessibility
Joe Strechay has a unique role in entertainment: blindness consultant for Apple's new series, "See," starring Jason Momoa
https://www.cnet.com/news/meet-the-blindness-consultant-ensuring-apple-tv-plus-show-see-respects-accessibility/

iPhone 12 Pro's People Perception features lets blind users detect people around them
https://www.cnet.com/news/iphone-12-pro-lets-people-who-are-blind-see-others-around-them/
Lidar is a type of depth sensor
https://blog.halide.cam/lidar-peek-into-the-future-with-ipad-pro-11d38910e9f8
that helps with augmented reality apps and serves as the eyes of self-driving cars. Now, Apple is applying it to accessibility in an effort to help people who have vision problems better navigate the world around them.

Inclusive Design for Social Media: Tips for Creating Accessible Channels
At least one billion people, or 15% of the world's population, experience some form of disability. That figure increases significantly when it accounts for temporary and situational disabilities.
Non-inclusive content and experiences push people away. And it's not always easy to pinpoint when that happens.
Excluded web visitors often don't complain:
71% just leave.
Marketers should view staying informed about these updates as a responsibility. While social media accessibility isn't technically required under WCAG's 2.1 compliance standards, it shouldn't need to be. Here's why:
https://blog.hootsuite.com/inclusive-design-social-media/

Indoor Mapping on Tek Talk
Hear about emerging indoor mapping technology on Tek Talk on
GMT Tuesday, November 10th 2020 at 01:00
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/839935813?pwd=eXFMRHpxNnhFZlRiMHAzRWNWYXM3Zz09

iBug will feature Voice Dream Reader and Files App on the next 2-hour iBUG Cafe
to take place on GMT Sunday, November 8th 2020 at 22:00
https://zoom.us/j/7428486329?pwd=M003RmZaa3pTbWRlZ00xbSs4YTlmUT09

Wired: Gamers Forge Their Own Paths When It Comes to Accessibility
WHEN MARK BARLET realized there weren’t many gaming resources available for a friend with multiple sclerosis, he and Steven Spohn helmed a solution that would change countless lives. They created AbleGamers and turned a personal mission into a global vision of video game accessibility for all.
https://www.wired.com/story/accessibility-video-games-ablegamers/

Kes: Take a look around this next resource: it also has upcoming Zoom meetings on other accessible tech, along with archived previous shows
Accessible Gifts for the Holidays - Saturday, November 14
How to add smart devices to your Alexa device or Google Nest - Saturday, December 12
https://www.marylandlibraries.org/Pages/Technology%20User%20Group.aspx

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Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Have you watched See at all? or read Actual Blind Folx analysis?

[kestrell]

Last time I looked, I couldn't find any info about its actual release; that was a couple of months ago. I assumed it was postponed due to Covid, possibly even vaporware.

Have you heard anything?

[alexxkay]

The first season came out in 2019. A second season is being covid-delayed.

[jesse_the_k]

I purchased a new iPhone last year, which got me a free year of Apple TV+. I watched their take on sexual harassment in the media -- aka The Morning Show -- and thought about watching SEE. And then I saw it was time to start paying for the service, so I bailed before I saw SEE.

I think I want to keep my happy memories when Jason Mamoa (from Stargate: Atlantis) was a sweet baby actor.

[kestrell]

I find it really weird that I haven't found any actual reviews of this show, let alone any commentary by disability scholars. Is it because pwd tend to not have the excess income to pay for Apple TV?