Schlagwort: accessibility
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Physical programming for children with visual disabilities
Reading Time: 7 minutesWhen Stack Overflow conducted a survey of 64,000 software engineers, it found that 1% of their respondents were blind — a far higher percentage than among the total population. Yet it is far from easy for young people with visual disabilities to engage in learning programming in school. In this month’s seminar,…
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How can we design inclusive and accessible curricula for computer science?
Reading Time: 7 minutesAfter a brief hiatus over the Easter period, we are excited to be back with our series of online research seminars focused on diversity and inclusion, where in partnership with the Royal Academy of Engineering, we host researchers from the UK and USA. By diversity, we mean any dimension that can be…
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Our all-new TalkBack screen readerOur all-new TalkBack screen readerProduct Manager
Reading Time: 3 minutesTo blind traveling bluesman Joshua Pearson, songwriting is more than just a good melody. “Songwriting gave me a language to talk about my frustrations. And by putting my music out there, I could hopefully let somebody else feel some of what I was feeling.” For Joshua, TalkBack is his main pen and…
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Your Android is now even safer — and 5 other new featuresYour Android is now even safer — and 5 other new featuresProduct Manager
Reading Time: 5 minutesIt wasn’t all that long ago that we introduced Android users to features like Emoji Kitchen and auto-narrated audiobooks. But we like to stay busy, so today we’re highlighting six of the latest Google updates that will make Android phones more secure and convenient — for everyone. 1. Keep your accounts safe…
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6 new ways Android can help this holiday season6 new ways Android can help this holiday seasonProduct Manager, Android
Reading Time: 5 minutesWith the holidays around the corner, we’re sharing six new Google features for Android—a few more ways your phone gets more helpful over time, even outside of major OS updates. Whether you’re texting holiday greetings to loved ones or winding down with a book, here’s how Android can help. 1. Mix up…
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New Raspberry Pi OS release — December 2020
Reading Time: 10 minutesWell, in a year as disrupted and strange as 2020, it’s nice to know that there are some things you can rely on, for example the traditional end-of-year new release of Raspberry Pi OS, which we launch today. Here’s a run-through of the main new features that you’ll find in it. Chromium…
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Use Voice Access to control your Android device with your voiceUse Voice Access to control your Android device with your voiceSenior Product Manager, Google Research
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn 2018, we launched Voice Access, an Android app that lets you control your phone using your voice. The ability to use your phone hands-free has been helpful to people with disabilities, and also those without. Today, on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we’re rolling out an updated version of Voice…
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6 ways your Android is getting more helpful this fall6 ways your Android is getting more helpful this fallDirector, Product Management for Google Assistant
Reading Time: 4 minutes It was only a few weeks ago that we released Android 11, the latest version of the operating system. Today, we’re highlighting six of the latest Google features for Android—available even on older versions—that make your life a little easier and more enjoyable this fall. 1. Do even more with Google…
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Important household sounds become more accessibleImportant household sounds become more accessibleProduct ManagerProduct Manager
Reading Time: 3 minutesAppliances beeping. Water running. Dogs barking. These are all sounds that are meant to grab your attention when something important is happening. But, if you have hearing loss or are wearing headphones, these sounds might not be able to draw your attention like they’re intended to. Sound Notifications is a new feature…
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Doing more to design for and with people with disabilitiesDoing more to design for and with people with disabilitiesDirector of Accessibility Engineering
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn 2013, I joined Google’s Central Accessibility Team. Since then, I’ve continuously worked to include people with disabilities across all of the work that we do at Google. October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, a time to celebrate and recognize the contributions of people with disabilities. Today, we’re sharing a few…
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Magpie MIDI is an adaptive harmonica-style computer interface
Reading Time: 2 minutesMagpie MIDI is an adaptive harmonica-style computer interface Arduino Team — September 15th, 2020 For those with certain physical restrictions, interfacing with a computer can be a difficult task. As a possible solution, Shu Takahashi and Pato Montalvo have come up with the Magpie MIDI hands-free interface. The adaptive tool, inspired in part by…
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Overcooked! All You Can Eat offers Accessibility options and Assist mode
Reading Time: 3 minutesHey everyone! Following our announcement in July, we wanted to serve up another helping of information about Overcooked! All You Can Eat and some of the ways that we are making it the most accessible version of Overcooked! yet. We know that Overcooked! is a game that people like to enjoy with…
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Overcooked! All You Can Eat bietet Barrierefreiheit-Optionen und einen Unterstützungsmodus
Reading Time: 3 minutesHey, Leute! Nach unserer Ankündigung im Juli wollten wir euch noch einmal einen Nachschlag in Sachen Infos zu Overcooked! All You Can Eat servieren und euch zeigen, was wir unternehmen, um das Spiel zur bisher zugänglichsten Version von Overcooked! zu machen. Wir wissen, dass viele Leute Overcooked! gerne mit ihren Freunden und…
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5 new things your Android phone can do5 new things your Android phone can doDirector of Engineering, Android
Reading Time: 4 minutesYour Android phone should get better and more helpful over time, even while you wait for the latest OS update to arrive. Like the recently announced Nearby Share that supports devices going back to Android 6.0, we’re building new features that improve the experience of billions of devices around the world. Today,…
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Use Lookout to take care of daily tasks fasterUse Lookout to take care of daily tasks fasterProduct Manager
Reading Time: 2 minutesEveryone has a routine to their day, from pulling out ingredients to cook a meal, sorting through their mail, or perusing through documents. To help people who are blind or low-vision complete these daily tasks faster and more easily, we’re introducing updates to Lookout on Android: new modes, a more accessible design,…
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Latest Raspberry Pi OS update – May 2020
Reading Time: 7 minutesAlong with yesterday’s launch of the new 8GB Raspberry Pi 4, we launched a beta 64-bit ARM version of Debian with the Raspberry Pi Desktop, so you could use all those extra gigabytes. We also updated the 32-bit version of Raspberry Pi OS (the new name for Raspbian), so here’s a quick…
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Accessibility updates that help tech work for everyoneAccessibility updates that help tech work for everyoneSoftware Engineer, Central Accessibility TeamProduct Manager, Android Accessibility
Reading Time: 4 minutesEditor’s note: Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day, and we’ll be sharing resources and tools for education, as well as new accessibility features for Android and Google Maps. In 1993, Paul Amadeus Lane was an EMT with his whole life planned out. But at age 22, he was in a multi-car collision…
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A new keyboard for typing braille on AndroidA new keyboard for typing braille on AndroidProduct Manager
Reading Time: 2 minutesOver 150 years ago, the invention of braille was revolutionary in making reading and writing accessible to blind people. Today, braille displays make typing accessible on most phones and computers through a physical braille keyboard. But it can be time-consuming to connect an external device each time you want to type something…
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A new Raspbian update
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe last major release of Raspbian was the Buster version we launched alongside Raspberry Pi 4 last year. There was a minor release a couple of months later, which was mostly just bug-fixes for the first release (hence no blog post), but today’s release has a few changes that we thought it…
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Hands-free Raspberry Pi Airdrum | The MagPi 89
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe’re always going to beat the drum for projects that seek to improve the lives of people with disabilities. That’s why we fell in love with the Airdrum, which was created to allow anyone, in particular people with disabilities, to play a musical instrument. The Airdrum – speaker and MIDI song demo…
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Boxing coach uses Live Transcribe to connect with at-risk youthBoxing coach uses Live Transcribe to connect with at-risk youthYouth boxing coach
Reading Time: 3 minutesEditor’s note: Anya Karir is a Toronto-based youth boxing coach who uses Google’s accessibility tools to communicate with those around her. Isolated and alienated. That’s how I’d describe the moment I realized I was deaf. That transition, from just a kid to a deaf person, is so clear in my memory—I was…
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If it has audio, now it can have captionsIf it has audio, now it can have captionsProduct Manager
Reading Time: 2 minutesA decade ago, we added automatic captions to videos on YouTube, making online videos more accessible. However, they’re not always available on other types of content—like audio messages from your friends, trending videos on social media feeds or even the stuff you record yourself. It’s hard to enjoy that content if you forgot…
