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WBH Science Week – Edition 11

November 30, 2022 by Chris Hofstader Leave a Comment

What's Inside Amazon Web Services partners on AI solutions for river blindness Blind people less likely to get good healthcare And, 2 more articles about the science and medicine of blindness and blind people Editorial By Chris Hofstader There's very little I can say about this week's edition of our science digest this week as… Read more about WBH Science Week – Edition 11

Filed Under: Science Digest Tagged With: AI, Amazon, Cataract, Diabetes, River Blindness

Amazon’s Sky Rocket To Improved Accessibility

April 4, 2017 by Chris Hofstader 3 Comments

a Introduction I’ve known Peter Korn, accessibility architect at Amazon, for nearly as long as I’ve been in the access technology world. He and I have worked on some of the same committees, forums and other working groups over the years and I’ve long been impressed with his intellect and ideas but, more so, with… Read more about Amazon’s Sky Rocket To Improved Accessibility

Filed Under: Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Amazon, Android, Apple, Fire, Google, iOS, Peter Korn

An Open Letter To Mark Riccobono

July 23, 2014 by Chris Hofstader 2 Comments

A Note To Our readers Mark Riccobono is the new president of NFB, that nation’s largest group advocating for people with vision impairment. I find him an interesting choice as president of the organization. This is a letter Ive drafted to him regarding NFB, technology and its recent resolution asking Apple to require accessibility for… Read more about An Open Letter To Mark Riccobono

Filed Under: Personal Essay, Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, NFB

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