Tag Archives: Accessibility

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Engadget Podcast: How Apple and Google are highlighting accessibility  Engadget Source link

has broken out some accessibility features into a separate app. Switch Access has graduated from the Android Accessibility Suite and it’s now available through the Play Store. Offering Switch Access features via a separate app could allow Google to roll out more frequent updates instead of having to do so at the OS level.  The move could also let Google offer Switch Access features on older devices too. The app is available on 2017’s Android 8 (aka Android Oreo) and later.  Switch Access… Source link

Google’s new Accessibility Discovery Centre in London Google Last week, Google launched its new Accessibility Discovery Centre (ADC) at its central London office located in the Kings Cross district of the U.K. capital. In doing so, the tech giant announced… Source link

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Improvements to accessibility don’t directly impact a website’s search rankings, says Google’s Search Advocate John Mueller. This is stated during a the Google Search Central SEO office-hours hangout recorded on March 25. One of the questions submitted to Mueller asks if there’s a direct ranking advantage for improved accessibility. The question specifically asks about links that are visually separated from textual content with features like increased font weight, underlining, and… Source link

Google is offering up new ways for people with various disabilities to more easily use their smartphones. The technology giant said that it’s now possible to control Android-powered smartphones hands-free by using simple gestures like smiling, raising eyebrows or looking to one direction. The new options are available through two tools — Camera Switches and Project Activate — which use machine learning technology and the phone’s front-facing camera to pick… Source link

Google highlighted several new Android features coming soon that have relevance to accessibility. Google Images Google on Tuesday published a blog post in which the company detailed six features coming to Android this summer that focus on safety. They include an earthquake alert system and richer Android Auto customization. The goal with these updates is to ensure users are “protected at every turn,” writes Android product manager Fiona Lee. Of the six features, two are… Source link

The Telegraph Jose Mourinho: Stop moaning about having to play at short notice – do you want to finish the season or not? Jose Mourinho has claimed Fulham will owe Tottenham Hotspur an apology if Scott Parker fields a full-strength team on Wednesday night while dismissing the complaints of the west London club over the rearranged fixture. Parker described the Premier League’s decision to rearrange their game against Spurs at 48 hours’ notice as “scandalous” because Aston Villa could not… Source link

ARLINGTON, Va., July 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Two years ago, Google reached out to CommonLook because of our expertise in PDF accessibility. “At the time, we recognized the potential impact on PDF accessibility due to the massive number of Chrome users around the world.” – Monir ElRayes, President and CEO, CommonLook, Inc. Google knows that online content publishers are required to have their PDFs accessible and compliant to standards. Unfortunately, most organizations do not support directly… Source link