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At today's Pixel 7 event, Google has announced a new accessibility feature that will help blind and visually-impaired users take better selfies. "Guided Frame" is a voice coach that will tell users where to hold their phones in order to, for instance, take a selfie. Hold the device in front of you, and it'll ask you to go up, down, or to the side, until its AI believes you're in the best place to shoot. When it does, it'll even trigger the shutter automatically, telling the user when they can relax their hand.  This…

The Sound of Violence While the Street Fighter 6 beta is yet to get officially underway, eager players are already exploring the settings of the PC edition, pulling out tidbits and new news regarding all of the excitement that takes place outside of the ring and under the hood — But perhaps best of all, it appears that Capcom’s latest will offer the best accessibility options in the history of the storied series. For visually impaired players, Street Fighter 6 seemingly offers a custom sound deck, that not only offers up…

NTSB wants cars that can detect drunk driving and automatically manage speed limits. | Photo by Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The National Transportation Safety Board, the federal agency responsible for investigating vehicle and aviation crashes, called on the government to require all new vehicles to include technology that would detect drunk or impaired driving. The recommendation was made in light of a horrific crash that took place in Fresno County, California, on New Year’s…

Twitter has rolled out a feature to help blind and visually-impaired people read images embedded with the tweets via its new image description reminder.The new image description reminder will encourage more people on Twitter to add helpful descriptions to the images they tweet, the company said in a statement.Alternative text, or alt text, is a written description of what's in an image that can be picked up by screen reader software used by the visually impaired.Whenever you add a photo to a Tweet, you have the option to…

Image Source : FREEPIK Twitter Twitter has rolled out a feature to help blind and visually-impaired people read images embedded with the tweets via its new image description reminder. The new image description reminder will encourage more people on Twitter to add helpful descriptions to the images they tweet, the company said in a statement. Alternative text, or alt…

Google is bringing enhanced support for braille in Android with the next major update coming this fall. The company announced this on Global Accessibility Awareness Day. The move comes after a similar announcement by Apple earlier in the week. In Android 12 and lower, people with visual impairments who needed braille displays to comfortably use their phones would need to download the BrailleBack app from the Play Store and connect their Android device to a braille display. The company is now building support for…

Brazilian researchers show that inclusion is necessary if disaster prevention policy is to avoid the “invisibility” of these people and reduce the barriers that intensify vulnerability. Credit: Giselly Gomes/GPEA According to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), almost half the world's population—about 3.3 billion to 3.6 billion people—live in contexts that are highly vulnerable to the…