Accessibility Minute with Laura Medcalf

Hey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at Assistive Technology, those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs! If you’re looking for a new pair of wireless, noise-cancelling headphones, check out the Beats Studio3 Wireless Headphones. When you think of Beats […]

Hey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at Assistive Technology, those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs! Acupressure has been a traditional Chinese medicine for more than 2000 years. It is essentially “a method of sending a signal to the […]

Hey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at Assistive Technology, those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs! Did you know that 3.5% of U.S. adults have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (AKA PTSD)? Many individuals with PTSD experience flashbacks […]

Hey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at Assistive Technology, those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs! Looking for a way to make your computer’s display adapt to the time of day?  F.lux might be just what you’re looking for!  […]

Hey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at Assistive Technology, those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs! Looking for a new assistive speech app? Swiftable offers the Jabberwocky AAC App for iOS devices! Though we’ve covered several augmentative and alternative […]

Hey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at Assistive Technology, those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs! Looking for a way to have your PDF or other document text read aloud? NaturalReader is a “powerful text-to-speech tool” that allows you […]

Hey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at Assistive Technology, those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs! Looking for an app to help your child or student with dyslexia? Check out Augmenta11y. Augmenta11y is an Augmented Reality (AR) app that […]

Hey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at Assistive Technology, those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs! Believe it or not, Halloween is creeping up fast! The major superstore Target recently unveiled new inclusive Halloween costumes in their Hyde and […]

Hey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at Assistive Technology, those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs! IRIS is a company that builds software and products to help people increase their productivity while scanning and converting documents. One of their […]

Hey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at Assistive Technology, those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs! Many individuals with disabilities are unable to communicate with emergency personnel in times of need.  Natalie Bell is a mother of five who […]