Makers Making Change Update: TELUS Builds 175 LipSyncs
Some incredible TELUS team members helped us build 175 LipSyncs over the past month and a half! Thank you, TELUS, for your leadership and support in hosting these LipSync Buildathons.
How-to: Use Siri as a Hands-Free Calculator
Right now on the iOS app store there are countless talking calculators available for purchase and even some for free. We’ve looked at Talking Calculator in the past, and it does a great job of calculating complex formulas hands-free with full VoiceOver support. For users who are blind, have low-vision, or have learning disabilities that make it difficult to visually process numbers, talking calculators can help level the playing field by giving users the ability to engage in math problems independently.
Makers Making Change Update: A Better LipSync Joystick Jig
Enter the new joystick jig, which helps makers install each FSR correctly onto the board.
KNFB Reader
There’s an app on the market right now that’s changing how blind, low-vision, dyslexic, and other print-disabled users are able to interact with text.
Makers Making Change Update: NOMCON and AT Makers’ Fair
Makers Making Change is rolling up their sleeves and prepping for a week of activity. Here are two big maker events in the US that they’ll be a part of.