Noogle noggles: not just funny sounding words

Recently, I spoke about a cool app that recognized items you photographed with your IDevice. See: http://goo.gl/O541x   Furthermore, I heard of an app which recognized currency in real-time via the camera on your IDevice. Unfortunately, it's ...[Read: Noogle noggles: not just funny sounding words]

Published: Mar-24-11 | 2 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Want virtual sight? Try oMoby

  Many of you have probably wondered where martin's been. Okay, maybe a couple of you. Scratch that, the people at my local Tim Hortons certainly have been wondering. Anyway, I was on holidays participating in a cross-country skiing meet in Denve ...[Read: Want virtual sight? Try oMoby]

Published: Mar-03-11 | 5 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Microsoft promises accessibility:

  By Martin Courcelles In October of this year, CNIB, as well as other blindness organizations were invited to participate in a 1 day, round table event at Microsoft's offices in Redmond Washington. The topic was their new Windows Phone 7 opera ...[Read: Microsoft promises accessibility:]

Published: Dec-22-10 | 11 Comments | 0 Links to this post

All About ATM's:

All About ATM's:   OK, you’re all set to go.  You grab your purse or wallet, do a quick check and realize you need cash.  No problem, Just stop at the ATM on your way.  If you are blind or visually impaired you may need to think this through a l ...[Read: All About ATM's:]

Published: Oct-14-10 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

IPod? IPhone? IPad? IDon'tKnow

So what's all this craze for Apple products these days?  Well, to put it into 3 words, built-in accessibility; a concept that has finally been implemented within the computer world.  In other words, buy any current Mac product and it's accessible ...[Read: IPod? IPhone? IPad? IDon'tKnow]

Published: Jul-27-10 | 3 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Universal Design: Let's Talk Safety

Safety Can Be Accessible Too!       Discovering something to be accessible right out of the box, brings a smile to my face. This usually happens with software, but not this time! Today we're talking technology. More precisely, we're talking saf ...[Read: Universal Design: Let's Talk Safety]

Published: May-19-10 | 134 Comments | 0 Links to this post