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Examples of accessible technology date back to the 17th century, French priest and mathematician Jean Leurechon first mentioned the instrument in his 1634 Recreations mathématiques. [10] In 1808 Pellegrino Turri built one of the first typewriters to help a blind friend write. [11] In 1829, Braille was invented by Louis Braille. [12]
TecAccess is an American firm located in Rockville, Virginia, that designs online learning tools and websites for people with disabilities.The company offers consulting services, software development, testing and assessment, training, auditing, certification, and policy review.
accessiBe was founded in 2018 by Dekel Skoop, Gal Vizel and Shir Ekerling. [7] [8] The founders worked on developing proprietary software in order to make websites accessible for people with disabilities.
GreatCall was founded in 2005 by Arlene Harris to provide aging adults with accessible technology and services. [3] In the same year, the company launched the original Jitterbug phone. [4] In 2009, the company launched Live Nurse (now Urgent Care). In partnership with FONEMED, it provides customers with access to registered nurses 24 hours a ...
Assistive Technology for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is technology built to assist those who are deaf or suffer from hearing loss. Examples of such technology include hearing aids , video relay services , tactile devices , alerting devices and technology for supporting communication.
For example, wheelchairs provide independent mobility for those who cannot walk, while assistive eating devices can enable people who cannot feed themselves to do so. Due to assistive technology, disabled people have an opportunity of a more positive and easygoing lifestyle, with an increase in "social participation", "security and control ...
Web accessibility, or eAccessibility, [1] is the inclusive practice of ensuring there are no barriers that prevent interaction with, or access to, websites on the World Wide Web by people with physical disabilities, situational disabilities, and socio-economic restrictions on bandwidth and speed.
The concept of accessible design and practice of accessible developments ensures both "direct access" (i.e. unassisted) and "indirect access" meaning compatibility with a person's assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). [2] Accessibility can be viewed as the "ability to access" and benefit from some system or entity.