For decades, computer scientists have been pursuing artificial intelligence (AI)—but in recent years, rapid progress has been made in machines that can listen, speak, see, reason, and learn,…
For the deaf and hearing impaired, more captions are coming to the web versions of shows on television, where captions are mandated, reports the New York Times—and yet…
In what might result in great new strides for assistive technology, the National Center for Technology Innovation has announced the winners of its “Tech in the Works 2010”…
The Education Department is being urged to revise its draft version of the National Education Technology Plan to include measures on adult education and on accessibility for people…
Even as audio versions of best-sellers fill store shelves and new technology fuels the popularity of digitized books, the number of titles accessible to people who are blind…