Technology

Peter, a Habilitation Specialist at Guide Dogs, visited Belfast's transport hub to see how NaviLens is making travel more accessible for people with sight loss.

Today (15 May 2025) is Global Accessibility Awareness Day, launched in 2012 to shine a spotlight on digital accessibility and inclusion for people with disabilities. The theme this year is "Committing to Change" emphasising the importance of making digital products accessible to all.

Since its launch in 2023, Google has continued to enhance its Gemini AI model - the evolution of Google Assistant and Google’s AI chatbot Bard coming together. These updates aim to provide more user-friendly experiences across various devices and platforms, most of which are beneficial to people living with a vision impairment.

Apple demonstrates its commitment to accessibility with a host of new features and updates, which can be so helpful for people with vision impairment and other disabilities. This latest update is designed to empower users, making interacting with your Apple devices more seamless and intuitive than ever.

Smart glasses are increasing in popularity, with tech-giants such as Google and Amazon producing their own smart-glasses variants. For people living with visual impairment, these glasses have a range of features which can help with navigation, locating objects and day-to-day tasks. Here, we review the latest updates to the Ray-Ban Meta glasses.

Now that generative AI has come onto the scene, more technology is being integrated with AI features, and this includes virtual assistants. The latest upgrade is to the Google Assistant with the introduction of Google Gemini, it’s AI large language model (formerly known as Bard).

Matter is a type of 'language' which allows different smart home products to talk to each other. Even if all your devices come from different brands, if they're compliant with Matter you can seamlessly connect and use them together. Find out how it will make it easier for people with a vision impairment to choose accessible smart home products that can all be connected via one system.

Google's commitment to accessibility shines brightly in its latest Android version rollout for Google Pixel. These updates bring a plethora of improvements tailored to make the Pixel experience more inclusive and accessible for people with vision impairments.