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  1. Peter, a tech user, wears a Biped navigation aid and bone conducting headphones as he stands with his Vision Rehabilitation Specialist, Naomi, and Guide Dogs' Technology Specialist, Tommy. Naomi and Peter are also holding canes as they test out this assistive technology in the street.
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    Author: Guide Dogs' Communications Team
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    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.

  2. A tech user holds a smartphone, which has the Google Gemini 'Live Video Mode' function enabled. They're pointing the phone at a selection of flowers.
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    Author: Guide Dogs' Information and Advice Team

    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.

  3. Alba uses her iPhone at her kitchen table
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    Author: Guide Dogs' Information and Advice Team

    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.

  4. Dennis smiles wearing smart glasses
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    Author: Guide Dogs' Information and Advice Team

    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.

  5. A woman sits at her kitchen table where an Amazon Echo is attached to the wall next to her. She speaks to the Alexa voice assistant.
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    Author: Guide Dogs' Information and Advice Team

    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).

  6. A woman is sat at a table in her kitchen, giving voice instructions to her Amazon Echo smart speaker.
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    Author: Guide Dogs' Information and Advice Team

    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.

  7. Looking down into the atrium of Google's Accessibility Discover Centre from the top floor.
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    Author: Siobhan Meade

    As a blind person, I recently had the incredible opportunity to visit Google's Accessibility Discovery Centre in London. It is a place where engineers, researchers, product teams, and partners come together to create ground-breaking accessible technologies. This centre aims to eliminate the barriers faced by people with disabilities on a daily basis.

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