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App Factory Releases 2014-2015 Call for Proposals Sticky

Each year, the Wireless RERC’s App Factory invites experienced organizations or individual developers based in the U.S. to submit proposals for financial support to develop assistive and/or accessibility apps for mobile platforms (e.g., Android, Blackberry 10, iOS, Windows Phone). 

Apps developed through this program include AccessNote by the American Foundation for the Blind, BrailleTouch by BrailleTech, LLC, and Sprint ID Accessibility Packs, Currency Identifier, and IDEAL Group Reader by Apps4Android.

Discover the Accessibility Features of Smartphones!: Session 2 - Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center

  • Learn about the latest accessibility features found on Apple, Android, and Windows Phone smartphones
  • Try the latest smartphones, “phablets” and tablets from AT&T!
  • Experts on hand to help you with your own devices!
Start Date: 
Monday, May 19, 2014 - 1:00pm to 3:30pm

Discover the Accessibility Features of Smartphones!: Session 1 - Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center

  • Learn about the latest accessibility features found on Apple, Android, and Windows Phone smartphones
  • Try the latest smartphones, “phablets” and tablets from AT&T!
  • Experts on hand to help you with your own devices!
Start Date: 
Monday, May 19, 2014 - 10:00am to 12:00pm

The Top Stories of 2013

March 2014 — Technology and Disability Policy Highlights (TDPH) editors produced over 160 stories in 2013, covering a wide range of disability issues. The “hot” topics were education, employment, health and implementation of the Twenty First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.  Measured by social media sharing rates, last year’s top five stories were:

AT&T and the Wireless RERC Launch Mobile Device Training For People with Disabilities

Today, AT&T Foundation announced a $50,000 contribution to Shepherd Center to assist researchers in the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Wireless Technologies (Wireless RERC) in launching a series of seminars to help consumers with disabilities uncover the range of accessibility features found on their mobile devices. Seminars are scheduled for five cities – Atlanta, Ga., Austin and Dallas, Texas, Chicago, Ill., and Washington, D.C. – throughout this spring and summer. 

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