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Touching the World: Reflections from the Tactile Graphics Workshop in Vilnius
A map of Lithuania and its neighbouring countries, A map of Ukraine highlighting occupied territories, In late June, Vilnius hosted a...
The ABILITY Team
Aug 142 min read
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Improve Blind Users Typing with AI Predictive Writing
As part of the EU ABILITY project initiative, accessibility and inclusion remain at the heart of technological innovation. Recently, we...
The ABILITY Team
Aug 12 min read
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Entry into Force of EU Directive 2019/882
Since June 28, 2025, the European Directive EU 2019/882 on the accessibility of products and services has officially come into effect in...
bangfutao
Jul 41 min read
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ABILITY workshop in Vilnius
ABILITY workshop in Vilnius together with LASS. Eleven participants (blind, severely visually impaired), tried two prototypes. One...
The ABILITY Team
Jul 31 min read
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Ability and ULUND on IKEA Sweden’s Internal Accessibility Day
Ability and ULUND were invited to participate in IKEA Sweden’s internal Accessibility Day. To demonstrate the potential of the future...
The ABILITY Team
Apr 151 min read
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Exploring Innovative Tactile Media at the Blista in Marburg
Detail of tactile map printed with UV-printer. Exploring Innovative Tactile Media at the Blista in Marburg In February, we had the great...
The ABILITY Team
Feb 172 min read
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Lithuanian Llama2 for Assistive Writing
lt-llama2 performance graph - loss vs training steps (image source: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2408.12963 ) In late 2024, researchers from...
The ABILITY Team
Feb 31 min read
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Lunch & Learn at Siemens
From image to dots: geographic map example "On Wednesday, 29. January 2025 ABILITY partners from Lund University (Sweden) have presented...
The ABILITY Team
Jan 311 min read
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Call for Papers: Designing Non-Visual Interactions with Haptic and Multimodal Interactive Displays
image source: https://aaate2025.eu/ 🌟 Call for Papers: Designing Non-Visual Interactions with Haptic and Multimodal Interactive Displays...
The ABILITY Team
Jan 281 min read
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Demoing ABILITY at DBSV
"We’re excited to share that on January 25th, we were at the Aura-Hotel Saulgrub with the Deutscher Blinden- und Sehbehindertenverband e....
The ABILITY Team
Jan 271 min read
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Improving Accessibility of Digital Devices for Visually Impaired People Using Tactile-Kinesthetic Microgestures
Illustration by ChatGPT of tactile micro-gestures (but it is actually missing a microgesture :)) I had the chance to participate to the...
The ABILITY Team
Dec 13, 20242 min read
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Presenting at Rehafair Exhibition
Ability's consortium member, InsideVision , has presented the insideSUPRA and insideONE+ at the Rehafair exhibition in Marburg, Germany...
The ABILITY Team
Dec 4, 20241 min read
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How will the ABILITY Project Benefit Those with Low Vision?
The ABILITY project was presented at the European Blind Union (EBU) Low Vision Committee meeting in Slovenia, on 26th of November. The...
The ABILITY Team
Nov 28, 20241 min read
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Accessible online Surveys
"The department "Communication Science" of the German University of Muenster has been running the project "Communicative means for...
The ABILITY Team
Nov 12, 20241 min read
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Cutting-Edge Computer Vision Models and Their Applications
"Recent advancements in computer vision have led to the development of innovative models that are transforming various industries. Below...
The ABILITY Team
Nov 4, 20242 min read
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Efficiency of Lithuanian Predictive Writing in Mobile Phones Among Sighted and Visually Impaired Users
Lithuanian predictive writing solutions have made notable strides in recent years, providing an increasingly intuitive typing experience...
The ABILITY Team
Oct 31, 20242 min read
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Seeing through sound with WaveOut
In 2022, the entrepreneur award of EIB’s Social Innovation Tournament was granted to an accessibility app, known as waveOut . WaveOut...
The ABILITY Team
Oct 30, 20241 min read
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Showcasing the InsideVision Tablets at Brailletech Trade Show in Brussels
Ability-project partner, InsideVision , has presented their recent tablets ( insideSUPRA and insideONE+ ) and our project to the Braille...
The ABILITY Team
Oct 30, 20241 min read
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How Does SuperBrain Revolutionize Accessibility for Visually Impaired Users?
7Sense is an Estonian company whose objective is to improve the visually impaired people accessibility to the environment, by providing...
The ABILITY Team
Oct 29, 20241 min read
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Experiencing Dot Pad: A User View
The Ability-project will use the Dot Pad tactile screen with 2400 dots to investigate different aspects of pin display’s image rendering...
The ABILITY Team
Oct 22, 20241 min read
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