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The ABILITY Team
Feb 31 min read
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...
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The ABILITY Team
Jan 281 min read
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...
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The ABILITY Team
Jan 271 min read
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....
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The ABILITY Team
Dec 13, 20242 min read
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...
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The ABILITY Team
Dec 4, 20241 min read
Presenting at Rehafair Exhibition
Ability's consortium member, InsideVision , has presented the insideSUPRA and insideONE+ at the Rehafair exhibition in Marburg, Germany...
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The ABILITY Team
Nov 28, 20241 min read
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...
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The ABILITY Team
Nov 12, 20241 min read
Accessible online Surveys
"The department "Communication Science" of the German University of Muenster has been running the project "Communicative means for...
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The ABILITY Team
Nov 4, 20242 min read
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...
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The ABILITY Team
Oct 31, 20242 min read
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...
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The ABILITY Team
Oct 30, 20241 min read
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...
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The ABILITY Team
Oct 30, 20241 min read
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...
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The ABILITY Team
Oct 29, 20241 min read
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...
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The ABILITY Team
Oct 22, 20241 min read
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...
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The ABILITY Team
Oct 14, 20241 min read
Presenting in REHA
Ability consortium member, Insidevision , has attended the REHA conference for the blind in Warsaw 3-4 and 5 October and presented two...
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The ABILITY Team
Sep 27, 20243 min read
How Predictive Writing Technology is Revolutionizing Communication for Blind and Deaf-Blind Users
We have asked the Ability project’s text generator interface (runs on a Llama backend engine) the question: “How the predictive...
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The ABILITY Team
Sep 26, 20241 min read
How AI and Image Analysis Technology are Enhancing Accessibility for Visually Impaired Users: Our Recent Research
Ability's AI and Image analytics team are focused on enabling the visually impaired users to sense and interact with digital visual...
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The ABILITY Team
Sep 24, 20241 min read
How Can Businesses Ensure Accessibility in Their Products and Services? Learning from EU Standardization Efforts
"As accessibility becomes an increasingly critical focus across industries, the EU Accessibility Act (Directive 2019/882) is setting...
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sabrinapaneels
Sep 20, 20242 min read
The Olympics and Accessibility
I had the chance to attend some of the para-olympics games in Paris and notably the blind football. Aside the fact that it was amazing to...
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The ABILITY Team
May 28, 20242 min read
Importance and Benefits of Universal Design and Co-Design
Universal design and co-design are essential approaches for fully integrating people with disabilities into innovation and project...
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Lucie Pantera
Apr 10, 20242 min read
The Cadence Tablet
Recently, a revolutionary tablet for the visually impaired was introduced in Lafayette, Indiana. Tactile Engineering, the company behind...
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