News and Highlights
Android Accessibility, an introduction to using Android phones for people with low or no vision from the eyes-free project at Google Code, features two applications developed by Apps4Android in partnership with Raising the Floor.
Continue reading Android Accessibility Introduction Highlights Apps4Android RtF Apps
Posted: August 19, 2010 at 2:29 pm
In a recent post to the Yahoo! Accessibility blog, Raising the Floor member Jeffrey Bigham describes a future where assistive technology resides in the cloud, allowing anyone to to use any web-connected device to readily access a computing environment that meets their individual needs and preferences.
Continue reading Yahoo Accessibility Blog describes "AT in the Clouds"
Posted: August 19, 2010 at 11:43 am
HILLIARD, OH July 15, 2010 - IDEAL Group Apps4Android, Inc. announced today the release of the first, fully accessible, Open Source, Web Access Plug-In for Android Mobile Devices in support of Raising the Floor.
Continue reading Accessible "Web Access Plug-In" Available for Android Mobile Devices
Posted: July 15, 2010 at 2:53 pm
HILLIARD, OH July 6, 2010 - IDEAL Group Apps4Android, Inc. announced today the release of the first Android e-mail reader for the blind. The IDEAL K9 E-Mail® reader is accessible using Google's Talkback and other Android screenreaders. Also announced was the release of IDEAL Item Identifier®, an Android-based barcode reader.
Continue reading Accessible Android E-Mail and Barcode Reader
Posted: July 7, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Welcome
Raising the Floor (RtF) is an international coalition of individuals and organizations working to ensure that the Internet is accessible to people experiencing accessibility or literacy problems, even if they have very limited or no financial resources. The goal is to ensure that individuals who need special interfaces are as free and able as everyone else to use the new and emerging Internet tools and resources to live more independently and productively, and to achieve their life's goals.
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