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Driverless Car at the Stop Light Near You by 2017

Ours is an automobile dominated society and most of us couldn’t imagine what we would do without our cars. Henry Ford, the Studebaker brothers, Ransom Olds, the Duesenberg brothers and Charles Nash all would be astounded at the modern automobile and innovations on the horizon may change driving as we know it. According to ExtremeTech, Ford predicts that driverless cars will be a way of life in 2017.

Google Developing Driverless Automobile

Google has mad headlines with its driverless car project.  It  isn’t the only one out there working of driverless car technology, Google is the most prominent. And because of that, their driverless cars steal a lot of the spotlight. The family of driverless cars has been driven  over 300,000 miles now without incident). The gears are already in motion for self-driving cars to hit the roadway as soon as the technology is deemed stable. Google’s already been talking to automakers in Detroit, and have begun to get patents as well..

Ford Developing Traffic Jam Assist

If you think all the hubbub about Google’s fancy self-driving cars is just a fleeting novelty, Ford, it of the automobile industry, thinks you should check yourself before you wreck yourself.

Ford expects that smart car technology called Traffic Jam Assist will help reduce traffic by at least 37.5%. In other words, if you commute an hour on a freeway during rush hour, your commute would drop down to 38 minutes thanks to self-driving cars. Aside from giving you back some time on your life, Traffic Jam Assist can handle unforeseen events like a car cutting you off.

Take a look at the demo of Ford’s Traffic Jam Assist technology in the video below.

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Accessibility Online Offers Free Online Training and Webinars on Accessibility Issues

AccessibilityOnline represents a collaborative training program between the ADA National Network and  the US Access Board. The program includes a series of free webinars and audio conferences on different topics of accessibility. Sessions are held on a monthly basis and cover a variety of topics about accessibility to the built environment, information and communication technologies, and transportation.

The training is being coordinated and hosted by the Great Lakes ADA Center on behalf of the ADA National Network as a mechanism to provide accurate and quality training on the Architectural Barriers Act and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA/ABA) Accessibility Guidelines and on electronic and information technology accessibility standards (Section 508).

The ADA National Network provides a comprehensive set of services for up-to-date information, consultation, referrals, resources, and training on the Americans with Disabilities Act for businesses, employers, governmental entities, service providers and people with disabilities.

Next Scheduled Session: September 6th, 2012 » Accessible Webinars

Text-to-Speech App – Voice Dream Reader for iOS

 

if you serve students who have reading disabilities or who just prefer to listen to text,  the Apple Voice Dream Reader App is worth suggesting.  The app costs $4.99 in the App Store and is available for the IPhone, IPad and Tablet.  Click here to download the app.

Voice Dream Reader can extract text from ePub, PDF, Word, Pages, Keynote and web pages and then read them aloud using text-to-speech with synchronized highlighting.  Voice Dream Reader comes pre-loaded with the Heather voice, but additional voices can be purchased for $0.99. One downside is that all text formatting and all images are extracted and not visible.

To learn more and to view a video of the app in use: Asstive Technoloyg Blog: Voice Dream Reader App for iOS