Osaka to trial face biometric ticketing for travelers in wheelchairs
Osaka Metro announced it will experiment with face biometric ticketing verification for passengers using wheelchairs at Nagai Station. Panasonic‘s biometric…
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New speech datasets, software target greater inclusion
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has unveiled the Speech Accessibility Project, an initiative to make voice biometrics and speech…
Meme to mime: Google and others launching face biometrics as computer code
Google and Domino’s Pizza are both pushing a new accessibility feature – involving face biometrics — as something mainstream computer…
Artificial vision with facial recognition gets avid but meager attention
The global market for assistive artificial vision technology is small, funded largely on a shoestring and benefits in no small…
Face biometrics for smartphones still evolving, eye and gesture tracking in development
Industry reports from the smartphone front suggest that Apple will inevitably launch an iPhone with its facial recognition camera tucked…
Tobii eye-tracking integrated for accessibility tool, gaming
Eye-tracking technology provider Tobii is supplying technology for two separate partnerships which widen the reach of its computer vision tools….
Google accessibility feature turns a glance into a command
Android and iOS are adding accessibility features. Beginning September 30, Google’s Android will enable people to control some navigation with…
