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NB Accessis very pleased to offer NVDA Certified Expert accreditation. The certification tests your knowledge of all aspects of the free NVDAscreen reader. The exam is online and available now at https://certification.nvaccess.org/. Free for anyone to sit, the test is time limited and takes less than an hour.

James Oates On January 9, 2017

Windows 10 Build 15002 was released today, and per Dona Sarkar, here is a list of the accessibility features to be found in this new release.

 

As we know, the 1 year free update to Windows 10 was ended on 29 July 2016 and various ways were took by Microsoft to make sure all the Windows users are update to latest version of Windows which is Windows 10. However, there are users that still don’t want to update to Windows 10 and try their best to continue using the older version of Windows and don’t want to update their machines to Windows 10 due to some reasons.

Twitter released a blog post announcing Accessible Images for Everyone. The post explains, "Starting today, people using our iOS and Android apps can add descriptions — also known as alternative text (alt text) — to images in Tweets," and goes on to describe how to enable the new feature.

The multi-functional Google Calculator is now available in the Google Play Store.

The app will do all of the basic math like addition, subtraction, multiplying
and division. And if you have more complex problems to be solved, putting the phone into landscape mode will turn the calculator into a scientific calculator
with buttons for sine, cosine, tangent, logarithm and pi.

Facebook is rolling out a new feature that will automatically describe the content of photos to blind and visually impaired users. Called automatic alternative text, the feature uses artificial intelligence to identify visual content and provide a description for people using screen reader

Twitter announced today that it has made it easier for subscribers to share a tweet with another member, privately.

The new method involves the use of
Direct Message. The use of DM has been rising sharply, up 60% last year. And the number of tweets privately shared soared 200% during the second half of
the year.

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