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Front view of the handheld Annie device. It's the size of a handheld gaming controller and has a white plastic case with red and white buttons. Visible on the top row of Annie are twin braille cells on the left, speakers in the center, and a standard 6-cell braille display on the right. The middle portion of Annie is composed of a standard braille keyboard with large buttons. Below that is a digital braille slate that lets children input braille characters using a stylus. And finally, at the bottom of Annie are three large buttons for left right/right cursor movement and entry.

CSUN 2024: Annie Self-Learning Braille Literacy Device

Allison interviews Thinkerbell Labs CEO and Co-Founder, Sanskriti Dawle, about their braille literacy device that helps children learn how to read, write, and type in braille. The handheld device, called Annie, uses gamified and interactive content to help make learning braille fun. A friendly human voice guides students in their local language, thus making learning […]

Front view of Pawport pet door with a black exterior and a blue illuminated border at the bottom. The pet door is split down the middle in two halves and both halves are closed. The name “pawport" is printed in blue at the top of the doors.

CES 2024: Pawport Smart Secure Pet Door

Allison interviews Martin Diamond, CEO of Pawport, about their new smart and secure pet door. Pawport features a patented design that slides onto existing pet doors using the grove on the existing pet door frame. A simple screw locks Pawport into place and cannot be removed from the outside. Pawport opens and closes on demand […]

Cato device is a small (1.5"x1.5") black rounded rectangle and about 1" thick. It has two small black rectangular protrusions top and bottom on the face and the word "cato" printed in gold lower-case print. A small rounded rectangular opening is located on one side of the device.

CSUN 2024: Cato Motion-Based Wearable Alternative to Eye Gaze Control

Allison interviews Auli Co-Founder, Spero Koulouras, about their alternative to eye gaze to control applications and devices. Auli’s Cato device empowers people with motor disabilities by providing familiar customizable control of electronic devices. Cato is a motion-based wearable device that controls Windows, macOS, and Chromebook computers by emulating mouse and keyboard input. It also operates […]

CSUN 2024: Touch Graphics Interactive Tactile Displays

Allison interviews Lindsay Yazzolino and Steve Landau from Touch Graphics about two of their products that provide universal access using tactile designs. The first is a custom tactile overlay for maps that provides orientation and wayfinding for people with visual impairment. Lindsay demonstrates the T3 Tablet that has various tactile overlays with raised features. The […]

CES 2024: Scosche Cables, Jumpers, and Modular Chargers

Allison interviews Darryl Miya from Scosche about their latest diverse line of products. Darryl begins with their novel Strikeline Cobra USB-C magnetic cable that sticks to itself when you coil it up and also sticks to metal. Even with magnetism built into the cable, the cable remains supple and flexible when uncoiled. Next, Darryl shows […]

Ocutrx OcuLenz AR Headset showing two lenses, one for each eye, and two small openings for cameras above the lenses. A band on top of headset and another behind secures the headset on user's the head. The headset is white with orange and gray highlights.

CES 2024: Ocutrx AR Headset for Patients with Macular Degeneration

Allison Sheridan interviews Ocutrx Chief Operating Officer, Mitchael Freeman, about their AR headset that helps people with macular degeneration see better. When first worn, OcuLenz glasses perform a visual field test to locate the visual defect, or scotoma, in each eye. With this information, OcuLenz creates a scotoma marker on the live video feed for […]

CSUN 2024: Bellman & Symfon Smart Home Products for Deaf & Hard of Hearing

Allison interviews Peter Jungvid, founder and owner of Bellman & Symfon, about their range of smart home solutions designed for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Peter begins with Bellman’s smart home wireless alerting devices. They sell transmitters to sense various household events such as a doorbell, telephone ring, baby crying, and smoke […]

Photo of the Satechi 3-in-1 Foldable Qi2 Charging Stand showing an iPhone mounted vertically, AirPods charging on the base, and an Apple Watch on the back sitting on charging puck.

CES 2024: Satechi Qi2 and Magnetic Travel Chargers

April 1, 2024
by Steve Sheridan

Allison interviews Christopher Martinez from Satechi about their latest products including their new Qi2 product line of chargers. The 3-in-1 Foldable Qi2 Wireless Charging Stand charges your AirPods, MagSafe iPhone, and Apple Watch all in one device. The iPhone charging module articulates so you can position it for better viewing. The 3-in-1’s little brother, the […]

Fake University website showing how Silktide identifies web content issues with location specific callouts on the webpage such as "Broken form" and "Is this a decorative image?"

CSUN 2024: Silktide Website Accessibility & Content Checker

Allison interviews Oliver Emberton, Founder and CEO of Silktide, about their free website accessibility and content checker. Silktide allows web managers to find and fix accessibility, content, and user experience problems automatically. Available as a free download on the Chrome Store, Silktide operates as a Chrome extension. It works on any Chromium-based browser such as […]

CES 2024: Aqara Smart Home Devices

March 25, 2024
by Steve Sheridan

Allison interviews Jennifer-Biana Gilman from Aqara about their extensive line of smart home devices which includes cameras, locks, controllers, lighting, sensors, hubs, and curtain controllers. Aqara is known for providing affordable products that support automations through their mobile app and are compatible with HomeKit, Alexa, Google Home, and IFTTT. For example, Aqara’s Camera Hub G3 […]

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