The app allows iPhone users to take a photo of an item they have a query about, record their question and send the photo and question to a team of real-life people to answer. These people record the answer, which is then sent back to the user.
You can now download VizWiz from the iTunes store free of cost.
The service is available to people in Australia and New Zealand, who can sign up to receive free Christian talking books and magazines out of a catalogue of over 1,500 books and 12 magazine titles.
These are recorded using the DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) format and are distributed on disk.
CBM Australia is part of CBM, the world’s largest organisation working for people with disabilities in poor locations around the world.
According to the press release, the name change is due to several reasons, mainly, that Twitter rules of use for third-party applications do not allow the word ‘Twitter’ in the name of the application.
Also, the word ‘easy’ is more understood than ‘accessible’, particularly to those not in the accessibility or disability communities. Easy Chirp is also shorter, especially important with the 140-character limit in Twitter statuses, better known as tweets.
Wells Fargo has been the subject of numerous complaints by Deaf and hearing impaired people, as well as people with speech difficulties, many of which related to the company’s refusal to use the telecommunications relay service.
As part of the settlement, Wells Fargo will ensure that its 10,000 retail and banking stores, over 12,000 ATMs, and phone and website services will be fully accessible. It will also pay US$16 million in compensation to individuals, and a US$55,000 civil penalty to the United States.
