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"Vint Cerf says "it's almost criminal" that programmers aren't held accountable to design with disabilities in mind."

"Google Assistant a beau se doter de l'une des technologies de reconnaissance vocal les plus performantes et abouties au monde, il peine à répondre aux personnes qui connaissent des difficultés au niveau de leur élocution. Conscient de l'enjeu, le géant technologique a donc décidé de mettre en orbite un projet répondant au nom d'« Euphoria » avec une ambition : celle de pallier cet enjeu et rendre sa technologie accessible au plus grand nombre."

"The ad is called Morning Ritual which has both a 30 second and minute-long version. Created by ad agency Joint London, the ad walks through a woman's morning routine which includes frequent interactions with the Alexa voice assistant. The viewer only eventually notices the fact that the woman is unable to see, as she faces a rain-soaked window and asks Alexa what the weather is like. The whole visual impairment experience is enhanced by the low-lighting throughout the video."

"Leslie Miller's days are jam-packed. Being legally blind hasn't slowed down the 70-year-old resident of Casa de Mañana Retirement Community in La Jolla, California: she frequently gets lunches with friends, goes dancing, reads, and loves to listen to radio soap operas. Lately, she's gotten into guided meditation. None of that would be possible without Alexa." [...] "We want to meaningfully impact the lives of older adults," Davis Park, the project's executive director, says. Park notes that the voice assistants have been incredibly helpful for those, like Miller, with poor vision, and the project has experimented with using Alexa to help people with dementia know where they are if they are confused about their surroundings." Miller, like most of her fellow residents, finds her Echo Dot helpful for everyday tasks: What's the weather? Remind me of a lunch with so-and-so. What's the definition of this word?"