Hello Guys, This is the recording of webinar which was on Louie voice control held yesterday by National association for the blind Delhi.
Learn to use Louie, an interesting voice command app. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=218416326427284&id=718925041479799 On Sat, 26 Dec, 2020, 2:34 pm srinivas bangalore_11, < [email protected]> wrote: > Please provide the Play Store link to download > > On Sat, 26 Dec, 2020, 12:30 pm Reach Now, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > What an amazing app. Congratulations to the founder and the entire team > for the vision, the focus and the eventual outcomes. Thanks to this app, I > am finally on Whatsapp after having made several failed attempts to access > Whatsapp in its traditional garb. Louie reduces the time it takes to > perform standard Whatsapp functions by at least 50% if not more and since > we as visually impaired folks sometimes take more time to perform standard > functions, time is always of the essence. > > > > My experience also demonstrates the inability of mainstream apps to > understand the essential fundamentals of accessibility. It goes without > saying that it is lip service all the way from start to finish. The major > global players are no exception. Here is an example: > > > > The so called Voice Assistant from Big G was touted as an assistant > especially for the visually impaired in a Google Conference which I was > privileged to attend in person. In that case, even after so many years, why > are several buttons on the home screen of the Assistant still unmarked? > Talk Back, I am sure, delights itself and subsequently gets bored in saying > unlabelled over and over again once the Assistant's home page is activated. > The same challenge holds true for many other front runner apps as well. > > > > I do not want to cite chapter and verse here but I can definitely cite > dozens of instances where apps from the world's top three players are > inaccessible in one way or the other. Are the accessibility teams at these > mega corporations sleeping on the wheel and enjoying the proverbial eternal > snooze? You bet! > > > > The Indian banks, IRCTC, PayTM, on the other hand, are an entirely > different bag of ongoing accessibility challenges. > > > > I think one of the attorneys in our Access India community should pick > up the cudgels, take every violator to court and trigger hefty fines and > penalties. > > > > Companies are not doing us any favors by paying attention to > accessibility. It is the law both in spirit and in word. Attorneys should > hit where it hurts the most, the corporate pocket book. Fortunately, there > are several honorable jurors who have attempted to understand the > challenges our community experiences every hour of the day. The recent > letter to state courts regarding the accessibility of online legal > resources is a case in point. We can therefore expect a certain level of > support from the judiciary. > > > > Rajesh from Noida > > > > > > > > > > Here is an example: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Pratham Kumar Singh > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2020 10:25 AM > > Subject: [AI] GREETINGS! > > > > Greetings from NAB Delhi. > > We are presenting another webinar on “Louie Voice Control” on Saturday > the 26th of December 2020 at 05:00 PM. > > Louie Voice Control is an App that enables visually impaired users to do > each and everything within popular Apps with just voice commands. Louie is > designed keeping the special needs of the visually impaired in mind, as the > founder Pramit himself is visually impaired. > > See Louie in action: > > https://youtu.be/F0-y7087Kzg > > Louie is one of its kind as it does a continuous two-way interaction > with the users and does each and everything within a supported App. > > Louie currently supports YouTube, WhatsApp, Uber, Contacts and Phone > Calls. Many more apps are on the way. > > See what Louie can do: > > YouTube - skip Ads automatically, share video, post a comment, fast > forward or rewind video by any number of seconds and much more... > > WhatsApp - share location, send & edit long text messages, make group > calls, create a group, save & share contacts, delete messages or entire > chats, play voice messages continuously one after another, block sender and > much more... > > Contacts - save new contact, edit, delete & block and phone calling > > Uber - End-to-End booking, call/message driver, multiple stop booking, > share trip, cancel booking and much more... > > The webinar will be live on our YouTube channel. Visit > > www.youtube.com/nabdelhionline > > to join us. > > > > -- > > Disclaimer: > > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > > > 2. 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