Android accessibility? Is there any?

UPDATE Note [Nov 2020] Many changes have happened to mobile operating systems, so I am going to update the accessibility infor

VisionSim; simulator for visual impairments

Do you know someone with a visual impairment? Are you trying to learn a little more about conditions for sight loss and h

How-to: Delete an app in iOS using Voice Over

Delete an app in iOS while using Voice Over is easy enough to do once you know how. By default when Voice Over is on, it reads

Aipoly Vision versus Tap Tap See: Apps for visual impairment

Aipoly Vision and Tap Tap See do very similar things. They are object recognise apps for visually impaired,  to help someone

Easy Access Accessibility Settings

If you find you are using the Accessibility settings often or want to easily and quickly be able to make changes, you can incl

Super Scroll Gestures!

Scroll Gestures are great for everyone, I have this enabled on my mac and it could be something you find useful too! This 

Contrast for Readability

There are settings on a mac that can make working on the computer much easier for anyone with a visual impairment, but also, s

Accessibility Plugin for your WP site

Installing a plugin for your WordPress site is a great and easy way to be sure it’s as accessible as possible. I’v

Accessibility and Chrome, setting up accessibility features

This is a guide for setting up accessibility features on Chrome Browser. The guide in this post is for accessibility and Chro

Research Prototypes: Testers wanted!

Electronic Handbag: Smart bags demo of RFID integrated circuit

A short video to explain how these smart bags work. They are currently available for pre-order from ilyware. There is a video

PICAXE for Wearables, a hookup & using guide

I’m looking at an Electro-Fashion sewable PICAXE control board from Kitronik. There are a few wearable systems now that

LIMiTED: ilyware

A Creative Creator Fair

It’s been another crazy maker weekend – this time a creative Creator Fair at the Space Centre in Leicester was hos

HELP! Five Fabulous Forums

EVENT: wuthering bytes, a festival of technology

Technology festival Wuthering Bytes is happening again this year at Hebden Bridge and I am privileged to be a speaker there on

EVENT: Creator Fair, National Space Centre

Hey I’m really excited to say that I’ll be bringing some of my stuff over to the Creator Fair at the National Spac

Venice Biennale 2015

I was lucky enough to travel to the 2015 Venice Biennale, and it was my first time going. I wanted to put some photos on my si

Uploading a sketch: Arduino

There are only a few steps involved in running a sketch on an Arduino board, and this post will take you through it step-by-st

Wearable Technology 2015 Excel, London

The Wearable Technology show at Excel during March 2015 was a huge display of most current products on the market now. Queen M

Derby Maker Faire: Making, hacking, playing

Just a little post with images from the Derby Maker Faire. I had read about the Bloodhound in Wired magazine and so was pretty

York Hackspace at Manchester Mini Maker Faire

Our York Hackspace group set up at the Manchester Maker Faire over the weekend of Saturday 26th / 27th July. On the

The teensy issue with Teensy

I’ve been using these super small boards for my latest projects, and one of them I needed to hook up very specific ports

Internet of things Printing…

Here is a great link to a superdooper (yes really!) tutorial for hooking up your mini printer to the Internet. There is an Int