"CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
2023"
TOKYO, March 15,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Group Corporation (Sony)
announced today that Sony will have an exhibit at the world's
largest international conference on accessibility, the "CSUN
Assistive Technology Conference 2023", taking place in Anaheim, California, March 13 to 17, 2023.
Sony's purpose is to "fill the world with emotion, through the
power of creativity and technology." Sony works to incorporate
accessibility into its products and services to help build an
inclusive future where everyone can share the moment. The exhibit
will showcase Sony's products and various initiatives addressing
accessibility.
Main Exhibits
BRAVIA offers a variety of accessibility features that assist
with vision and hearing. At the Sony booth, guests will be able to
experience the Text Magnification function,*1 *2 which
magnifies the text on the screen, and the Screen Reader
function,*1 *3 which reads aloud TV settings. In
addition, with a BRAVIA equipped with Google Assistant, users can
use voice commands to search for videos on YouTube™, turn the power
on/off, adjust the volume, and other things, simply by talking to
the TV.*4
PlayStation strives to create a gaming experience without
barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities. The
PlayStation 5 console features display and customization options
like zoom, color correction and text size adjustments, a screen
reader feature, closed captions and chat transcription. Players can
also customize button assignments on the DualSense wireless
controller and adjust the intensity of the vibration and adaptive
trigger effects. PlayStation Studios also creates a variety of
industry-defining software titles with an array of vision, hearing
and motor accessibility settings.
- LinkBuds Truly Wireless Earbuds
LinkBuds have been created with a unique open ring design that
lets users tune into the outside world whenever they want, without
compromising the listening experience. The ring driver unit
features an open central diaphragm for audio transparency, so
chatting with friends and connecting to surroundings is easy.
Because the earbuds are small, light and do not block ears, users
can keep them in all the time, confident they will not miss ambient
sounds from the environment even while listening to music or
participating in online meetings.
- Alpha™ Interchangeable-Lens Camera and
Cyber-shot® Retinal Projection Camera Kit
Sony's select digital cameras carry a screen reader
feature*5 that reads menus and video playback screens
aloud to assist users' camera operation. As a technology showcase,
Sony will demonstrate this screen reader feature supporting up to
10 languages on an Alpha camera, which is also capable of enlarging
the menu screen.
Visitors to the Sony booth will be able to experience the
DSC-HX99 RNV kit, the retinal projection camera kit, which consists
of Sony's DSC-HX99 Cyber-shot® and a RETISSA NEOVIEWER
viewfinder*6 that employs laser retinal projection
technology from QD Laser, Inc.
Each series of Xperia™ smartphones powered by Android OS are
equipped with accessibility features that assist with vision,
hearing, and action, such as TalkBack (the Google screen reader)
and improved visibility of operation screens.
Since 2021, Sony's software team has been playing a central
role in improving some of the applications with input from
employees with disabilities at Sony/Taiyo Corporation. Visitors to
the Sony's booth will be able to experience Xperia smartphones
and their accessibility features. As a technology showcase, Sony
will exhibit one feature that informs the user the
horizontal and vertical measurement information of the screen
through sound when taking photos using the Photography Pro.
- Self-fitting Over-the-Counter (OTC) Hearing Aids
(only in the U.S. market)
Sony launched two self-fitting OTC hearing
aids*7 in the U.S. market in October 2022 and will
have them on display: the CRE-C10, a sleek and discreet design that
is virtually invisible and the CRE-E10, which comes with
Bluetooth® and has a streaming music playback
function.*8 A dedicated smartphone application allows
users to create a hearing profile their hearing . Visitors to the
booth will be able to try some of the functions developed for these
products.
In addition to the exhibition, Sony will hold Conference
Sessions to present some of our Accessibility initiatives.
- Getting Closer to People Through Accessibility
Initiatives
Shigeki Ishizuka, Vice Chairman,
Sony Group Corporation, and Neal
Manowitz, President and COO of Sony Electronics North
America, send messages regarding Sony's accessibility. Sony's
ongoing accessibility initiatives will be introduced, such as
collaboration with organizations for people with disabilities and
the latest products which are accessible.
- Navigation Drone Using Light Touch Contact
Sony is working to create ideas and develop technologies related
to assistive technology for the future. As one of its research
themes, we will give a presentation on a demonstration experiment
of a navigation system utilizing light touch contact*9
and drones, which aims to enable people with visual impairments to
move safely and independently to their destinations.
- Accessible Setup Experience for Sony's BRAVIA with Google
TV
Sony and Google will explain how they developed an independent
TV setup experience for customers who use screen readers.
For further details on Sony's exhibit, please refer to the
website.
- Screen reader and text magnification functions comply with U.S.
regulations.
- Text magnification is available for applications designed to
use this feature.
- Screen reader is available only in some regions and some
languages, and for applications designed to use this feature.
- An internet connection is necessary to use the Google
Assistant.
- The screen reader function is currently limited to select North
American models (when set to English), and only supports some
settings and operations during video playback. Sony plans to expand
supported menus, languages, and regions in the future. Supported
languages vary by sales region. North
America model is used at the CSUN.
- The RETISSA NEOVIEWER is not a medical equipment and is not
intended to treat or assist in specific diseases or to correct
vision. It may be difficult to recognize images depending on the
part and degree of impairment (such as when the function of the
retina is degraded). The name has been changed from the
conventional name RETISSA SUPER CAPTURE. RETISSA and NEOVIEWER are
registered trademarks or trademarks of QD Laser.
- Self-fitting OTC hearing aids are FDA Class2 medical devices
that can be purchased without prescriptions and for use by
individuals 18 years of age or older with perceived mild to
moderate hearing impairment.
- Only compatible with iOS devices.
- Light touch contact is a phenomenon in which postural control
is improved while standing using subtle contact of a level that
does not require mechanical action.
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