As the world becomes more internet-oriented, it presents several unique challenges for people with blindness and visual impairments to access local news. Audio Journal is a radio reading service in Worcester, MA that broadcasts local news to blind and visually impaired people in Central Massachusetts. They wanted to improve access to their content by allowing their users to listen on demand without having to access their website. To achieve this goal, our project group created an iPhone app that was determined to be the best option towards improving accessibility for Audio Journal’s current and future listeners. The app was developed and tested in phases over the course of 21 weeks, and is available on the App Store for download.

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Creator

• Grigolia, Irakli
• Nelson, Kyria G.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 6266
• E-project-032121-061037

Keyword

• VIP
• Blind And Visually Impaired
• Radio
• Audio Journal
• Radio Reading Service

Advisor

• Neamtu, Rodica
• Harrison, Lane T.

Year

• 2021

Sponsor

• Audio Journal

Date created

• 2021-03-21

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Computer Science

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• All rights reserved