{"id":15390,"date":"2021-09-23T11:00:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T18:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/?p=15390"},"modified":"2021-09-23T11:02:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T18:02:09","slug":"google-taps-heh-project-jacquard-to-improve-accessibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/23\/google-taps-heh-project-jacquard-to-improve-accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Google taps (heh) Project Jacquard to improve accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s always cool to see people using tech to help <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/outreach-initiatives\/accessibility\/small-gestures-big-impact-google-ataps-latest-work\/\">make the world more accessible to everyone<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>This research inspired us to use <a href=\"https:\/\/atap.google.com\/jacquard\/\">Jacquard<\/a> technology to create a soft, interactive patch or sleeve that allows people to access digital, health and security services with simple gestures. This woven technology can be worn or positioned on a variety of surfaces and locations, adjusting to the needs of each individual.\u00a0<\/p><p>We teamed up with Garrison Redd, a Para powerlifter and advocate in the disability community, to test this new idea.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"One Small Gesture, A Big Impact for All  | Google ATAP\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HwKfWdmtW50?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s always cool to see people using tech to help make the world more accessible to everyone: This research inspired us to use Jacquard technology to create a soft, interactive patch or sleeve that allows people to access digital, health and security services with simple gestures. This woven technology can be worn or positioned on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,58,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15390"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15390"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18478,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15390\/revisions\/18478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}