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: across across england, wales and off across england, wales and northern ireland. this is bbc news. the headlines: china, india, russia, brazil and south africa have warned against protectionism at the 620 summit in buenos aires. on the first of its two days, the summit has also been marked by disagreements over climate change, and there have been fears the leaders may not be able to agree on a final communique. a magnitude—7 earthquake has struck the alaskan city of anchorage. several large aftershocks prompted a tsunami warning to be issued, but that has now been lifted. reports from the area suggest the quake damaged buildings and roads. it is not yet clear if there are any casualities. britain and three american states have launched investigations into the hacking of marriott international, one of the world's largest hotel chains. the company said the hackers stole information about 500 million customers. names, mailing address,
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phone and passport numbers and some credit card details were compromised. now on bbc news, click. this week, a special look at tech for disabled people, with hero arms, talking internet, and, all right, who covered the wall with doughnuts? 0ne one of the most important topics that we cover regularly here on click is tech which can assist
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disabled people. as the cost of prototyping and innovating has come down, and as disabled people have become more involved in the design, we've seen some amazing projects over the last few years. this monday is the un's international day for people with disabilities, and so this week we are dedicating an entire episode to the area. now, we start with pat hawkins. she is a double amputee herself, and she has been looking at a company that is trying to bring low—cost prosthetics to children. lead the way. so this is my room. i love it. i am with this 12—year—old, having a tour of her bedroom. this is my pride hat, because we get to pride every year. you can see an because we get to pride every year. you can see an arm because we get to pride every year. you can see an arm poking out of there. i make a lot of hats for my arm. she was born with a shortened
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right forearm duty amniotic band syndrome while she was in the worm. have you been bullied, have people being mean to you? when i was in year3, being mean to you? when i was in year 3, people used to bully me and used to go like that, just to represent me, and it was horrible. the bullying raimi encountered meant that she felt different. but after yea rs of that she felt different. but after years of dealing with these feelings a piece of kit has hit the market, and it is making a huge difference to her confidence. are you ready? so this is my arm. so hopefully it is charged, i'm not sure. raimi's arm is made by open bionics, a start up based in bristol. they are bionic and electric meaning a motor is run from residual limb. they have only been going forfour years from residual limb. they have only been going for four years but are already making an impact. so this is
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the 3d printing room, and we launch the 3d printing room, and we launch the product this year, we lodged in may. and we've had an incredible response. we've had a lot of users tellers previously that they would go in school and they would feel ashamed of their device, and they didn't want to wear it at school because it resulted in bullying, whereas with the hero arm it is like a gadget, almost, that they get to show off and they get to experiment with and play with, and they get to swa p with and play with, and they get to swap the covers. as well as offering kids the chance to design how their prosthetics look, the hero arm is multi— grip, offering a number of different hand movements. you can change the grip by pressing this one, lets you know you have engaged a new mode. so this is a pinch grip. and away from the circuitry, the entire arm and hand it 3d printed. it is the first 3d printed arm to be medically approved and offered to children. it is over half the price of other available bionic arms, but will still cost you around £5,000.
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it is not currently available on the nhs, either. but they are currently pa rt nhs, either. but they are currently part of a clinical trial, trying to change this. one of the biggest incentives for open bionics is about trying to make prosthetics look cool trying to make prosthetics look cool, making kids superheroes. back with raimi, i hearfirst—hand how her arm has made a difference. can you do this? yes. and so how does the kind of fit into how you see yourself? it changes everything. does it? callous way changes everything. because you can do so many more things. you can rubiks cube with it, you can drink with it, it makes your life better, definitely. and that is, like, the most amazing bit, isn't it? yes. is that you can feel that you can live your life and where you want to live it. yes. without fear. like a properly taking control of what you
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are doing. especially if you are in school, it makes people back off, for, like, bullying and things like that, so it's definitely... do you really think it has made a difference in that respect? yes, definitely. and you don't want this on yourface. definitely. and you don't want this on your face. yeah. that was kat with the amazing raimi. 0f on your face. yeah. that was kat with the amazing raimi. of course, there are a number of companies working on prosthetics for kids. we came up working on prosthetics for kids. we came up across working on prosthetics for kids. we came up across another, limitless, when we were in florida. they make low—cost when we were in florida. they make low— cost 3 d when we were in florida. they make low—cost 3d printed prosthetic arms but they are also focused on getting children to learn how to use and be co mforta ble children to learn how to use and be comfortable with them. we designed a game around being able to use and flex their muscles in a different way, that will lead to them not
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being discouraged when they get assigned an arm. tech has so much to offer in this area, whether it is made by small start—ups or by big multinationals, and it is these global giants that paul carter has been exploring in silicon valley, right? exactly, i went been exploring in silicon valley, right? exactly, iwent to been exploring in silicon valley, right? exactly, i went to see what these major committees were doing in this sphere of accessibility, and finding out how they addressing some of these really, really big challenges. silicon valley in california, home of the technology giants who increasingly often shape oui’ giants who increasingly often shape our daily lives. i've come here to speak with apple, facebook, google and mozilla, to find out, or try at least, where we are at in the world of accessible technology. but before all that, what do we actually mean when we say accessibility? i started by asking some of the people i met what it means to them. accessibility is all about making the world's information and technology available
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to everyone, regardless of their physical or cognitive abilities. a mac accessibility means making things to help people with disabilities, so that can mean modifying existing products or softwa re modifying existing products or software to help people, or it could mean building completely new things. we look at accessibility as a basic human right. we love the products that we make, and we love knowing that we make, and we love knowing that everyone wants to use our products and came. first up is google, who in recent years have won plaudits for introducing accessibility information into mainstream products such as google maps, which now includes directional info for wheelchair users. they are hoping a new product might have similar benefits for those with visual impairments. one example of a technology we are working on is called lookout. lookout is an apt that provides a continuous video strea m that provides a continuous video stream for blind users, or those
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with impairments. it helps them understand the object and tax that in the environment around them. why are they doing this? there are over 1 are they doing this? there are over i billion people in the world with a disability, according to estimates by the world health organization. that is i by the world health organization. that isi million by the world health organization. that is i million users, that is a really large market, and it is also... it is people. with over1 billion devices worldwide running ios, apple are arguably now one of the biggest sellers of accessible technology in the world. i managed to secure a rare access to their base. i was keen to find outjust how much involvement disabled people have in the design process, and what, or indeed true, drives the agenda. we stand by the mantra that is something in the disability community, which is nothing about us without us, so as we build our technology we have employees who are members of these communities, and who are reliant upon this technology in their daily use of it, who are
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helping us to make decisions about what we build. we also look to the communities themselves. we get in tons of feedback from individuals across a wide spectrum of disability areas who share with us their thoughts. so it is brilliant that these companies are making their products more accessible. do you think there is enough motivation for them to give it the emphasis that it needs? hall of fame that i spoke to we re very needs? hall of fame that i spoke to were very keen to stress that this is absolutely central to their mission, it is part of their dna, which to a point i believe —— all of them that i spoke to. as you mentioned that peace there, there are overi billion of us in the world, we are a huge market, and that means ultimately a lot of money. and do you get a sense that disabled people are involved in the process ? disabled people are involved in the process? to a point. on our travels we met lots of disabled engineers, coders, developers, but one thing i noticed was a lack of the same people at the very top level of this. now, iam not saying people at the very top level of this. now, i am not saying that
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everybody working in the accessibility sphere needs to have a disability or have lived experience, but it did seem to be something that the very top level seemed to be missing, andi the very top level seemed to be missing, and i think that is something worth addressing. missing, and i think that is something worth addressingm missing, and i think that is something worth addressing. it is fairto something worth addressing. it is fair to say that facebook are never farfrom headline, but on accessibility they have ambitions to make things better i spoke to matt king, and accessibility specialist in facebook and one of their first blind engineers about the challenges faced by engineering accessibility into such a sprawling product. there are all the things that people are sharing on facebook, and of course, as we all know, one thing that's really, and our images and photos. and if somebody shares a whole bunch of photos on facebook, and they don't have the time or even the awareness that they should provide some descriptions of those photos, then we have a problem in that, you know, i can be able to see that a conversation is taking place, but have no idea really what that
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conversation is about. to help ove rco m e conversation is about. to help overcome this problem, facebook have developed a process called aat, or automatic old text, that can tell users the contents of images —— automatic alt text. automatic alt text is using machine vision to understand what is in a photo and then give the users some idea of that. smiling, 19 likes. but, as technology changes and advances, are we at risk of creating new and more complex access issues? technology changes very quickly, so you can have something that works really well for you one day, and then the next is completely unavailable to you. and so that is where, you know, trying to keep up with the pace of change in technology is —— has
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a lwa ys change in technology is —— has always been a challenge within the field of accessibility, and that challenge is in getting smaller. although perhaps without the giant reputation of their silicon valley neighbours, non—profit mozilla, creators of the firefox browser, among others, working at the cutting edge of accessibility research. one area they are particularly exploring his speech recognition. they have developed a product known as firefox listen, that uses speech to navigate the web instead of traditional input devices. firefox listen is basically asking a question, doing research and asking a question, and that question is, how do we bring the web to the world of speech? how do we bring speech to the world of the web? another way of putting it is having the internet in your ears. what surprised you during your visits to these places?” what surprised you during your visits to these places? i think we think these companies as being incredibly secretive, adversarial, competing against each other. the one thing that i found most
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surprising was that in the accessibility sphere they are actually working together. they are sharing information, they are sharing information, they are sharing knowledge, because they understand that the best way to actually solve some of these problems. and of course, there will be new problems and new challenges as we invent new technology. exactly, it is a little bit like painting the fourth bridge, and that is the thing. we are creating this new tech, we are creating these new accessibility problems, but it is about being quick enough and reactive enough, and to anticipate what those might be emptied ahead of the curve. the world of accessibility ever expanding and there is little doubt that huge strides have been made in recent yea rs. strides have been made in recent years. but where do we go from here, and perhaps most importantly, how do we ensure that disabled people are pa rt we ensure that disabled people are part of a journey? there are things we are working on and haven't even started working on yet. the advances in artificial intelligence are staggering right
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now and the ability of machines to perceive the world is getting better day by day. these things are going to happen, people using vr glasses and they are glasses and using —— talking to their devices and phones and people working with connected devices around them and we want to make sure that there is someone focused on the user agency and put in the use first in terms of how we do that. i've never been more optimistic about the field of accessibility than i am nowjust because of the trends that we have been talking about. there is more awareness of its value, more awareness of its value, more awareness of, as awareness of its value, more awareness of, as a awareness of its value, more awareness of, as a positive impact on society. there are more companies that are willing to invest what needs to be invested in order to realise our vision of society that is fully inclusive. hello, and welcome to the week in tech. it was
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the week of £a00,000 allowing hackers to steal data on customers in the uk in 2016. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg and representatives from nine different countries —— countries are refusing to appear in front of a select committee into disinformation and fake news. facebook‘s vice president of policy solutions appeared in mark zuckerberg's place. also the week that aldi in your —— aldi and airbus showed up roads in amsterdam. and yes, the concept is small or very far away. something which is definitely far away as nasa's insight rover which touched down this week on the surface of mars. excited scenes from nasa employees and as it began its mission to study the red planet's interior and take a cheeky deontay wilder ought ash selfie or two. but tokyo can boast its own control droid, keeping the
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peace at a shinjuku station. it has access to the station's security cameras to look for suspicious activity such as unexpected bags. and finally, more mecha news. a restau ra nt and finally, more mecha news. a restaurant in kathmandu nepal has gone completely digital with orders placed by touchscreen and food delivered by robot waiters. fantastic news for skinflints. i suspect these guys would be tipping. iam lucy suspect these guys would be tipping. i am lucy and this is my guide dog, will go. i use youtube, a freelance journalist and disability rights advocate and as a blind woman, i use apps for everyday tasks in order to be as independent as possible. and today we are going to test out some new blind apps. the first one i am
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testing is welcome by neatbox. it addresses the issue of accessibility in businesses. when visiting some of the first time it can be stressful but this technology should alert venues in advance of what i need for my trip. —— drawing. today i'm visiting the first bank of england to try out this app and i set up a profile and booked an appointment. i now been to their location beacons will alert the bank that i'm about to arrive. good morning, vietnam 0. it's a slight turn here. the email i received told me what time you would be coming on what your immediate needs were suet explained to me that you would have a vision impairment and a guide dog. i really do like this app and it suitable for all disabilities but the tech is so new that there still are a few teething problems with. next, is the big spender app and it has nothing to do with banks. i'm going to go on a
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macro app for today. it will me hopefully where green patches are. it isa hopefully where green patches are. it is a screen reader that helps me use my phone. 109 metres away. we will get going. usually have someone helping me to take older to the park so this app could give me so more independence. so confusing. when i done it before, it sort of works but this time, it's still telling me that i'm 109 metres away. three hours 20 minutes? have i done something wrong? so, it's telling me the grass is 109 metres away? yeah. ican the grass is 109 metres away? yeah. i can feel it. ok, this isn't the app, it is older. unfortunately, the outcast —— also can't tell the difference between a public space and someone's front garden.
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hopefully, we will have more success with our final at common selfie x. and what better place to try and ban the silky factory. this is not made the silky factory. this is not made the people with disabilities but the controls will hopefully help me take a great photo. i will turn make bond around. ——i a great photo. i will turn make bond around. —— i will turn my phone around. —— i will turn my phone around. olga has no idea what's going on. say cheese. down. say cheese. so we tested out some great apps today and some not so great ones. i think the blind tech world is getting better and better every day. i think some apps need some work and the silky one is definitely ago work and the silky one is definitely a go situation for me. —— the selfie
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one. olga, no! we are really sorry about those doughnuts. were they real? i don't know. that was lucy edwards and older. if you are visually impaired, driving a car is obviously currently impossible but as autonomous vehicles start to appear over the horizon, so the chances of becoming more mobile and independent if you are blind. we asked in the —— we asked invictus games athlete jamie weller to try new car under development by jaguar land rover. when i lost my sight, i was told by my grandparents, well, you can't see now, you can't do. those words have always stuck in my head. i always look at things and say, how can i do this? or i can't do that, i'm not going to do it. it's about a positive mindset. it's about boundaries. i went to deloitte
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and became the first blind chartered accountant, which doesn't sound that sexy. and i was in the invictus games in toronto winning four bronze medals on track. it is a standard, i drive a sport, but it's been adapted and bolted on, you have various sensors, radars, front and back and these stencils. this is all the car. did that accelerate itself? yes. this is all the car. my first reaction is, it's pretty impressive, actually. now i feel like i am in a car. obviously, i don't think he is driving. i think that technology is just going to get better and grow. is this test being used as part of the research? no, this is all
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research we are gathering data. so now cars research we are gathering data. so now ca rs are research we are gathering data. so now cars are coming across in front of us. the car is not reacting because they are driving away. exactly. there we go. a bit more. all this has been from the burning, we've on the roads, critical testing and ata we've on the roads, critical testing and at a gathering. i would like the car to tell me where i am, what junction on coming up to. what is my eth, getting to my destination. all the type of stuff would be extremely useful for me to come into my house sol useful for me to come into my house so i can understand what's going on. the need to be able to get around independently and get a car and take my children to school, pick them up will go to the gym. without having to get public transport, it's going to get public transport, it's going
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to bea to get public transport, it's going to be a massive step forward. my wife always drives the kids around from parties to school and different clu bs from parties to school and different clubs but to me to be able to do that, to be able to function, it's going to be a great step forwards. other any objects around us? if i was to get out of this car, i would still have a guide dog. it will be but it is wide enough to open doors. it might be that someone scorn and put a rubbish bin in the way or occur in the wake and the car is saying that it is clear to open the doors. it's actually a very good thing to do. today, accessibility and tech is phenomenal. when i lost my sight in 1991, the level of accessibility intech was zilch compared to what it was today. don't get me wrong, every day is a challenge. it does get easy. it's hard. life would be interesting if
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it was easy. that was jamie weller. we will continue to watch developments in all of these areas and all the companies that we feature today do have accessibility web page is so would will put links to those on our social media channels. with them on facebook, an instagram and twitter at @bbcclick. if you need those things, that is where you should go. that is it for now, thank you very much for watching and we will see you soon. looking ahead to the all—important weekend weather prospects and it is going to be one of those weekends where there will be quite a bit of rain around, we will all see some wet weather at some point but choose your moments, there will be some dry spots as well. often the weather will stay pretty cloudy. on the satellite, racing towards our shores is another area of low pressure
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which will be bringing the wet weather and indeed we have already seen over the past few hours the rain arriving across wales and the west of england, which will continue pushing eastwards over the next few hours with showers continuing in the north and west of scotland. if you are planning to head outside of the next few hours it will be quite chilly, there will be a few patches of frost in the countryside, some of the deeper valleys. for saturday morning we are looking at a cloudy and wet one across south england but the rain will be quite heavy first thing in the morning as well. as we travel northwards the rain gets lighter across wales and the midlands, perhaps a dry start for north—east england but the cloud quickly spreading and rain for northern ireland. a chilly start of the day in scotland, showers continuing to affect northern and western areas. through the rest of saturday our first band of rain will continue to push its way eastwards, rain will
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be quite heavy for a time. even as it clears there will be quite a bit of cloud, the sky only slowly brightening with a bit of sunshine coming through later. the best of the weather for north—east scotland, that is where we will see the driest conditions, northern ireland not having a bad afternoon. saturday night sees another pulse of rain moving in, northern ireland, wales, west of england, that will push into east anglia and south—east england overnight, that looks to be quite heavy, this band of rain is pushing further northwards, getting into scotland. the far north—east may hang onto some cold air to start the day on sunday. sunday quite complicated weather picture with a couple of centres of low pressure around about the uk and lots of weather fronts too. these weather fronts will continue to bring outbreaks of rain, possibly the wettest weather across northern england and scotland, the early—morning rain clearing away from east anglia and south—east england, but showers will move in from the west, perhaps some lengthy spells of rain for northern ireland,
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wales and western areas of england. mild, 15 for south—east england, cloudy skies across scotland, temperatures close to average for this time of year. into the forecast next week it is staying pretty unsettled, the weather is a chance of getting cooler and colder in scotland. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: rifts revealed between world leaders as they gather in buenos aires for the g20 summit, with tension over trade, climate change and ukraine. a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hits alaska, near the city of anchorage, causing widespread damage. a massive data breach at the marriott hotel group. hackers steal the personal details of hundreds of millions of customers. and fighting fit — the british boxer tyson fury weighs in for his world title clash against deontay wilder in los angeles.
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