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VIDEO: Amazon’s Alexa Show and Tell system for visually impaired people arrives in UK

Home Information technology Innovation Projects Solutions Technology by Sam Lewis on December 7, 2020

Users can ask "Alexa, what am I holding?" and show common grocery items to their camera to activate the new Show and Tell function

Disability product tops Amazon’s woman-owned small business contest

Business Equipment by Alex Douglas on November 11, 2019

The company is 100% female designed, owned and operated and dedicated to making inclusive products that are affordable and easily accessible.

Amazon adds Echo Show feature to aid people with visual impairments

Innovation by Patrick Cremona on September 27, 2019

Show and Tell lets blind and low vision customers identify groceries by holding up an item to the Echo Show camera and asking: “Alexa, what am I holding.”

Argos and Amazon branded ‘irresponsible’ for selling access devices

Access Retail by Joe Peskett on July 12, 2019

Councillor says disabled toilets are being damaged and misused because ‘irresponsible’ retailers are selling Radar keys on their websites

Amazon and NHS launch new assistive technology initiative

Solutions Technology by Joe Peskett on July 10, 2019

Collaboration designed to support independent living and is part of NHS strategy to enlist assistive tech companies to help ease pressure on its services

Amazon to begin selling care equipment to UK public sector imminently

Business Contracts & tenders by Joe Peskett on June 5, 2019

£400m contract will see 13 councils in Yorkshire buy medical equipment from online marketplace’s business arm in first such major UK deal

Amazon product ratings ‘seriously undermined’ by flood of fake reviews

Online Retail by Joe Peskett on April 16, 2019

Online marketplace is plagued by false customer reviews which have boosted the ratings of unknown product brands as Which? advises consumers to take extra care