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Ease Apps winners of Emprende+Discapacidad 2020
We are thrilled because we have been chosen as winners of the II Call “Emprende + Discapacidad 2020” of the Konecta Foundation (in Spanish) in the category of “Projects that seek to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities”. This second call for the “Emprende+Discapacidad” grants has been aimed at supporting entrepreneurial projects,…
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Ease Apps with Vodafone
We have recently reached an agreement with Vodafone Spain so that their mobile clients who need it can access the Ease Touch, Ease Mouse, and Ease Joypad applications for free. The initiative is aimed at those people who, due to a physical disability, cannot use a mobile device normally. If you are a mobile client…
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Ease Apps wins the Ideas Innovadoras Isabel P. Trabal award
We are thrilled to announce that Ease Apps has won the 3rd edition of the Ideas Innovadoras Isabel P. Trabal from the Caja de Ingenieros Foundation. The past 16th of June of 2020 we knew that the selection committee, composed by a panel of business experts, had chosen Ease Apps as the winner of the…
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EVA Facial Mouse PRO joins Ease Apps
Welcome EVA Facial Mouse PRO! It has been a year since the Ease Apps project was officially launched and we celebrate our first anniversary by welcoming a new application to the Ease Apps family: EVA Facial Mouse PRO. Built on the foundations of EVA Perhaps you already know about EVA Facial Mouse. Originally launched in…
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First impressions of tecla-e from Komodo OpenLab
We tried tecla-e from Komodo labs. It is a gadget that allows alternative access to mobile devices and it really works very well. One of its major strengths is that is highly configurable and thus is able to suit the requirements of many users. Let’s check it out! Main features of tecla-e The unit we…
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7 main new Android 10 accessibility features
Android 10 was released on September 3, 2019, and comes with new features amongst which we highlight those that might be useful for people with disabilities. In this new edition of Google’s operating system, most accessibility improvements are aimed at people with hearing impairments, but we also found little gems that are worth mentioning. If…
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Mabel: “Now I can call, use the maps or the communicator”
Mabel, alias the “hippy”, is a woman whose cerebral palsy has not prevented her from being active and courageous. With a passion for technology, Ease Joypad provided her more than just access to her smartphone. She gained greater autonomy and peace of mind in her strolls. In this post, we explain the case of Mabel…
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OTIS awards our Ease Apps project
We are delighted because on November 14th, 2019, we were awarded one of the three “Reconocimiento ASCENTIA Zardoya Otis” for our Ease Apps project. Due to other commitments, we couldn’t attend the awards ceremony. David Humanes from Centro DATO and user of Ease Joypad picked up the trophy in our name. We cannot imagine a…
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Improving Ease Apps. The actual facts.
As explained in previous posts, we adopted a user-centered methodology to develop Ease Apps. Thanks to this approach, we identified some relevant issues when our apps are used in real contexts by real people. In this post, we review some tasks we asked the participants in our usability tests, both final users with disabilities and…
Easing the accessibility to the smartphone