GoodMaps — Camera-Based Indoor Wayfinding for Blind and Low-Vision Travelers
Spun off in 2019 from the American Printing House for the Blind, GoodMaps replaces beacons and GPS with camera-based computer vision for …
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Spun off in 2019 from the American Printing House for the Blind, GoodMaps replaces beacons and GPS with camera-based computer vision for …
CAST's Universal Design for Learning framework asks designers to build multiple means of engagement, representation and expression into digital curricula from the …
Google Research trains speech-recognition models to understand atypical speech (ALS/MND, dysarthria, Down syndrome, stuttering) using samples donated by people with impaired speech, …
A nonprofit consortium's free, open-source software lets people store personal accessibility settings in the cloud and apply them with one click on …
Microsoft co-designed the Xbox Adaptive Controller with five disability nonprofits, giving gamers limited mobility a modular base with 19 ports. Launched 2018 …
US nonprofit runs 24/7 phone, text and chat crisis lines for LGBTQ+ youth; over 450,000 contacts in FY2024. In 2025 it lost …
Since 2010, The Last Mile has taught incarcerated Californians offline software engineering despite no prison internet. Now in 16 facilities across 7 …
New Jersey's Disability Information Hub consolidates nearly 200 state programmes into one accessible portal designed with — not for — people with …
Microsoft's free Immersive Reader applies specific, peer-reviewed reading-science findings — on font spacing, syllable breaks, line length and text-to-speech — to help …
Since 2002, NNEDV's Safety Net Project has trained more than 100,000 advocates, police, prosecutors and service providers across the US and abroad …
Founded by a formerly homeless welder, ShelterTech has installed free WiFi in 24 San Francisco shelters, SROs and supportive-housing sites and built …
The US Veterans Health Administration's Digital Divide Consult (2020) standardises referrals for free loaned tablets and data. A 2024 cohort study found …
Sorenson VRS (Salt Lake City, USA) lets Deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans call hearing users via live ASL interpreters, funded by the FCC's …
In 2025 the FTC fined accessibility-overlay vendor accessiBe $1M for falsely claiming its AI widget made websites WCAG-compliant, and for disguising paid …
Sony spent five years co-designing the Access controller with AbleGamers, Stack-Up and SpecialEffect and disabled gamers themselves, producing a modular, table- or …
Since 2012, Long Beach nonprofit Human-I-T refurbishes donated electronics, pairing them with low-cost internet and digital-skills support for low-income households. 2022: 82,400 …
LGBT Tech's PowerOn programme has distributed more than 2,000 devices worth over $400,000 through 107 partner centres in 30+ US states, helping …
US nonprofit giving underserved young adults and military veterans/spouses free IT training plus job placement. Operating since 1999, it has trained 12,000+ …
VET TEC pays tuition and housing so U.S. veterans can take short, intensive tech-skills courses (coding, cybersecurity, data). Over 20,000 enrolled 2019–2024, …
For 27 years, DC nonprofit Byte Back ran free bilingual digital-literacy classes; a RAND pilot of its Computer Foundations 1 course found …
A permanent FCC program (since 2017) giving low-income deafblind Americans free specialised communications equipment plus in-home training, delivered through 56 certified state …
US federal broadband subsidy providing up to $30/month to income-eligible households; peaked at 21.7 million subscribers in January 2024, generating $16.2 billion …
A 12-week MIT-led virtual course teaches HTML, CSS and JavaScript to incarcerated students across five US prisons. A 2024 MIT/UMass Lowell study …
Justice Through Code, run by Columbia University since 2020, gives formerly incarcerated adults a free semester of Python and career coaching; over …
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