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Bengaluru-based Thinkerbell Labs built Annie, an audio-guided, self-correcting braille teaching device that lets blind and low-vision students learn independently. Deployed in over …
Free, open-source Windows screen reader from Australian non-profit NV Access. WebAIM's independent 2024 survey of 1,539 users found NVDA the most commonly …
eKitabu, a Nairobi edtech nonprofit, builds born-accessible e-books for blind/low-vision learners and Kenyan Sign Language video storybooks for deaf learners with Kenya's …
A clip-on AI camera read text, faces and objects aloud for blind and low-vision users. Peer-reviewed clinical studies showed real functional gains, …
RIX Wiki is a multimedia tool to engage those with learning difficulties who can’t access the content of busy screens. Users build …
Chang Gung University ran Taiwan's first feasibility and efficacy studies of eye-gaze assistive technology for children with severe motor and communication difficulties, …
The first independent RCT of an AI dyslexia-intervention game found a real but modest gain for the lowest-performing US readers (ITT +0.095 …
STMicroelectronics Foundation, ITU and a blind Milan professor run train-the-trainer digital-literacy classes for blind and visually-impaired adults in Dakar. An advanced module …
Jamaica's 2022 pilot developed accessible digital storybooks tested in five schools—four for deaf, blind and intellectually disabled students. UNICEF's 10-country ADT programme; …
Free open-source AAC platform for non-verbal children (autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome). UNICEF Innovation Fund-backed; 40+ languages; 80+ countries active. PIADS evaluation …
Eswatini's telecom-regulator-run Universal Access Service Fund has distributed thousands of subsidised smartphones and specialised assistive devices, reaching over 14,000 elderly people and …
A free government app gives Bahamians with disabilities one-touch access to emergency alerts, sign-language interpretation, job listings and transport bookings. Usage doubled …
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