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-10 practices not yet assessed for evidence strength.
Most practices in: United Kingdom (8) · United States of America (8) · Kenya (4)
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 …
Nairobi's Signs Media Kenya broadcasts free Kenyan Sign Language content via Signs TV and, through its assistALL app, brought paid sign-language interpretation …
Government-backed Indian digital library giving people with print disabilities free access to accessible-format books. Launched 2016 with 200,000+ titles; by its third …
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 …
Azerbaijan's ASAN Xidmet one-stop-shop centres, launched in 2012 and backed by mobile 'ASAN' buses reaching rural areas, digitised dozens of services and …
Australia's government-funded National Relay Service added a dedicated Auslan Video Relay Service in 2013, letting Deaf people sign to a live interpreter …
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 …
A peer-reviewed Fiji Ministry of Education study combined child-functioning survey data with learning-support-needs data in a rule-based algorithm that more accurately flags …
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 …
Weibernetz is a network of women with disabilities in Germany that aims to empower women with disabilities and promote their participation in …
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 …
ICT Training for people to teach those with disabilities, mainly sight and hearing loss. The programme is focused on supporting trainees in …
The initiative helps build a modern and inclusive educational system in Macedonia, based on wide use of ICT by students with different …
The overall objective of the Center for Assistive Technology (CAT) is to contribute to the active inclusion of persons with disabilities as …
AIM: CleverCogs is Blackwood’s digitally enhanced care system. Its purpose is to keep people independent, in control and in their home. APPROACH: …
Kuwait's UNDP-backed digital accessibility framework set WCAG-based e-government standards from 2018, but a 2023 peer-reviewed study found 77% of IT staff had …
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