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              • A man sits on a chair next to a boy who is standing. Both are looking at the screen of a tablet in front of them. The boy is touching the screen.

                Teaching sign language with videos, Artificial Intelligence, and gamification

                SignLab uses video, Artificial Intelligence, and gamification to teach sign languages more effectively and affordably. The online and offline platform has quadrupled the number of people learning Norwegian sign language since 2018, and it will introduce Chinese, Indonesian, and Indian sign languages by 2022.
                SignLab AS, SignLab - Toleio, Norway

              • A woman wearing a headset works at her computer, focused on her screen. The professional setting highlights inclusive employment, underscoring how technology bridges accessibility and offers work opportunities in customer support or remote assistance.

                On-demand, remote visual interpreting for the blind and low-vision community

                Aira in California provides remote visual interpreting for visually impaired users. By 2024, it served 100K-250K users, partnering with firms like Amazon and state governments.
                Aira Tech Corp., Aira, United States of America

              • A group of four individuals stands close together at a professional event. They smile at the camera, conveying a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere. In the background, a screen reads, "We help companies hire inclusively," emphasizing a commitment to diverse hiring practices. The group appears diverse in gender and style, embodying themes of equality and teamwork in a setting that promotes inclusive employment.

                An AI framework promoting inclusive employer practices for workers with disabilities

                PEAT by the U.S. Labor Department promotes accessible technology. By mid-2024, its AI resources were accessed 130,000 times globally, aiding audits, certification, and scholarship programs.
                US Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), PEAT Artificial Intelligence (AI) Initiative, United States of America

              • A girl uses the Livox platform on a tablet, which is hold by a woman.

                Alternative communication platform for people with learning difficulties

                The Livox app enables users with speaking or learning difficulties to communicate using virtual cards with pictures or illustrated short phrases. The app can be operated noth by blinking and by speech. The app is self-learning and also features a content creator to add communication cards with videos, pictures and music.
                Livox, Livox, Brazil

              • A woman stands in a classroom and points to a sheet of paper on the wall with lots of colourful sticky notes on it. A male sign language interpreter stands to the left of her facing the room.

                Training and online job-matching for students and graduates with disabilities

                 

                Since 2016, EmployAble Africa has been focusing on data and technology. There are online and mobile learning programmes for students and teachers, support for companies, and a job platform that works with trend analyses and auto-matching. In 2019, 560 persons were trained and 290 were placed.
                Employable Africa, Envision Africa, Tanzania

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                Social Platform Tailored for People with Disabilities

                Inclov stands for "inclusive love" and is a matchmaking app for people with and without disabilities to make friends and connections. One of the profile items asks about disabilities, if any, including the level of dependency. Inclov reviews applications and verifies stated contact details. In 2018, Inclov had some 50,000 subscribers.
                Inclov, Matchmaking App, India

              • A woman with one hand on the keyboard of her laptop and the other on the trackpad. The screen of the laptop displays Jobsability portal showing the chat support, profile completion and other features.

                An online accessible skills-driven job platform

                Jobs Ability’, launched in 2018, is a development of the US non-profit Our Ability, in cooperation with Syracuse University and Microsoft. The Artificial Intelligence-driven job matching service uses algorithms that focus on the skills and abilities of persons with disabilities, rather than on what they do not have.
                Our Ability - Access to Opportunity, Jobs Ability, United States of America

              • This picture shows Nat, a man with cerebral palsy, while he is using the voiceitt app with a touch screen pen attached to his baseball cap. In front of him are two screens and a tablet.

                App-based machine learning enabling persons with speech disabilities to be understood

                Voiceitt is an app that uses AI to recognize the speech patterns of its users and enables people with speech disabilities to communicate in their own voice and directly with others. The app, developed by a start-up company from Israel, uses Artificial Intelligence components to continuously improve its automated speech recognition capabilities.
                Voiceitt, Voiceitt, Israel

              • There are five round tables in a conference room. Six people sit around each table with laptops and papers in front of them. A presentation is being projected on a screen at the front of the room.

                A cross-sector partnership promoting accessible technology in employment

                PEAT fosters cooperation among key technology leaders, stakeholders, and government agencies to make new technologies accessible. From 2013 to 2020 the website has had more than a half-million visits, and more than 200 companies use PEAT’s TechCheck benchmarking assessment.
                US Department of Labor, ODEP - Office of Disability Employment Policy, Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology (PEAT), United States of America

              • Young man wearing headphones reads highlighted text on a tablet, while sitting at a table with his mom who is reading the newspaper.

                Accessibility certification programme for eBook publishers

                Benetech is a leading provider of a digital library system. As another project, it launched the Global Certified Accessible™ certification, which not only validates the accessibility of individual eBooks but certifies the entire workflow of publishers, and supports everyone involved in the production of digital books.
                Benetech, GCA™ publisher certification programme , United States of America