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              • Pictured is Paul in an office setting. Paul is sitting in front of a single monitor where zoom is applied, enabling Paul to send and receive email (outlook is visible on the monitor).

                Government-produced model toolkit for accessible websites and online content

                The Online Accessibility Toolkit, published by the regional gonverment of Southern Australia, is a free and publicly available set of tools for making websites and online solutions more accessible and inclusive. The toolkit contains eight topics and was designed in consultation with people with disabilities.
                Government of South Australia, South Australian Government Online Accessibility Policy and Toolkit, Australia

              • Hand holds a mobile phone, while scrolling through a Braille online learning tool.

                Free online training for sighted people to learn Unified English Braille Code

                UEB Online allows anyone who is interested in using Braille for information and communication to learn Unified English Braille Code – online, free of charge and at individual pace. The learning platform is accessible for a wide range of needs and requires only an Internet connection and a computer.
                Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, UEB Online, Australia

              • A person using the email application.

                Making e-mail communication accessible for persons with intellectual disabilities

                Kolumba is an open source software that makes a Gmail account more accessible to persons with intellectual disabilities. Kolumba has three features that can be switched on and off on when needed: A Text and content simplifier (Simplext), a translation tool fort ext and pictrogram (Text2Picto) and a Text-to-speech feature.
                Prodis Foundation, Kolumba software, Spain

              • Service IT-platform available in several European countries

                In 2015, Helpific started a web-based IT-platform that connects people who need assistance in independent living to local volunteers and paid support. The IT-platform enables people to post requests as well as offers of support in a variety of categories. In 2018, Helpific had more than 6,200 registered members.
                Helpific Estonia, Estonia

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                A project to enable the safe and independent use of public bus transportation for persons with visual or hearing impairments, designed also to assist persons with all physical, mental or sensory conditions. A new information technology has been developed and mobile applications introduced.

                Visual and acoustic information is provided both inside and outside the vehicle. The information panels at the bus stop include audio information that can be activated through a simple button or by activating Bluetooth on the mobile phone. A telephone service provides information about the time of arrival at each stop.
                EMT - Municipal Transport Company Madrid, Visual and acoustic information on public buses, Spain

              • Two women are in a shopping mall. They are sharing headphones and one of them is holding a mobile phone. The person to the left holds a white cane.

                An indoor navigation system for the blind and visually impaired

                In 2014, PoiLabs launched an indoor navigation system to make complex indoor spaces accessible for blind users. The system uses beacon devices and voice-guided navigation on a mobile phone. To provide it, PoiLabs partners with Turkcell, the largest telecommunication company in Turkey.
                PoiLabs, Visually Impaired Navigation System for Indoor Venues, Turkey

              • 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

              • Two men with physical disabilities walking on a wooden platform on a sandy ground to reach the sea.

                Two-year inclusive tourism project for tourist sites

                The Inclusive Tourism Project improves accessibility and inclusion standards at four popular tourist sites. The project consists of architectural modules, workshops for staff and technical consultations to integrate accessibility on the sites. Actions include building ramps, improving access, and creating brail and audio support.
                LPHU - Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union, Lebanon

              • Insured person of the Return To Work Programme © Social Security Organisation, Malaysia

                Returning Malaysians with acquired disabilities to work

                By providing job placement and employment support for workers who have acquired disabilities and, at the same, by challenging the conception of "not able to work the Job Placement & Employment Support Services initiative is promoting the return to work. By 2016, 3,072 people had been placed in new jobs.
                Social Security Organisation Malaysia, Job Placement & Employment Support Services of 2008 (Return to Work Programme)
Social Security Organisation (SOCSO), Malaysia, Malaysia

              • A woman wearing sunglasses with hands raised up trying to touch a painting on a wall. On the upper right side of the photo, the phrase "Colors in Darkness" written beside the Scripor Alphabet logo.

                Promoting the use of the Scripor alphabet, tactile representations of colour

                The Scripor alphabet, invented in 2018 by the Asociatia Alfabetul Scripor from Romania, is the first universal colour standardization in Braille. Ten colours can be distinguished in light and dark with only two combinations of dots. International promotion of the alphabet is done through manuals and workshops.
                Scripor Alphabet Association, Scripor Alphabet, Romania