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  Mobile therapy for children in remote areas delivered by an accessible bus

  "Therapy on Wheels"is a mobile therapy for children, initiated by the Indian NGO Samphia Foundation. It consists of a team who travel from village to village in an accessible bus to provide services in India's mountainous regions. The bus is equipped with therapeutic tools and technology.
  Samphia Foundation, Therapy On Wheels, India

• VerbaVoice offers an innovative online interpreting technology as well as full services for deaf and hard of hearing people: enabling students to equally participate in class; accessible events with captions, interpreting and live-stream.

  VerbaVoice developed a distant, internet-based interpreting system. For students and trainees with hearing impairments the online service offers access to information and enables full participation in knowledge society. VerbaVoice also offers live text and sign language video to enable accessibility in events, conferences, meetings etc.
  VerbaVoice GmbH, Technology and services for hearing impaired, Germany

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  Person-centred support model for university students

  Through the UNESCO Chair project students with different impairments manage their own learning process and support needs. They can draw on a variety of resources, including a peer support programme. For teachers and families the chair offers workshops on person-centred educational planning.
  Salesian Polytechnic University, UNESCO Chair on Support Technologies for Educational Inclusion, Ecuador

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  #ASPACEnet improves the autonomy and social interaction of people with cerebral palsy through the development and deployment of innovative technological solutions and by undertaking the necessary adjustments to computers, phones and tablets.

  #ASPACEnet was launched in 2011 as a project which joins ICT and persons with cerebral palsy via information and support. Beneficiaries are informed about existing products and services and receive training in the care centres. By 2013 more than 1,200 persons, 600 with cerebral palsy, had benefited from the innovations.
  ASPACE Confederacion, Using ICT to empower persons with cerebral palsy, Spain

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  City metro passenger setting new standards of accessibility for all

  Transportes Metropolitanos de Barcelona used the 2021 renewal of its vehicle fleet to improve the accessibility of its underground train service. Measures include wider automatic doors, acoustic warning lights, intercom located at an optimum height for wheelchair users, emergency handles, and colour contrast signage.
  Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona, Metro accessibility in Barcelona, Spain

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  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

• Restaurant menu reading app for persons with visual impairment

  MenuSpeak recognizes a user’s location through iBeacons and automatically shows the menu in any of more than 45 languages. It can even read the menu out loud, if desired. The user places selected items in a virtual shopping cart which are translated back to the service personnel.By 2017 the app was used by more than 25 hospitality companies in Austria ans Jamaica.
  Mopius Mobile GmbH, MenuSpeak, Austria

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  Web/App identifying the location of parking spaces for people with disabilities

  Park4Dis is a free EU-wide web/app that locates accessible parking spaces. Launched by the NGO Asociación de Personas con Movilidad Reducida from Spain, it is financed through subscriptions sold to municipalities, but also to tourist boards and shopping centres.
  AsoPMR - Association of People with Reduced Mobility, Park4Dis, Spain

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  Providing live transcripts of lessons and instant feedback to teachers

  The project team has developed a solution that, on the one hand, offers the possibility of providing real-time transcriptions and captioning to facilitate the professional development of students with disabilities. On the other hand the data can be used to provide feedback for teachers to improve their classroom techniques.
  Access Innovation Media, Australia

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  An app that connects jobseekers with disabilities with job opportunities

  The Riziki Source App collects information from job seekers with disabilities in a database that can be matched with job offers. The app also learns about the training needs of registered jobseekers. Employers have the possibility to share available job opportunities through a dedicated login.
  Riziki Source, Riziki Source App, Kenya