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  An app for orientation in open and closed spaces

  Installed on a smart phone, Step-Ear enables users to find their way in public surroundings using Audio-signs and pre-placed Beacons. Users can call for help in an emergency and they can communicate with public transport personnel. As of 2018, Step-Hear has placed more than 3,500 Audio signs throughout Israel.
  Step-Hear, Israel

• The Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) has produced a map of the mainland National Rail network in the UK that provides at-a-glance information about the accessibility of many stations.

  "Stations Made Easy" allows passengers to evaluate accessibility before they start their journey. Interactive station maps provide detailed information about accessibility at every station on the rail network in Great Britain. Stations Made Easy also allows passengers to identify routes through stations which best meet their needs.
  ATOC - Association of Train Operating Companies, Web-based tool to plan access to railway stations, United Kingdom

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  Crowd-sourced reviews on 1,000 sites across Egypt

  The app allows persons disabilities to search for venues such as shops, restaurants, and public offices that provide the accessibility features that they require. Users can request Helm to review a venue and upload it to the app, if approved, or give their own ratings. More than 1,000 people use Entaleq regularly.
  Helm, Enteleq app, Egypt

• Quality healthcare and counselling through video technology

  doctHERs is a novel health care platform that connects female doctors to millions of underserved patients, including those with disabilities, in real-time while leveraging online technology. doctHERs overcomes sociocultural barriers that tie women to their homes, and at the same times provides access to quality health care.
  DoctHers, Pakistan

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  Video-interpreting service for sign language and foreign languages

  VEASYT Live! was the first online video interpreting service for sign language in Italy. The service was created in 2013 to enable public institutions to communicate with deaf people. Since then, the service was expanded by offering video interpreting into foreign languages, which has attracted the interest also of businesses.
  VEASYT - Digital Services for Breaking Down Communication Barriers, Italy

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  Website collecting comprehensive facts about accessible travelling in a whole region

  Travel for All, a social business from Australia, launched the Travel For All Guide - a comprehensive travel guide for travellers with disabilities. The website provides vetted information that is co-created by its users, and offers a toolkit on accessibility issues for tourism suppliers.
  Travel For All, Travel For All, Australia

• Assistive technologies and teacher training in mainstream schools

  The "Active Inclusion" project introduces assistive technologies and learning possibilities into primary schools and carries out networking and lobbying activities. Also the programme offers trainings for teachers from participating schools as well as educational software programmes for children with disabilities.
  Open The Windows, North Macedonia

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  Training civil servants in the Israeli legal system to provide more inclusive legal services

  The Accessible Legal Services for People with Disabilities program was launched by the Israeli Ministry of Justice and JDC-Israel Unlimited, together with operating partner Israel Elwyn to train lawyers and representatives from the legal system on how to improve their services for people with intellectual or mental disabilities.
  Israeli Ministry of Justice, Accessible Legal Services for Persons with Disabilities, Israel

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  System to use any Android device without touching the screen

  In 2017, Mouse4all developed a device for people who can neither operate a touchscreen nor use voice or eye commands. Instead, users control an input device using horizontal and vertical cursors, as well as icons and pictograms. By 2022, Mouse4all had users in 41 countries.
  Mouse4all, Mouse4All, Spain

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  Smart technology supporting persons with intellectual disabilities staying at home alone

  The US-based Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled (LADD) introduced ‘Smart Living’ in 2017, which combines personal care with smart-home technologies and virtual support. Smart Living aims to reduce the number of in-person staff required, and has helped more than 50 people to date.
  LADD Inc., Smart Living, United States of America